SI 2021 Law and Economics
Organized by Christine Jolls
July 28, 2021
on Zoom.us
Wednesday, July 28
10:15 am

Deterrence and the Adjustment of Sentences During Imprisonment

A. Mitchell Polinsky, Stanford University and NBER
Steven Shavell, Harvard University and NBER

Discussant:
Rosa Ferrer, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
11:10 am

The Franchise, Policing, and Race: Evidence from Arrests Data and the Voting Rights Act

Giovanni Facchini, University of Nottingham
Brian G. Knight, Brown University and NBER
Cecilia Testa, University of Nottingham

Discussant:
Abhay Aneja, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
12:05 pm
Break
12:15 pm

Police Force Size and Civilian Race

Aaron Chalfin, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
Benjamin Hansen, University of Oregon and NBER
Emily K. Weisburst, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
Morgan C. Williams Jr, Barnard College

Discussant:
Amalia R. Miller, University of Virginia and NBER
1:10 pm

Do Cops Know Who to Stop? Assessing Optimizing Models of Police Behavior with a Natural Experiment

David Abrams, University of Pennsylvania
Hanming Fang, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
Priyanka Goonetilleke, University of Pennsylvania

Discussant:
Stephen Ross, University of Connecticut and NBER
2:05 pm
Adjourn