Professor Michael Wachter | |
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Born | 1943 New York City |
Died | September 3, 2022 |
Occupation | Law professor |
Title | William B. and Mary Barb Johnson Professor of Law and Economics; Co-Director of the Institute for Law & Economics |
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Institutions | University of Pennsylvania Law School |
Michael Wachter (born 1943) is the William B. and Mary Barb Johnson Professor of Law and Economics Emeritus at the University of Pennsylvania Law School,and Co-Director of the Institute for Law &Economics. [1]
Wachter was born in New York City,and earned a B.S. from Cornell University in 1964,an M.A. from Harvard University in 1967,and a Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1970. [1] [2] [3] [4] From 1964 to 1965 he was a Woodrow Wilson Fellow. [2]
Since 1970,Wachter has held full professor positions at the University of Pennsylvania in Arts and Sciences,the Wharton School,and the University of Pennsylvania Law School. [5] He was Commissioner of the Minimum Wage Study Commission established by the US Congress from 1978 to 1981. [2] He was Interim Provost of the University of Pennsylvania from January 1998 to December 1998. [5] In July 2020,the Michael L. Wachter Distinguished Fellowship in Law and Policy was established in his name at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. [6]
Wachter is the William B. and Mary Barb Johnson Professor of Law and Economics at the University of Pennsylvania Law School,and Co-Director of the Institute for Law &Economics. [5]
Among the many articles Wachter has authored are "The Rise and Decline of Unions," 30 REG. 23 (2007),"Labor Unions:A Corporatist Institution in a Competitive World," 155 U. PA. L. REV. 581 (2007),and "Judging Unions' Future Using a Historical Perspective:The Public Policy Choice Between Competition and Unionization," 2 J. LAB. RES. 339 (2003). [5] [7]
He passed away on September 3,2022. [8]
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