Faculty Profile

		Eric Helland, Ph.D. Robert J. Lowe Professor of Economics E-mail: eric.helland@claremontmckenna.edu Phone: (909) 607-7275 Campus Address: Bauer Center 305 Departments: Robert Day School of Economics and Finance Curriculum Vitae
		Office Hours Tuesday 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Thursday 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Current Course Schedule Econ 50 TTh- 12:00 PM - 1:10 PM  BF Econ 50 TTh- 1:15 PM - 2:30 PM  BF

Educational Background

B.A., University of Missouri; M.A., Ph.D., Washington University

Teaching Interests

• Law and Economics
• Microeconomics
• Industrial Organization
• Environmental Economics

Research Interests

• Public Choice
• Industrial Organization
• Regulation
• Environmental Economics
• Applied Econometrics

Selected Research and Publications

• “The Impact of Liability on the Physician Labor Market,” with Mark Showalter, forthcoming Journal of Law and Economics.
• “The optimal jury size when jury deliberation follows a random walk,” with Yaron Raviv, Public Choice. 134 (3-4): 255-262, 2008.
• “The Tradeoffs between Regulation and Class Actions: Evidence from Insurance Litigation,” with Jon Klick, Journal of Tort Law, 1(3): Article 2, 2008.
• “Does Three Strikes Deter? A Non-Parametric Estimation,” with Alex Tabarrok, Journal of Human Resources, 22: 309-330, 2007.
• "Court Congestion as an Explanation for Rising Attorney Fees," with Jonathan Klick, Journal of Legal Studies. 36(1):1-17, 2007.
• “Is Corporate Philanthropy an Agency Cost?” with Janet Smith and Bill Brown, Journal of Corporate Finance. 12: 855-877, 2006.
• “Reputational Penalties and the Merits of Class Action Securities Litigation,” Journal of Law and Economics.49(2):365-395, 2006.
• “Data Watch: Tort-uring the Data,” with Jonathan Klick and Alex Tabarrok, Journal of Economic Perspectives. 19(2):207-220, 2005.
• “The Fugitive: Evidence on Public versus Private Law Enforcement from Bail Jumping,” with Alex Tabarrok, Journal of Law and Economics. 47(1):93-122, 2004.
• “Regulation and the Evolution of Corporate Boards: Monitoring, Advising or Window Dressing?” with Mike Sykuta, Journal of Law and Economics. 47(1):167-193, 2004.