Law and Economics Program Meeting
Organized by Christine Jolls
February 15, 2019
NBER, Feldstein Conference Room, 2nd Floor, 1050 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA
Friday, February 15
9:00 am
Continental Breakfast
9:30 am

Class Actions and Private Antitrust Litigation

Albert Choi, University of Michigan
Kathryn E. Spier, Harvard University and NBER

Discussant:
Martin C. Schmalz, University of Oxford
10:25 am

Reducing Unjust Convictions: Plea Bargaining, Trial, and Evidence Suppression/Disclosure

Andrew Daughety, Vanderbilt University
Jennifer Reinganum, Vanderbilt University

Discussant:
Nicola Persico, Northwestern University and NBER
11:20 am
Break
11:35 am

Myopic Shareholders

Lucian A. Bebchuk, Harvard University and NBER
Doron Y. Levit, University of Washington

Discussant:
Song Ma, Yale University and NBER
12:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm

Directors' Duties Laws and Long-Term Firm Value

Martijn Cremers, University of Notre Dame
Scott Guernsey, University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UT)
Simone M. Sepe, University of Arizona

Discussant:
Robert P. Bartlett III, Stanford University
2:25 pm
Break
2:45 pm

Outraged by Compensation: Implications for Public Pension Performance

Alexander Dyck, University of Toronto
Adair Morse, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Paulo Martins Manoel, University of California, Berkeley

Discussant:
Enrichetta Ravina, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
3:40 pm
Break
3:55 pm

Fear and the Safety Net: Evidence from Secure Communities

Marcella Alsan, Stanford University and NBER
Crystal Yang, Harvard University and NBER

Discussant:
Barbara Biasi, Yale University and NBER
4:50 pm

The Selective Enforcement of Government Regulation: Battleground States and the EPA

Huseyin Gulen, Purdue University
Brett W. Myers, Texas Tech University

Discussant:
J. Mark Ramseyer, Harvard University
5:45 pm
Adjourn
Shuttle van departs the NBER for the Royal Sonesta Hotel
6:30 pm
Group Dinner - Restaurant Dante at Royal Sonesta Hotel