David A. Weisbach

University of Chicago Law School, Chicago, Illinois ~Walter J. Blum Professor of Law. International Research Fellow, Saïd Business School, Oxford University. Rigorous and systematic tax lawyer, combining technical background in taxation with command of economic theory. Research examines techniques for controlling carbon emissions; the relationship of the income tax to the consumption tax; the treatment of corporate income and corporate debt; the analysis of capital gains; the treatment of the holders of carried interests in venture capital arrangements; and the understanding of the relationship of corporate structure to the incidents of taxation. Works on issues beyond his immediate specialization at both the micro and macro economic level, including antitrust regulation, civil procedure, rate regulation, empirical research, and economic theory. ~~