SI 2026 Law and Economics
Organized by Christine Jolls
July 29-30, 2026
Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA and zoom.us
FORMAT: Each session lasts one hour. Audience members may ask questions throughout.
Wednesday, July 29
8:15 am
Coffee and Pastries
8:45 am

Loaded Chambers: Organized Interests, Public Opinion, and Policy Responsiveness in U.S. States

Takuma Iwasaki, Stanford University
Eric A. Baldwin, Stanford University
John J. Donohue, Stanford University and NBER
Tai Markman, Stanford University
9:45 am
Break
10:00 am

When Do Protests Work?

Bocar A. Ba, Duke University and NBER
Maxime Menuet, University Cote d'Azur
Alexander Whitefield, University of Pennsylvania
Tony Cheng, Duke University
Iris Chang, Duke University
11:00 am
Break
11:15 am

Market Design for AI: Beyond the Copyright Binary

Yan Dai, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Maryam Farboodi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Negin Golrezae, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Sepehr Shahshahani, Washington University in St. Louis
12:15 pm
Lunch
1:15 pm

Is There a “Scarlet E”? The Effects of Public Eviction Records on Low-Income Households

Hsi-Ling Liao, The University of Chicago
Ali Lodermeier, The University of Chicago
Grace Ortuzar, University of Notre Dame
Stephen Stapleton, University of Notre Dame
2:15 pm
Break
2:30 pm

Settlement of Litigation May Increase or Decrease Deterrence and Social Welfare

Steven Shavell, Harvard University and NBER
3:30 pm

Adversarial Selection

Alma Cohen, Harvard University and NBER
Alon Klement, Tel Aviv University
Zvika Neeman, Tel Aviv University
Eilon Solan, Tel Aviv University
4:30 pm
Adjourn
Thursday, July 30
8:15 am
Coffee and Pastries

Morning Joint with Economics of Crime in Skyline ABC
8:45 am

Measuring Discrimination using Natural Experiments

Nikhil Rao, National Bureau of Economic Research
James M. Reeves, University of Colorado Denver
9:45 am

The Role of Beliefs in Driving Racial Discrimination: Experimental Evidence from the U.S. Pretrial System

Will S. Dobbie, Harvard University and NBER
Crystal Yang, Harvard University and NBER
10:45 am
Break
11:00 am

Predicting Police Misconduct

Dylan Fitzpatrick, The University of Chicago
Jens Ludwig, The University of Chicago and NBER
Anuj Shah, The University of Chicago
Gregory Stoddard, Northwestern University
12:00 pm
Lunch