SI 2015 Law & Economics
Organized by Christine Jolls
July 22-23, 2015
Royal Sonesta Hotel

Wednesday, July 22

8:30 am

On the Design of Criminal Trials: the Benefit of Three-Verdict Systems

Ron Siegel, Pennsylvania State University
Bruno Strulovici, Northwestern University

9:25 am

Conservatism and Switcher's Curse

Aaron Edlin, University of California, Berkeley

10:40 am

Short-term,Long-term, and Continuing Contracts

Oliver D. Hart, Harvard University and NBER
Maija Halonen-Akatwijuka, University of Bristol

11:35 am

Contracting with Feedback

Bo Sun, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Qi Liu, Peking University
Tse-Chun Lin, The University of Hong Kong (HKU)

1:15 pm

Evaluating Workplace Mandates with Flows versus Stocks: An Application to California Paid Family Leave

Mark Curtis, Wake Forest University
Mary Schroeder, University or Iowa
Barry Hirsch, Georgia State University

3:20 pm

The Disability Employment Puzzle: A Field Experiment On Employer Hiring Behavior

Mason Ameri, Rutgers University
Lisa Schur, Rutgers University
Meera Adya, Syracuse University
Scott Bentley, Rutgers University
Patrick McKay, Rutgers University
Douglas L. Kruse, Rutgers University and NBER

Thursday, July 23

8:30 am

The Great Pyramids of America

Eugene Kandel, Hebrew University
Randall Morck, University of Alberta and NBER
Konstantin Kosenko Yishay Yafeh, Hebrew University

8:30 am

The Great Pyramids of America

Eugene Kandel, Hebrew University
Konstantin Kosenko Randall Morck, University of Alberta and NBER
Yishay Yafeh, Hebrew University

9:25 am

What Drives Financial Reform? Economics and Politics of the State-Level Adoption of Municipal Bankruptcy Laws

Stefano Rossi, Bocconi University
Hayong Yun, Michigan State University

10:40 am

Anti-Competitive Effects of Common Ownership

Martin C. Schmalz, University of Oxford
Isabel K. Tecu, Charles River Associates

11:35 am

Shaming Tax Delinquents: Theory and Evidence from a Field Experiment in the United States

Ricardo Perez-Truglia, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
Ugo Troiano, University of California, Riverside

1:15 pm

Privacy Protection, Personalized Medicine and Genetic Testing

Amalia R. Miller, University of Virginia and NBER
Catherine Tucker, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER

3:25 pm

How Quickly Do Markets Learn? Private Information Dissemination in a Natural Experiment

Wei Jiang, Emory University and NBER

4:20 pm

Unshrouding Effects on Demand for a Costly Add-on: Evidence from Bank Overdrafts in Turkey

Sule Alan, Cornell University
Mehmet Cemalcılar, Yapi Kredi Bank
Dean Karlan, Northwestern University and NBER
Jonathan Zinman, Dartmouth College and NBER