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Law and Economics Program Meeting
Organized by Christine Jolls March 3, 2017 NBER Conference program, summary |
| Friday, March 3 | |
| 8:00 am |
Continental Breakfast
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| 8:30 am |
Racial Bias in Bail Decisions
Discussant:
Jonah Gelbach, University of California, Berkeley |
| 9:25 am |
Deterrence and the Optimal Use of Prison, Parole, and Probation
Discussant:
Kathryn E. Spier, Harvard University and NBER |
| 10:20 am |
Break
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| 10:40 am |
Evaluating Health Insurance Decisions: Evidence from a Menu with Dominated Options
Discussant:
Eric Zitzewitz, Dartmouth College and NBER |
| 11:35 am |
The Marginal Propensity to Consume Over the Business Cycle
Discussant:
Tal Gross, Boston University and NBER |
| 12:30 pm |
Lunch
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| 1:15 pm |
Information Suppression by Teams and Violations of the Brady Rule
Discussant:
Scott R. Baker, University of Wisconsin - Madison and NBER |
| 2:10 pm |
Appraising the “Merger Price” Appraisal Rule
Discussant:
Wei Jiang, Emory University and NBER |
| 3:05 pm |
Break
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| 3:25 pm |
Securing Property Rights
Discussant:
Christopher M. Snyder, Dartmouth College and NBER |
| 4:20 pm |
Affirmative Action Exemptions and Capacity Constrained Firms
Discussant:
W. Bentley MacLeod, Yale University and NBER |