Matthew Dimick PROFESSOR PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison JD, Cornell Law School BA, Brigham Young University
(716) 645-7968
My research studies the relationship between law
mdimick@buffalo.edu
AREAS OF INTEREST
CHAPTERS
LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT LAW
Evgeny Pashukanis’ Commodity-
CONTRACTS
Form Theory of Law, in Research
TAX POLICY
Handbook on Law and Marxism
LEGAL THEORY
115 (Umut Özsu & Paul O’Connell eds.,
LAW AND ECONOMICS
Edward Elgar Publishing, 2021).
and economic inequality. While we may well condemn
ARTICLES
inequality as an injustice in
Counterfeit Liberty,
itself, it also has many negative
3(1) Catalyst 47 (2019).
side effects: a corrosion of the political process, skewed
The Law and Economics of
public policies, and an unstable
Redistribution, 15 Annual Review of
financial system, to name
Law and Social Science 559 (2019).
a few. While the causes of rising income inequality are
Models of Other-Regarding Preferences,
many and complex, the law
Inequality and Redistribution (with
undoubtedly plays a role.
David Rueda & Daniel Stegmueller),
Traditionally, the economic
21 Annual Review of Political
analysis of law has focused on
Science 441 (May 2018).
efficiency—how the law can make society’s economic pie larger. While using many of the same economist-inspired tools, my research uses a more sociologically-inspired set of questions to ask how the law distributes—slices up—the economic pie.”
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