
	Wednesday, July 22
11:30 am	Learning While Setting Precedents Ying Chen, Johns Hopkins University Hülya K. Eraslan, Rice University and NBER Discussant: Giri Parameswaran, Haverford College
12:25 pm	Do Judges Learn? Appeals, Reversals and Decision Making Manudeep Bhuller, University of Oslo Henrik Sigstad, University of Oslo Discussant: Crystal Yang, Harvard University and NBER
1:20 pm	Break
2:15 pm	Are Judges Like Umpires? Political Affiliation and Corporate Prosecutions (slides) Todd Gormley, Washington University in St. Louis and NBER Mahsa S. Kaviani, University of Delaware Hosein Maleki, Florida State University Discussant: Paul Oyer, Stanford University and NBER
3:10 pm	Mandatory Retirement Improved Performance on State Supreme Courts (slides) Elliott Ash, ETH Zurich Bentley MacLeod, Princeton University and NBER Discussant: John J. Donohue, Stanford University and NBER
4:05 pm	Adjourn
	FORMAT: 30 minutes for the presentation 12-13 minutes for the discussant 12-13 minutes for audience questions and the presenter's responses to the discussant/audience questions Participants should use the raise hand function during the Q and A period and ask the questions themselves after being called on.

Participants

David Abrams, University of Pennsylvania
Elliott Ash, ETH Zurich
David Autor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Scott A. Baker, Washington University in St. Louis
Manudeep Bhuller, University of Oslo
Ying Chen, Johns Hopkins University
Andrew Daughety, Vanderbilt University
John J. Donohue, Stanford University and NBER
Joseph J. Doyle Jr., Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Hülya Eraslan, Rice University and NBER
Henry S. Farber, Princeton University and NBER
Alberto Galasso, University of Toronto and NBER
Jacob Goldin, University of Chicago and NBER
Todd A. Gormley, Washington University in St. Louis and NBER
Christine Jolls, Yale University and NBER
Mahsa S. Kaviani, University of Delaware
Alvin Klevorick, Yale University
Lewis A. Kornhauser, New York University
Claire Lim, University of Western Ontario
W. Bentley MacLeod, Princeton University and NBER
Hosein Maleki, Florida State University
Steven Mello, Dartmouth College and NBER
Amalia R. Miller, University of Virginia and NBER
Jeffrey A. Miron, Harvard University and NBER

Naci H. Mocan, Louisiana State University and NBER
Edward Morrison, Columbia University and NBER
Paul Oyer, Stanford University and NBER
Giri Parameswaran, Haverford College
Nicola Persico, Northwestern University and NBER
Anne Piehl, Rutgers University and NBER
Jennifer Reinganum, Vanderbilt University
Daniel L. Rubinfeld, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Mark Schankerman, London School of Economics
Henrik Sigstad, University of Oslo
Christopher M. Snyder, Dartmouth College and NBER
Holger Spamann, Harvard University
Kathryn E. Spier, Harvard University and NBER
Pablo T. Spiller, University of California, Berkeley
Betsey Stevenson, University of Michigan and NBER
W. Kip Viscusi, Vanderbilt University and NBER
Michelle J. White, University of California, San Diego and NBER
Justin Wolfers, University of Michigan and NBER
Crystal Yang, Harvard University and NBER
David Yermack, New York University and NBER
Jonathan Zinman, Dartmouth College and NBER
Eric Zitzewitz, Dartmouth College and NBER
John M. de Figueiredo, Duke University and NBER