NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC
RESEARCH, INC |
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SUMMER INSTITUTE 2006 |
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Law and Economics Workshop |
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Christine Jolls and Steven
Shavell, Organizers |
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Royal Sonesta Hotel |
Skyline Rooms BCD |
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PROGRAM |
THURSDAY, JULY 27: |
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8:45 am |
Coffee
and pastries |
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9:00 am |
XAVIER
GABAIX, MIT and NBER |
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SUMIT
AGARWAL, Federal Reserve Bank of |
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JOHN
C. DRISCOLL, Federal Reserve Board |
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DAVID
LAIBSON, |
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Two Steps
Forward, One Step Back: The Dynamics of Learning and Backsliding |
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Discussant:
NICOLE PERSICO, |
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9:45 am |
A.
MITCHELL POLINSKY, |
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STEVEN
SHAVELL, |
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Discussant:
ANDREW DAUGHETY, |
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10:30
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Break |
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10:45
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JANET
CURRIE, |
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W.
BENTLEY MACLEOD, |
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Discussant:
AARON EDLIN, UC, Berkeley and NBER |
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11:30
am |
CHRISTINE
JOLLS, |
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Workplace Leave Mandates and the
Employment of Individuals with Disabilities |
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Discussant:
THOMAS MILES, |
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12:15
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Lunch |
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1:15 pm |
ANDREI
SHLEIFER, |
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NICOLA
GENNAIOLI, |
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Discussant:
RICHARD CRASWELL, Stanford University |
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2:00 pm |
Break |
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2:15 pm |
SUZANNE
SCOTCHMER, UC, Berkeley and NBER |
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MARK
SCHANKERMAN, |
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Still Looking for Lost Profits: The
Case of Horizontal Competition |
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Discussant:
KATHRYN SPIER, Northwestern University |
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3:00 pm |
OLIVER
HART, |
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JOHN
MOORE, |
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Discussant:
JOEL WATSON, UC |
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3:45 pm |
Break |
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4:00 pm |
CHRISTOPHER
SNYDER, |
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ROHAN
PITCHFORD, |
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Discussant:
JENNIFER REINGANUM, |
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4:45 pm |
YASUTORA
WATANABE, Northwestern University |
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Discussant:
RICHARD HOLDEN, MIT |
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5:30 pm |
Adjourn |
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6:30 pm |
Group
Dinner, Dante at the Royal Sonesta Hotel |
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FRIDAY, JULY 28: |
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8:45
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Coffee
and pastries |
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9:00
am |
ZVIKA NEEMAN,
ANDREW NEWMAN and CLAUDIA OLIVETTI, |
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Discussant:
ABRAHAM WICKELGREN, Northwestern University |
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9:45
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BETSEY
STEVENSON, |
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Discussant:
BRUCE SACERDOTE, |
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10:30
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Break |
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10:45
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JUSTIN
WOLFERS, |
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JOHN
DONOHUE, |
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Uses and Abuses of Empirical Evidence in the Death Penalty Debate |
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Discussant:
MIREILLE JACOBSON, UC, |
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11:30
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TODD
KENDALL, |
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Discussant:
ANNE PIEHL, |
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12:15
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Lunch |
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1:15 pm |
ANNETTE
VISSING-JORGENSEN, Northwestern University and NBER |
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YAEL
HOCHBERG, Northwestern University |
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PAOLA
SAPIENZA, Northwestern University and NBER |
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A Lobbying Approach to Evaluating
the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 |
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Discussant:
JOHN DE FIGUEIRDO, UC, |
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2:00 pm |
Break |
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2:15
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DAVID
BLANCHFLOWER, |
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JON
WAINWRIGHT, NERA |
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An Analysis of the Impact of Affirmative
Action Programs on Self-Employment in the Construction Industry |
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Discussant:
PAUL OYER, |
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3:00 pm |
Break |
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3:15 pm |
DANIEL
KLERMAN, |
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Jurisdictional
Competition and the Evolution of the Common Law |
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Discussant:
ALAN SCHWARTZ, |
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4:00 pm |
GILLIAN
HADFIELD, |
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The Quality of Law: Judicial Incentives, Legal Human Capital and the
Evolution of Law |
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Discussant:
PAUL MAHONEY, University of Virginia |
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4:45 pm |
Adjourn |
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MONDAY, JULY 31: |
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Corporate Governance Project of the Law and Economics
Program |