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Michael D. Frakes is the A. Kenneth Pye Distinguished Professor of Law at Duke Law School and Professor of Economics in the Duke Economics Department. He is also a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and Co-Editor-in-Chief of the American Law and Economics Review since late 2023.
- Education: BS in Economics (MIT, 2001), JD (Harvard, 2005), PhD in Economics (MIT, 2009).
- Prior Affiliations: Cornell Law School, Northwestern University School of Law, Visiting Professor at Harvard and NYU.
Frakes conducts empirical research at the intersection of health law, torts, and innovation policy. His work examines how legal and financial incentives influence healthcare delivery, racial disparities in health outcomes, and patent office dynamics. He has secured NIH R01 grants to study medical liability's impact on care quality and pharmaceutical patent databases.
His recent publications focus on pharmaceutical patent strategies, medical malpractice reform, and racial concordance in healthcare. While no explicit awards are listed, his grants and editorial leadership highlight his influence in empirical law and economics.
