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NATIONAL BUREAU OF
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SUMMER INSTITUTE 2015 |
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Law and Economics Workshop |
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Christine Jolls, Organizer |
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Royal Sonesta Hotel |
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40 Edwin H. Land Boulevard |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts |
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July 22-23, 2015 |
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PROGRAM |
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WEDNESDAY, JULY 22: |
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8:00 am |
Coffee and pastries |
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8:30 am |
Bruno Strulovici, Northwestern
University |
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(Joint with Ron Siegel, Northwestern University) |
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On
the Design of Criminal Trials: the Benefit of Three-Verdict Systems |
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Discussant: Jennifer Reinganum, Vanderbilt University |
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9:25 am |
Aaron Edlin, University of California at
Berkeley and NBER |
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Discussant: Brett McDonnell,
University of Minnesota Law School |
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10:20 am |
Break |
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Special Session on Contracting |
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10:40 am |
Oliver Hart, Harvard University and NBER |
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(Joint with Maija Halonen-Akatwijuka, Bristol University) |
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Discussant: Quinn Curtis, University
of Virginia School of Law |
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11:35 am |
Bo Sun, Federal Reserve Board |
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(Joint with Tse-Chun
Lin, University of Hong Kong, and Qi Liu, Guanghua School of Management, Peking
University) |
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Discussant: Ning
Zhu, Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance |
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12:30 pm |
Lunch |
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1:15 pm |
Barry Hirsch, Georgia State University |
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(Joint with E. Mark Curtis, Wake Forest University, and
Mary C. Schroeder, University of Iowa) |
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Discussant: Christopher Ruhm, University of Virginia and NBER |
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2:10 pm |
Break |
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Special Session on Markets and Discrimination |
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2:25 pm |
Joel Waldfogel,
Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota, and NBER |
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(Joint with Steven Berry, Yale University
and NBER, and Alon Eizenberg,
Hebrew University) |
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Fixed Costs and the Product Market
Treatment of Preference Minorities |
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Discussant: Bentley MacLeod, Columbia
University and NBER |
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3:20 pm |
Douglas Kruse, Rutgers University and NBER |
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(Joint with Mason Ameri, Rutgers
University, Lisa Schur, Rutgers University, Meera Adya, Syracuse
University, Scott Bentley, Rutgers University, and Patrick McKay, Rutgers
University) |
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The Disability Employment Puzzle: A
Field Experiment On Employer Hiring Behavior |
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Discussant: Paul Oyer,
Graduate School of
Business, Stanford University, and NBER |
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4:15 pm |
Adjourn |
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4:30 pm |
Feldstein Lecture |
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7:00 pm |
Group Dinner at Bambara
Restaurant, 25 Edwin H. Land Blvd. in Cambridge (across the street from the
Royal Sonesta Hotel) |
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THURSDAY, JULY 23: |
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8:00 am |
Coffee and pastries |
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8:30 am |
Randall Morck, School of Business, University of
Alberta, and NBER |
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(Joint with Eugene Kandel,
School of Business
Administration, Hebrew
University, Konstantin Kosenko, Bank of Israel, and
Yishay Yafeh, Hebrew
University) |
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Discussant: James Kwak,
University of Connecticut School of Law |
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9:25 am |
Stefano Rossi, Krannert
School of Management, Purdue University |
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(Joint with Hayong Yun, Broad College of Business, Michigan
State University) |
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Discussant: Roberta Romano, Yale Law
School and NBER |
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10:20 am |
Break |
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10:40 am |
Martin C. Schmalz, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan |
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(Joint with Jose Azar, Charles River Associates, and
Isabel Tecu, Charles River Associates) |
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Discussant: Sarath
Sanga, University of California at Berkeley |
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11:35 am |
Ugo Troiano, University of Michigan and NBER |
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(Joint with Ricardo Perez-Truglia,
Microsoft Research) |
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Shaming Tax Delinquents: Theory and
Evidence from a Field Experiment in the United States |
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Discussant: Alan Viard,
American Enterprise Institute |
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12:30 pm |
Lunch |
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1:15 pm |
Amalia
Miller, University of Virginia and NBER |
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(Joint with Catherine Tucker, Sloan School, MIT, and
NBER) |
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Privacy Protection, Personalized
Medicine and Genetic Testing |
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Discussant: Emily Oster,
Brown University and NBER |
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2:10 pm |
Break |
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Special Session on Finance |
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2:20 pm |
Stefan Hunt, Financial
Conduct Authority |
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The Impact of Access to Payday Loans on UK
Consumer Borrowing Behaviour and Credit
Outcomes |
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Discussant: Justin Wolfers,
University of Michigan and NBER |
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3:15 pm |
Break |
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3:25 pm |
Wei Jiang, Columbia
Business School |
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(Joint with Robert J. Jackson, Jr.,
Columbia Law School, and Joshua Mitts, Columbia Law School) |
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How Quickly Do Markets Learn? Private
Information Dissemination in a Natural Experiment |
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Discussant: Adair Morse, Haas School
of Business, University of California at Berkeley, and NBER |
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4:20 pm |
Jonathan Zinman,
Dartmouth College and NBER |
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(Joint with Sule Alan,
University of Essex, Mehmet Cemalcilar,
Yapi Kredi Bank, and Dean
Karlan, Yale University and NBER) |
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Unshrouding Effects on Demand for a Costly
Add-on: Evidence from Bank Overdrafts in Turkey |
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Discussant: Benjamin J. Keys, Harris
School of Public Policy, University of Chicago |
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5:15 pm |
Adjourn |