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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

Law and Economics Program Meeting

Christine Jolls, Organizer

March 4, 2016

NBER

2rd Floor Conference Room

1050 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, MA

PROGRAM

*=Presenting author
7:45 am	Shuttle Van Departs from the Royal Sonesta Hotel for the NBER
8:00 am	Continental Breakfast
8:30 am	Claudia Moellers, Duesseldorf Institute for Competition Economics Hans-Theo Normann, Duesseldorf Institute for Competition Economics *Christopher Snyder, Dartmouth College and NBER Communication in Vertical Markets: Experimental Evidence Discussant:  John de Figueiredo, Duke Law School/Fuqua School of Business and NBER
9:25 am	*Jillian A. Popadak, Fugua School of Business, Duke University David Musto, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania Who Benefits from Bond Market Modernization? Discussant:  John Coates, Harvard Law School
10:20 am	Break
Special Session on Corporate Governance:
10:30 am	Ye Cai, Leavey School of Business, Santa Clara University *Jin Xu, Pamplin College of Business, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Jun Yang, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University Affiliated Corporate Donations and Director Independence Discussant:  David Yermack, Stern School, New York University, and NBER
11:25 am	Alex Edmans, London Business School *Luis Goncalves-Pinto, National University of Singapore Yanbo Wang, INSEAD Moqi Xu, London School of Economics Strategic News Releases in Equity Vesting Months Discussant:  Richard Holden, Australia Business School, University of New South Wales
12:20 pm	Lunch
Special Session on Consumer Finance:
1:00 pm	*Will S. Dobbie, Princeton University and NBER Jae Song, Social Security Administration Debt Relief or Debt Restructuring? Evidence from an Experiment with Distressed Credit Card Borrowers Discussant:  Jonathan Zinman, Dartmouth College and NBER
1:55 pm	Jesse Leary, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau *Jialan Wang, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Liquidity Constraints and Budgeting Mistakes: Evidence from Social Security Recipients Discussant:  Paige Marta Skiba, Vanderbilt Law School
2:50 pm	Break
3:00 pm	*Alberto Galasso, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, and NBER Mark Schankerman, London School of Economics Patents Rights and Innovation by Small and Large Firms Discussant:  Petra Moser, Stern School, New York University, and NBER
3:55 pm	Itai Ater, School of Management, Tel Aviv University *Yehonatan Givati, Faculty of Law, Hebrew University Oren Rigbi, Ben-Gurion University The Economics of Rights: Does the Right to Counsel Increase Crime? Discussant:  Giovanni Mastrobuoni, University of Essex
4:50 pm	*A. Mitchell Polinsky, Stanford Law School and NBER Prison Work Programs in a Model of Deterrence Discussant:  Louis Kaplow, Harvard Law School and NBER
5:45 pm	Adjourn
5:45 pm	Shuttle Van Departs from the NBER for the Royal Sonesta Hotel
6:15 pm	Group Dinner – Dante Restaurant, Royal Sonesta Hotel