Oren Bar-Gill

Oren Bar-Gill (born 1975) is an Israeli-American lawyer, economist, and academic. He is William J. Friedman and Alicia Townsend Friedman Professor of Law and Economics at Harvard Law School, and a Sackler Fellow at Tel Aviv University. He is most known for his research in contract law (especially consumer contracts), law and economics, and behavioral law and economics.

Bar-Gill is the author of a book entitled, ''Seduction by Contract: Law, Economics, and Psychology in Consumer Markets,'' and has published over 60 academic articles. His research spans the field of consumer economics, with particular emphasis on the relationships between consumers 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 Gerson Lehrman Group. He is the Editor-in-Chief of ''Journal of Legal Analysis'', Associate Editor of ''Behavioral Science & Policy'', and is associated with the advisory boards of ''Singapore Journal of Legal Studies'', U.S. Financial Diaries, and Berlin Center for Consumer Policies, He serves (together with Omri Ben-Shahar and Florencia Marotta-Wurgler) as Reporter for the Restatement of the Law, Consumer Contracts. Provided by Wikipedia