Established in 2011 with a visionary gift from Richard Paul Richman, JD ’72, MBA ’73, the Richard Paul Richman Center for Business, Law, and Public Policy at Columbia University is a joint venture of Columbia’s Business and Law Schools. The Richman Center promotes evidence-based public policy and fosters dialogue and debate on emerging policy questions where business and markets intersect with the law.

The Center supports empirical, theoretical, and institutional research targeting central issues at the nexus of law and markets, both domestically and internationally, and helps translate this academic research into practical strategies for executing new regulatory reforms and business opportunities. It also fosters curricular innovations and student activities that tap synergies between the Business and Law Schools.

The Richman Center organized a conference on "How Should Hydraulic Fracturing Be Regulated?"

Interview with Professor Daron Acemoglu, co-author of "Why Nations Fail" and recipient of the 2013 George S. Eccles Prize for Excellence in Economic Writing.

2013 George S. Eccles Prize for Excellence in Economic Writing awarded to three professors.

Andrew Stern, Senior Fellow at the Richman Center, writes on inclusive capitalism (REUTERS).

Chris Mayer, co-director of the Richman Center, speaks on rental investment.

Andrew Stern, Senior Fellow at the Richman Center, Carl Camden CEO of Kelly Services, and Ryan Johnson on raising the minimum wage . (LA Times)