Law and Economics Program Meeting
Organized by Christine Jolls
February 7, 2014
NBER, 1050 Mass. Ave. Cambridge, MA

Friday, February 7

1

Bad Boys: How Criminal Identity Affects Rule Violation

Alain Cohn, University of Michigan
Michel Marechal, University of Zurich
Thomas Noll, Swiss Prison Staff Training Center

2

The Effect of the Political Power of Unions on Firm Value

Jared Stanfield, University of New South Wales
Robert Tumarkin, University of New South Wales

3

Corporate Scandals and Household Stock Market Participation

Mariassunta Giannetti, Stockholm School of Economics
Tracy Yue Wang, University of Minnesota

4

Mortgage Origination and the Rise of Securitization: An Incomplete-Contracts Model

Rohan Pitchford, The Australian National University
Christopher Snyder, Dartmouth College and NBER

5

Health and Financial Fragility: Evidence from Car Crashes and Consumer Bankruptcy

Edward Morrison, Columbia University and NBER
Arpit Gupta, New York University
Lenora Olson, University of Utah
Lawrence Cook, University of Utah
Heather Keenan, University of Utah

6

Out-of-the-Money CEOs: Private Control Premium and Option Exercises

Vyacheslav Fos, Boston College and NBER
Wei Jiang, Emory University and NBER