Michael Wachter
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| title = William B. and Mary Barb Johnson Professor of Law and Economics; Co-Director of the Institute for Law & Economics
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- Cornell University (B.S. 1964)
- Harvard University (M.A. 1967, Ph.D. 1970)
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Michael L. Wachter (12 March 1943 – 3 September 2022) 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.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Nu5HTngps1YC&q=Michael+Wachter+born+1943&pg=PA233|title=The Economic Nature of the Firm: A Reader|first1=Louis|last1=Putterman|first2=Randall S.|last2=Kroszner|date=26 January 1996|publisher=Cambridge University Press|via=Google Books|isbn=9780521556286}}
Biography
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.{{cite web|url=https://www.law.upenn.edu/cf/faculty/mwachter/cv.pdf|title=C.V.}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x_4JAQAAMAAJ&q=Michael+L.+Wachter+cornell|title=The Economics of modern business enterprise|first=Martin|last=Ricketts|date=30 March 2008|publisher=Edward Elgar|via=Google Books|isbn=9781840649024}}{{cite journal|title=Understanding the Employment Relation: The Analysis of Idiosyncratic Exchange|first1=Oliver E.|last1=Williamson|first2=Michael L.|last2=Wachter|first3=Jeffrey E.|last3=Harris|date=28 April 1975|journal=The Bell Journal of Economics|volume=6|issue=1|pages=250–278|doi=10.2307/3003224|jstor=3003224}} From 1964 to 1965 he was a Woodrow Wilson Fellow.
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.{{cite web|url=https://www.law.upenn.edu/cf/faculty/mwachter/|title=Penn Law Faculty: Michael L. Wachter, expert on Corporations, Corporate Finance, Labor Law, Law and Economics|website=www.law.upenn.edu}} He was Commissioner of the Minimum Wage Study Commission established by the US Congress from 1978 to 1981. He was Interim Provost of the University of Pennsylvania from January 1998 to December 1998. 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.law.upenn.edu/live/news/10236-former-delaware-supreme-court-chief-justice-leo-e|title=Former Delaware Supreme Court Chief Justice Leo e. Strine, Jr. L'88 appointed as Michael L. Wachter Distinguished Fellow in Law and Policy at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School }}
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.
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).[https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/80953837_Michael_L_Wachter "Michael L. Wachter's research while affiliated with University of Pennsylvania and other places,"] ResearchGate.
He passed away on September 3, 2022.{{cite web |title=Remembering Michael Wachter |url=https://www.law.upenn.edu/live/news/15081-remembering-michael-wachter}}
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