SI 2017 Crime
Organized by Justin McCrary, Jens Ludwig, and Philip J. Cook
July 27-28, 2017
Royal Sonesta Hotel
Wednesday, July 26
6:00 pm
Clambake at the Royal Sonesta Hotel
Thursday, July 27
8:00 am
Coffee and Pastries
8:30 am

The Moral Hazard of Lifesaving Innovations: Naloxone Access, Opioid Abuse, and Crime

Jennifer Doleac, Arnold Ventures
Anita Mukherjee, University of Wisconsin - Madison
9:30 am

Supply-Side Drug Policy in the Presence of Substitutes: Evidence from the Introduction of Abuse-Deterrent Opioids

Abby Alpert, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
David Powell, RAND Corporation
Rosalie Liccardo Pacula, University of Southern California and NBER
10:30 am
Break
Joint Paper with Law and Economics
11:00 am

Using Certainty and Celerity to Deter Crime

Beau Kilmer, RAND Corporation
Greg Midgette, University of Maryland, College Park
12:00 noon
Lunch
1:00 pm

To Plea or Not to Plea: Evidence from North Carolina

David Abrams, University of Pennsylvania
Ryan Fackler, University of Pennsylvania
2:00 pm

Procrastination and Property Tax Compliance: Evidence from a Field Experiment

Michael Chirico, University of Pennsylvania
Robert P. Inman, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
Charles Loeffler, University of Pennsylvania
John MacDonald, University of Pennsylvania
Holger Sieg, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
3:00 pm
Break
3:30 pm

Beyond Bail: Using Behavioral Science to Improve Timely Court Appearance

Aurelie Ouss, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
Anuj K. Shah, University of Chicago
Alissa Fishbane, ideas42
4:30 pm
Adjourn
5:00 pm
Methods Lecture, John M. Abowd, U.S. Census Bureau and NBER
Data Matching
Ballroom B
Friday, July 28
8:00 am
Coffee and Pastries
Joint morning session with Labor Studies in Ballroom A
8:30 am

Economic Shocks and Crime: Evidence from the Brazilian Trade Liberalization

Rafael Dix-Carneiro, Duke University and NBER
Rodrigo R. Soares, Insper
Gabriel Ulyssea, University College London
9:30 am

The Intergenerational Effects of Parental Incarceration

Will S. Dobbie, Harvard University and NBER
Hans Grönqvist, Linnaeus University
Susan Niknami, Stockholm University
Mårten Palme, Stockholm University
Mikael Priks, Stockholm University
(paper not available for download)
10:30 am
Break
11:00 am

A Few Bad Apples? Racial Bias in Policing

Felipe M. Gonçalves Steven Mello, Dartmouth College and NBER
12:00 noon
Lunch and return to the Longfellow Room for the afternoon Crime session
1:00 pm

Community Crime Monitoring and Schooling Outcomes: Evidence from Chicago’s Safe Passages Program

Robert M. Gonzalez, Georgia Institute of Technology
Sarah A G. Komisarow, Duke University
2:00 pm

Police Patrols and Crime

Jordi Blanes, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Giovanni Mastrobuoni, University of Turin
3:00 pm
Break
3:30 pm

Assessing the Benefits, Costs, and Disparate Racial Impacts of Confrontational Proactive Policing

Daniel S. Nagin, Carnegie Mellon University
Charles F. Manski, Northwestern University and NBER
4:30 pm
Adjourn