PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The Hoover IP² Summer Institute on the Economics and Politics of Regulation is designed to educate students and young professionals on how to think systematically about regulatory systems and their consequences. Its goal is to equip attendees with analytic tools that are basic to good policymaking. The Summer Institute follows the model of executive education programs organized by business schools. It is an intensive, two‐week long program in which participants are taught by instructors who are experts in the particular subject matter being studied on that particular day. Enrollment is limited to twenty-two students in order to foster interaction with the instructors and intensive engagement with other participants.

PROGRAM DATES
August 6–18, 2017

LOCATION
Hoover Institution, Stanford University, Stanford, California

PROGRAM FEE
Fees, food and lodging, and transportation will be free to accepted applicants

UNITS COVERED

  • Innovation and the Patent System
  • Antitrust, Risk, and Regulation
  • Innovation and Finance
  • Energy and Environment

WHO SHOULD APPLY?

  • Advanced law students
  • Recent law school graduates
  • Capitol Hill staff
  • Federal judicial clerks
  • Students and recent graduates of public policy programs
  • Young professionals working at the nexus of business and law

See the 2017 participant survey responses and participants’ comments regarding the program.

Download the 2017 IP² Summer Institute Program
Download the 2017 IP² Summer Reading List

In the news:
Hoover IP² Students Complete First Week of Classes
Summer Teaching Institute reading list released

2017 INSTRUCTORS AND MENTORS
Severin Borenstein, UC Berkeley
Latika Chaudhary, Naval Postgraduate School
Richard A. Epstein, Hoover Institution and NYU
Alexander Galetovic, University of the Andes
Ron Goettler, University of Rochester
Stephen Haber, Hoover Institution and Stanford University
Wes Hartmann, Stanford University
Zorina Khan, Bowdoin College
F. Scott Kieff , Hoover Institution and George Washington University.
Ross Levine, UC Berkeley
Noel Maurer, George Washington University
Victor Menaldo, University of Washington
Lisa Oullette, Stanford University
Richard Sousa, Hoover Institution
Michael Tomz, Stanford University

Upcoming Events

Tuesday, May 26, 2026
National Treasure by Michael Auslin
National Treasure: How The Declaration Of Independence Made America
The Hoover's History Lab and Center for Revitalizing American Institutions invites you to National Treasure: How the Declaration of Independence Made… Shultz Auditorium, George P. Shultz Building
Wednesday, May 27, 2026
Red Dawn Over China
Red Dawn Over China: How Communism Conquered A Quarter Of Humanity
The Hoover Institution invites you to Red Dawn Over China: How Communism Conquered a Quarter of Humanity, a book talk with the author, Frank Dikötter… Shultz Auditorium, George P. Shultz Building
Thursday, May 28, 2026
Wyoming
Powering The American West: Affordability, Technology, And Policy In The Western Energy Landscape
This year’s State of the West symposium will consider the state of energy in the West, from ensuring affordable energy in the age of AI, to… Shultz Auditorium, George P. Shultz Building
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