Law and Business

RAND work in law, business, and regulation includes analyses of alternative dispute resolution, asbestos litigation, workers' compensation, insurance, and other civil justice matters. This research often has implications for the private sector, such as entrepreneurs facing legal and regulatory hurdles, or multinational corporations dealing with corporate ethics and governance issues.

Research conducted by: RAND Justice, Infrastructure, and Environment; RAND Institute for Civil Justice; RAND Labor and Population; Environment, Energy, and Economic Development Program; RAND Europe; Center for Terrorism Risk Management Policy; Center for Health and Safety in the Workplace

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Directors as Guardians of Compliance and Ethics Within the Corporate Citadel

The collapse of financial markets in late 2008 has invited renewed questions about the governance, compliance, and ethics practices of firms. RAND convened a symposium to explore the perspective and role of corporate boards of directors in overseeing ethics and compliance matters within their firms.

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Amber Jaycocks

Assistant Policy Analyst
M.Phil. (Ph.D. candidate) in policy analysis, Pardee RAND Graduate School; B.S. in environmental engineering, MIT

Geoffrey F. Joyce

Codirector, UCLA/RAND Health Services Research Training Program
Ph.D. in economics, City University of New York; M.P.P., University of Michigan; B.A., Connecticut College

Srikanth Kadiyala

Economist
Ph.D. in health policy/economics, Harvard University

Arie Kapteyn

Senior Economist (Adjunct)
Ph.D. in economics, Leiden University; M.A. in econometrics, Erasmus University Rotterdam; M.A. and B.A. in agricultural economics, State Agricultural University Wageningen

Lynn A. Karoly

Senior Economist
Ph.D. and M.A. in economics, Yale University; B.A. in economics, Claremont McKenna College

Iao M. Katagiri

Director, RAND Office of Community Relations; Deputy Vice President, Office of External Affairs
M.P.A., John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University; B.A. in political science, University of California, Berkeley

Edward G. Keating

Senior Economist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. in economic analysis, Stanford University Graduate School of Business; B.A. in mathematical methods in the social sciences and economics, Northwestern University

Emmett B. Keeler

Senior Mathematician; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. in mathematics, Harvard University

Kirsten M. Keller

Behavioral Scientist
Ph.D. in industrial/organizational psychology, University of Maryland; M.A. in industrial/organizational psychology, University of Maryland; B.A. in psychology, Franklin and Marshall College

Ujwal Kharel

Assistant Policy Analyst
M.E.M., Dartmouth College; B.E. in electrical engineering, Dartmouth College; B.A. in physics and economics, Vassar College

M. Rebecca Kilburn

Director, Promising Practices Network on Children, Families and Communities; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School; Senior Economist
Ph.D. and M.A. in economics, University of Chicago; B.A. in economics, Kenyon College

Sung-Bou Kim

Assistant Policy Analyst
Ph.D. candidate in policy analysis, Pardee RAND Graduate School; M.P.P. in public policy, KDI School of Public Policy & Management; B.A. in international studies, Korea University

Lisa Klautzer

Assistant Policy Analyst
Ph.D. in policy analysis, Pardee RAND Graduate School; Mag.Iur. in law, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz

Jacob Alex Klerman

Economist
M.A. in economics, University of Chicago

Svitlana Kobzar

Associate Analyst
Ph.D. in international studies, University of Cambridge; M.Phil. in contemporary european studies, University of Cambridge; B.A. (summa cum laude) in foreign policy, Alma College

Heather Krull

Associate Economist
Ph.D. in economics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Kenneth Kuhn

Associate Operations Researcher; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. in civil engineering, University of California, Berkeley; M.S. in operations research, University of California, Berkeley; B.A. in math, Johns Hopkins University

Krishna B. Kumar

Director, RAND Labor and Population; Senior Economist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. in economics, University of Chicago

Sarah Kups

Assistant Policy Analyst
Ph.D. candidate in policy analysis, Pardee RAND Graduate School; M.A. in economics & international relations, University of St Andrews; M.Phil in economics, University of Cambridge

Darius N. Lakdawalla

Affiliated Adjunct Staff
Ph.D. in economics, University of Chicago

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