2025-01-17T07:51:13-05:00 2023-12-31 990 2023-01-01 223093764 AMERICAN LAW AND ECONOMICS ASSOCIATION INC % Karen Crocco AMER 2034327801 PO BOX 208245 NEW HAVEN CT 065208245 Karen G Crocco Crocco Executive Secretary 2025-01-17 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z Karen Crocco PO BOX 208245 NEW HAVEN CT 065208245 146626 false X www.amlecon.org X 1991 CT To promote research in the field of law and economics through the Associations annual meeting and its academic journal the "American Law and Economics Review." 15 15 0 15 0 0 30022 26200 108330 113835 2065 6591 0 0 140417 146626 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 163684 154382 163684 154382 -23267 -7756 347833 356848 0 0 347833 356848 To promote academic research in the field of law and economics. The Association holds an annual meeting for its members and publishes an academic journal called the "American Law and Economics Review" which publishes articles submitted by its members. false false 73175 0 73175 The Association held its 33rd Annual Meeting on June 9-10 2023 at Boston University School of Law. Approximately 227 people attended and 56 papers were presented on various issues related to law and economics. 18584 0 40660 The Association publishes an academic journal called the "American Law and Economics Review" known as the "ALER". The Association typically publishes two issues a year Spring and Fall. The ALER is provided to our members as part of their yearly membership benefits. The publisher of the ALER is Oxford University Press and we publish academic articles submitted by our members. We also award two prizes every year each in the amount of $2,500 for the best theoretical and the best empirical paper published in the ALER during the preceding year. 0 0 0 0 0 0 91759 true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false 0 0 0 false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false X 15 15 false false false false true true false true true false false false false false false false false false X Karen Crocco Executive Secretary 2034327801 American Law and Economics Associat P O Box 208245 New Haven CT 065208245 James R Hines Jr President 2023-24 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Richard RW Brooks Vice President 2023-24 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Lee Anne Fennell Secretary-Treasurer 2023-24 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Abhay Aneja Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Scott Baker Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Elisabeth de Fontenay Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Michael D Frakes Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Talia Gillis Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Jacob Goldin Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Colleen Honigsberg Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Manisha Padi Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Ariana Robertson Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Holger Spamann Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Megan Stevenson Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 David Weisbach Director 0.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 false false false 0 26200 0 0 0 0 0 26200 Professional organization 813920 73175 73175 0 0 Periodical publishers 511120 40660 40660 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 113835 6591 6591 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 146626 120426 0 0 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50450 0 50450 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1619 0 1619 0 927 0 927 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 73175 73175 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bank/Credit card fees (see Schedule O) 8465 0 8465 0 Academic journal ("ALER") (see Schedule O) 18584 18584 0 0 Ronald H. Coase Medal (See Schedule O) 1162 0 1162 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 154382 91759 62623 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 275151 267393 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 72682 89455 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 347833 356848 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 347833 356848 0 0 0 0 347833 356848 347833 356848 -7756 16773 0 0 0 -2 X false false false X 28245 19060 36600 30022 26200 140127 136581 63724 80947 108330 113835 503417 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 164826 82784 117547 138352 140035 643544 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 643544 2608 575 31 2065 6591 11870 0 0 0 0 0 0 2608 575 31 2065 6591 11870 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 167434 83359 117578 140417 146626 655414 0.9819 0.9890 0.0181 0.0110 X Part III - Line 12 | Year:, Amount:, Description:| 2019, , | 2020, | 2021, | 2022, | 2023, | Part VI, Line 6 The Association is an academic nonprofit association which has members who pay annual membership dues $70.00 year for "regular" i.e. non-student members and $30 year for graduate student members. Membership includes the Associations academic journal called the "American Law and Economics Review" "ALER". The ALER publishes two issues per year Spring and Fall. Part VI, Line 7a The members who attend our annual meeting vote for four new Directors each year from a slate of typically 8 nominees. We use an electronic ballot software ElectionBuddy to send out an electronic ballot via email to those who attended our annual meeting. Part VI, Line 11a The Board of Directors reviews the financial statements each year at our Board meeting. The figures are then input onto the Associations tax return which is available upon request to any of the Board members or to members individual upon request. Part XI, Line 9 | Description:, Explanation:, Amount:| The Associations funds are actually $2.00 lower than what is reflected on this return because the electronic form does not allow any figures after a decimal point; thus one must "round up.", Decrease of $2.00 as a result of "rounding up" on the Electronic Form 990., $-2| Part VIII Line 2 | Explanation:| Line 2a: These are conference registration fees received for our annual meeting from our attendees. Part VIII Line 2 | Explanation:| Line 2b: This figure presents the profit sharing we received from Oxford University Press the publisher of our academic journal the "American Law and Economics Review" as well as their contribution toward 1 2 have of the prize we award each year to the authors of the best theoretical and empirical papers published in our journal during the prior year. Part X Line 24 | Explanation:| Line 24a: These are fees that our credit card processor Elavon charges us to accept credit card payments MasterCard VISA. Part X Line 24 | Explanation:| Line 24b: These are expenses we incur during the publishing distribution of our academic journal the "American Law and Economics Review" "ALER" which is published by Oxford University Press. This figure also includes 1 2 of the prize that we award to the authors each year for the best theoretical and empirical papers published in the ALER during the prior year. Part X Line 24 | Explanation:| Line 24c: This figure represents the purchase of a small round bronze "medal" in a rosewood display box that is awarded bi-annually in recognition of major contributions to the field of law and economics. Recipient lectures are published in the Associations academic journal the "American Law and Economics Review."