Law and Economics Program Meeting
Organized by Christine Jolls
February 28, 2020
NBER, Feldstein Conference Room, 2nd Floor,1050 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA

Friday, February 28

9:00 am

Coffee and Pastries

9:30 am

Are Star Lawyers also Better Lawyers?

Allen Ferrell, Harvard University and NBER
Alberto Manconi, Bocconi University
Ekaterina V. Neretina, University of Southern California
Luc Renneboog, Tilburg University
William Powley, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Discussant:
David Yermack, New York University and NBER

10:25 am

Break

10:35 am

Bargaining and Strategic Voting on Appellate Courts

Giri Parameswaran, Haverford College
Charles Cameron, Princeton University
Lewis A. Kornhauser, New York University

Discussant:
Joshua Fischman, University of Virginia

11:30 am

Break

11:40 am

Overcoming Contractual Incompleteness: The Role of Guiding Principles

David Frydlinger, Cirio Law Firm
Oliver D. Hart, Harvard University and NBER

Discussant:
Patrick L. Warren, Clemson University

12:35 pm

Lunch

2:00 pm

Part 1 of a Special Session on Consumer Behavior

Investing with Fast Thinking

Li Liao, Tsinghua University
Zhengwei Wang, Tsinghua University
Jia Xiang, Tsinghua University
Hongjun Yan, DePaul University
Jun Yang, NTU Singapore

Discussant:
Tal Gross, Boston University and NBER

2:55 pm

Break

3:10 pm

Part 2 of a Special Session on Consumer Behavior

Risk-Mitigating Technologies: the Case of Radiation Diagnostic Devices

Alberto Galasso, University of Toronto and NBER
Hong Luo, University of Toronto

Discussant:
Christopher M. Snyder, Dartmouth College and NBER

4:05 pm

Common Ownership and Startup Growth

Ofer Eldar, University of California, Berkeley
Jill Grennan, Emory University
Kate Waldock, Georgetown University

Discussant:
Sarath Sanga, Yale University

5:00 pm

Adjourn

6:00 pm

Dinner, Bambara (across the street from the Royal Sonesta Hotel)