Friday, April 8

9:00 am

Coffee

9:20 am

Welcome and Remarks

9:30 am

The Impact of Affirmative Action Litigation on Police Killings of Civilians

Robynn J.A. Cox, University of California, Riverside
Jamein P. Cunningham, University of Texas at Austin
Alberto Ortega, Indiana University and NBER

Discussants:
Bocar A. Ba, Duke University and NBER
Jonathan Mummolo, Princeton University

10:20 am

What Drives Racial Diversity on U.S. Corporate Boards?

Vicki Bogan, Duke University and NBER
Katya Potemkina, Cornell University
Scott E. Yonker, Cornell University

Discussants:
Jerry Davis, University of Michigan
Renée Adams, University of Oxford

11:10 am

Break

11:20 am

Racial Disparities in Housing Evictions

Rahul Goravara, Yale University

Discussants:
Edward L. Glaeser, Harvard University and NBER
Timothy Thomas, University of California, Berkeley

12:10 pm

Lunch

1:00 pm

The Racial Wealth Gap, Financial Aid, and College Access

Phillip B. Levine, Wellesley College and NBER
Dubravka Ritter, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia

Discussants:
Susan Dynarski, Harvard University and NBER
Samuel R. Lucas, University of California, Berkeley

1:50 pm

Racial Differences in Prices Paid

Andrew Butters, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University
Daniel W. Sacks, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Boyoung Seo, Indiana University

Discussants:
Rebecca Diamond, Stanford University and NBER
Angus Deaton, Princeton University and NBER

2:40 pm

Break

2:50 pm

"Model Minorities" in the Classroom? Positive Bias towards Asian Students and its Consequences

Ying Shi, Syracuse University
Maria Zhu, Syracuse University

Discussants:
Jennifer Lee, Columbia University
Natasha Kumar Warikoo, Tufts University

3:40 pm

Discrimination and Quality Signals: A Field Experiment with Healthcare Shoppers

Alex Chan, Harvard University

Discussants:
Corinne Low, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
Devin G. Pope, University of Chicago and NBER

4:30 pm

Adjourn