Law and Economics Program Meeting

Christine Jolls, Organizer

February 28, 2020

NBER, Feldstein Conference Room, 2nd Floor,1050 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA

Conference Code of Conduct

Friday, February 28
9:00 am
Coffee and Pastries
9:30 am
Allen Ferrell, Harvard University and NBER
Alberto Manconi, Bocconi University
Ekaterina V. Neretina, University of Southern California
Luc Renneboog, Tilburg University
William Powley, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Are Star Lawyers also Better Lawyers?
Discussant: David Yermack, New York University and NBER
10:25 am
Break
10:35 am
Giri Parameswaran, Haverford College
Charles Cameron, Princeton University
Lewis A. Kornhauser, New York University

Bargaining and Strategic Voting on Appellate Courts
Discussant: Joshua Fischman, University of Virginia
11:30 am
Break
11:40 am
David Frydlinger, Cirio Law Firm
Oliver D. Hart, Harvard University and NBER

Overcoming Contractual Incompleteness: The Role of Guiding Principles
Discussant: Patrick L. Warren, Clemson University
12:35 pm
Lunch
2:00 pm
Part 1 of a Special Session on Consumer Behavior
Li Liao, Tsinghua University
Zhengwei Wang, Tsinghua University
Jia Xiang, Tsinghua University
Hongjun Yan, DePaul University
Jun Yang, Indiana University

Investing with Fast Thinking
Discussant: Tal Gross, Boston University and NBER
2:55 pm
Break
3:10 pm
Part 2 of a Special Session on Consumer Behavior
Alberto Galasso, University of Toronto and NBER
Hong Luo, University of Toronto

Risk-Mitigating Technologies: the Case of Radiation Diagnostic Devices
Discussant: Christopher M. Snyder, Dartmouth College and NBER
4:05 pm
Ofer Eldar, University of California, Berkeley
Jill Grennan, Emory University
Kate Waldock, Georgetown University

Common Ownership and Startup Growth
Discussant: Sarath Sanga, Yale University
5:00 pm
Adjourn
6:00 pm
Dinner, Bambara (across the street from the Royal Sonesta Hotel)