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Ian Ayres, J.D., Ph.D.
blue arrow William K. Townsend Professor of Law, Law School
blue arrow Professor, School of Management
blue arrow Member, Law, Policy and Ethics Core

Contact:
blue arrow ian.ayres@yale.edu
blue arrow Ph: (203) 432-7101


Brief Bio:
Ian Ayres is the William K. Townsend Professor at Yale Law School. He was born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri, received his B.A. (majoring in Russian studies and economics) and J.D. from Yale and his Ph.D in economics from M.I.T. Professor Ayres clerked for the Honorable James K. Logan of the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals. He has previously taught at Illinois, Northwestern, Stanford and Virginia law schools and has been a research fellow of the American Bar Foundation.

He is a regular commentator on public radio's Marketplace and a columnist for FORBES magazine and regularly writes opeds for the NEW YORK TIMES.

Professor Ayres has published 8 books and over 100 articles on a wide range of topics. In the spring 2005, he published three books, STRAIGHTFORWARD: HOW TO MOBILIZE HETEROSEXUAL SUPPORT FOR GAY RIGHTS (Princeton University Press 2005) (with Jennifer Gerarda Brown); OPTIONAL LAW: REAL OPTIONS IN THE STRUCTURE OF LEGAL ENTITLEMENTS (University of Chicago Press 2005); and INSINCERE PROMISES: THE LAW OF MISREPRESENTED INTENT (Yale University Press 2005) (with Gregory Klass). He is also the author of WHY NOT?: HOW TO USE EVERYDAY INGENUITY TO SOLVE PROBLEMS BIG AND SMALL (2003) (with Barry Nalebuff); VOTING WITH DOLLARS (2002) (with Bruce Ackerman) and PERVASIVE PREJUDICE? (2001).

Excerpts of his publications as well as audio and video clips can be found on the internet at: www.law.yale.edu/ayres/



Selected Publications:
2006

Ayres, I.  (2006). First Amendment Bargains. Yale Journal of Law & Humanities, 18(), 178.

Ayres, I. and Brown, J.G.  (2006). Mark(et)ing Nondiscrimination: Privatizing ENDA with a Certification Mark. Michigan Law Review, 104(7), 1639-1712.

Ayres, I.  (2006). Menus Matter. University of Chicago Law Review, 73(1), 3-16.

2005

Ayres, I. and Baker, K.K.  (2005). A Separate Crime of Reckless Sex. University of Chicago Law Review, 72(2), 599-666.

Ayres, I. and Brooks, R.  (2005). Does Affirmative Action Reduce the Number of Black Lawyers?. Stanford Law Review, 57(6), 1807-1854.

Ayres, I. and Foster, S.  (2005). Don’t Tell, Don’t Ask: Narrow Tailoring After Grutter and Gratz. Yale Law School John M. Olin Center for Studies in Law, Economics, and Public Policy Working Paper, Paper 287(), .

Ayres, I. and Macey, J.R.  (2005). Nation-Building in the Middle East - Institutional and Evolutionary Failure and Economic Development in the Middle East. Yale Journal of International Law, 30(2), 397.

Ayres, I.  (2005). Three Tests for Measuring Unjustified Disparate Impacts in Organ Transplantation: The Problem of "Included Variable" Bias. Perspectives in Biology and Medicine, 48(1 Supplement), S68-S87.

Ayres, I., Vars, F.E., and Zakariya, N.  (2005). To Insure Prejudice: Racial Disparities in Taxicab Tipping. Yale Law Journal, 114(7), 1613-1674.

2004

Ayres, I. and Klass, G.  (2004). Promissory Fraud Without Breach. Wisconsin Law Review, 507(), .

Ayres, I. and Brown, J.G.  (2004). Should Heterosexuals Boycott Marriage?. Issues in Legal Scholarship, Single-Sex Marriage, (Article 2), .

Brown, J.G. and Ayres, I.  (2004). The Inclusive Command: Voluntary Integration of Sexual Minorities into the U.S. Military. Michigan Law Review, 103(), 150-188.

2003

Ayres, I.  (2003). A Role on the Board for the 'Loyal Opposition'. Directors & Boards, (), .

Ayres, I. And Goldbart, P.M.  (2003). Correlated Values in the Theory of Property and Liability Rules. Journal of Legal Studies, 32(1), 121-151.

Nalebuff, B. and Ayres, I.  (2003, October 27). Ideas Waiting to Happen. Forbes.com, pp. .

Ayres, I.  (2003). Is Discrimination Elusive?. Stanford Law Review, 55(6), 2419-2434.

Ayres, I. and Funk, M.  (2003). Marketing Privacy. Yale Journal on Regulation, 20(1), 77.

Nalebuff, B. and Ayres, I.  (2003, November). Problem Solving: What Would Croesus Do?. Darwinmag.com, pp. .

Ayres, I. and Donohue III, J.J.  (2003). Shooting Down the 'More Guns, Less Crime' Hypothesis. Stanford Law Review, 55(4), 1193-1312.

Ayres, I. and Donohue III, J.J.  (2003). The Latest Misfires in Support of the 'More Guns, Less Crime' Hypothesis. Stanford Law Review, 55(4), 1371-1398.

Ackerman, B. and Ayres, I.  (2003). The New Paradigm Revisited. California Law Review, 91(3), 743-768.

Ayres, I.  (2003). Valuing Modern Contract Scholarship. Yale Law Journal, 112(4), 881-901.

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