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Shmuel Leshem

Associate Professor of Law

Shmuel Leshem

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sleshem@law.usc.edu
Phone: (213) 740-7939
Fax: (213) 740-5502
Room: 423

Shmuel Leshem’s scholarship focus on law and economics and game theory. He teaches Law and Economics, Corporate Finance, and Business Organizations. His recent research interests include a game-theoretic analysis of crime and law enforcement.

Professor Leshem received an LL.B. (law and economics) and an M.B.A from the Hebrew University, and an LL.M. and a JSD from New York University School of Law. Leshem has practiced corporate law in both the U.S. and Israel. He joined USC Law in fall 2006.


Publications

  • "All-or-nothing versus Proportionate Damages." (with Geoff Miller) Journal of Legal Studies, Vol. 38 (2009), pp. 345-382 (2009) - (SSRN)
  • "Contingent Fees, Signaling and Settlement Authority." Review of Law & Economics, Vol. 5 (2009), pp. 435-460. - (PDF)
  • "The Benefits of a Right to Silence for the Innocent." forthcoming in the RAND Journal of Economics - (PDF)

  • "Technical Appendix" - (PDF)

Works in Progress
  • "Rights of First Refusal" (with Marcel Kahan and Rangarajan Sundaram) - (SSRN)
  • "A Signaling Theory of Termination Fees in Mergers" - (SSRN)

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