Law and Economics Program Meeting
Organized by Christine Jolls
February 28, 2025
Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA 02142

Friday, February 28

9:00am

Continental Breakfast

9:30am

Occupational Licensing and Labor Mobility: Evidence from the Legal Profession

Adam Chilton, University of Chicago
Jacob Goldin, University of Chicago and NBER
Kyle T. Rozema, Northwestern University
Sarath Sanga, Yale University

Discussant:
Benjamin Feigenberg, University of Illinois Chicago and NBER

10:25am

Break

10:40am

Validating Valuation: How Statistical Learning Can Cabin Expert Discretion in Valuation Disputes

Andrew Charles Baker Jonah B. Gelbach Eric Talley, Columbia University

Discussant:
David Yermack, New York University and NBER

11:35am

A Game Change for Attorney Fees: Benchmarking Against Settlement Offers

Kathryn E. Spier, Harvard University and NBER
David Rosenberg, Harvard Law School

Discussant:
Frances X. Lee, Loyola University Chicago

12:30pm

Lunch

1:30 pm

Relaxing Charging Restrictions in Narcotics Cases (slides)

Andrew Jordan, Washington University in St. Louis

Discussant:
Aurelie Ouss, University of Pennsylvania and NBER

2:25pm

Break

2:40 pm

The Hidden Health Care Crisis Behind Bars: A Randomized Trial to Accredit U.S. Jails

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

Discussant:
Anita Mukherjee, University of Wisconsin - Madison

3:35 pm

Incapacitation and the Optimal Use of Prison, Parole, and Probation

A. Mitchell Polinsky, Stanford University and NBER
Paul N. Riskind, Stanford University

Discussant:
Rohan Pitchford, The Australian National University

4:30pm

Adjourn