240:. He was promoted to associate professor in 2007, and to Professor in 2009. In 2013, he became the Evelyn and Harold Meltzer Professor of Law and Economics at New York University School of Law. In 2014, he moved to Harvard Law School, where he serves as William J. Friedman and Alicia Townsend Friedman Professor of Law and Economics. Bar-Gill has also been serving as Sackler Fellow and visiting professor of law at Tel Aviv University since 2017.
300:(CFPB), explaining that, prior to the creation of the CFPB, regulators with authority to police Consumer Financial Products (CFPs) lack the motivation to do so and that regulators with motivation to protect consumers lack authority over important CFP sellers. In his article, titled "Seduction by contract: do we understand the documents we sign?" he described how policymakers are paying increasing attention to the problem of how behavioral
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Economics from Tel-Aviv
University in 1996. He has two doctorate degrees, in economics and in law. Prior to receiving a Ph.D. degree in economics at Tel-Aviv University in 2002, he enrolled at Harvard Law School and earned an LL.M. degree in 2001. Later on, he completed his S.J.D. (Doctorate in Law) from Harvard Law School, with a dissertation titled "Essays in Law and Economics."
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In his 2019 study, Bar-Gill provided an account of simple disclosures like genetically modified food disclosures, and how they might cause market distortions and inefficiencies, when consumers draw false inferences from the disclosure, and when the disclosure of one dimension elevates this dimension
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hurt consumers and undermine efficiency, and are responding with increasingly sophisticated regulatory tools. He also highlighted the dire need for designing "disclosures that can really empower consumers and solve the behavioral market failure." In 2021, Bar-Gill, together with Omri Ben-Shahar from
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Bar-Gill was born in 1975 in Israel to parents Aharon and
Nechama. Being raised in Israel, he completed his high school studies at Ort Kiryat Bialik in 1992. He graduated from Tel-Aviv University with a B.A. degree in economics in 1995. He then earned an LL.B., as well as an M.A. degree in Law and
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at the expense of other dimensions, and consequently distorts demand for the product and might even alter the product itself. More recently, he presented his viewpoints on the relationship that exists between the informational content of
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Bar-Gill has published a book and over 60 articles on topics related to contracts (with a focus on consumer contracts), law and economics, and behavioral law and economics. His research has been featured by numerous magazines, such as
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from Tel Aviv
University, Bar-Gill highlighted how the prospect of a sale affects the seller's incentive to investigate, and what possible impact the disclosure rules of contract law have on the investigation decision.
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and commercial entities, and consumer psychology, and it derives legal policy implications aimed at helping consumers. Since 2005, he has been serving as
Council Member for
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Bar-Gill, O. (2019). Algortihmic Price
Discrimination: When Demand Is a Function of Both Preferences and (Mis)perceptions. University of Chicago Law Review 86, 217.
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University of Chicago, developed a new theory of manipulation in consumer markets—one that focuses on how truthful information is prioritized.
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Bar-Gill, O., & Persico, N. (2016). Exchange
Efficiency with Weak Ownership Rights. American Economic Journal: Microeconomics 8, 230.
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is of the view that the book "consists of a detailed explanation of , exploring credit cards, mortgages, and cell phones."
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Bar-Gill, O., & Bebchuk, L. A. (2002). Misreporting corporate performance. Harvard law and economics discussion paper.
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Bar-Gill, O. (2008). The law, economics and psychology of subprime mortgage contracts. Cornell L. Rev., 94, 1073.
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Bar-Gill, O., & Porat, A. (2020). Disclosure Rules in
Contract Law. Journal of Legal Studies, 49, 103.
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Bar-Gill was the
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Bar-Gill, O. (2007). The behavioral economics of consumer contracts. Minn. L. Rev., 92, 749.
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Bar-Gill, O., & Warren, E. (2008). Making credit safer. U. Pa. L. Rev., 157, 1.
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2009 – Best Paper Award, American
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and has published over 60 academic articles. His research spans the field of
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Seduction by Contract: Law, Economics, and Psychology in Consumer Markets,
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2003 – Olin Prize for Best Paper in Law and Economics, Harvard Law School
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Seduction by Contract: Law, Economics and Psychology in Consumer Markets
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Bar-Gill, O. (2003). Seduction by plastic. Nw. UL Rev., 98, 1373.
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1999–2000 – Cegla Fellowship, Tel-Aviv University School of Law
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Bar-Gill started his academic career as a Junior Fellow at
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In other work, Bar-Gill argued for establishing the
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