Michael Wachter

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Professor
Michael Wachter
Born1943
New York City
DiedSeptember 3, 2022
OccupationLaw professor
TitleWilliam B. and Mary Barb Johnson Professor of Law and Economics; Co-Director of the Institute for Law & Economics
Academic background
Alma mater
Academic work
InstitutionsUniversity 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]

Biography

Wachter was born in New York City, and earned a B.S. from

Woodrow Wilson Fellow.[2]

Since 1970, Wachter has held full professor positions at 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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