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NATIONAL BUREAU OF
ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC |
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SUMMER INSTITUTE
2011 |
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Law and Economics
Workshop |
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Christine Jolls, Organizer |
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Louis Kaplow, Bentley MacLeod, and Justin Wolfers,
Session Chairs |
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July 27 - 28, 2011 |
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Royal Sonesta Hotel |
University BC |
40 Edwin H. Land
Boulevard |
Cambridge,
Massachusetts |
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PROGRAM |
Wednesday,
July 27: |
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MORNING SESSION (CHAIRED BY LOUIS
KAPLOW) |
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7:45 am |
Breakfast |
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8:30 am |
Raghavendra Rau, Judge
Business School, University of Cambridge |
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(Joint with Steven Yan-Leung Cheung,
City University of Hong Kong, and Aris Stouraitis, Hong Kong Baptist University) |
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Which Firms Benefit
from Bribes, and How Much? Evidence from Corruption Cases Worldwide |
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Discussant: Mark Schankerman,
London School of Economics |
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9:25 am |
Leah Brooks, University of Toronto |
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(Joint with Byron Lutz, Federal
Reserve Board of Governors) |
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Do We Need Eminent Domain? An Empirical Investigation of Urban Land
Assembly |
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Discussant: Edward Glaeser, Harvard University and NBER |
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10:20 am |
Break |
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10:40 am |
Shmuel Leshem, University of Southern California Law School |
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(Joint with Ehud Guttel,
Duke University Law School) |
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Discussant: Ryan Bubb,
NYU School of Law |
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11:35 am |
Lunch |
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AFTERNOON SESSION (CHAIRED BY
BENTLEY MacLEOD) |
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1:15 pm |
Yonca Ertimur, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University |
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(Joint with Fabrizio
Ferri, Stern School, New York University) |
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Does the Director Election System Matter?
Evidence from Majority Voting |
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Discussant: Paul Oyer,
Stanford Graduate School of Business and NBER |
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2:10 pm |
John Zhu, Wharton School, University
of Pennsylvania |
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(Joint with Alex Edmans,
Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and NBER and Itay
Goldstein, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania) |
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Discussant: Alan Schwartz, Yale Law
School |
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3:05 pm |
Break |
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3:25 pm |
Viral Acharya,
Stern School, New York University and NBER |
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(Joint with Marco Pagano, Centre for Studies in Economics and Finance, and
Paolo Volpin, London Business School) |
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Seeking Alpha: Excess
Risk Taking and Competition for Managerial Talent |
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Discussant: Rohan
Pitchford, Australian National University |
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4:20 pm |
Jun Yang, Kelley School of Business,
Indiana University |
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(Joint with Daniel Sungyeon Kim, Kelley School of Business, Indiana
University) |
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Discussant: Roberta Romano, Yale Law
School and NBER |
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5:15 pm |
Adjourn |
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6:00 pm |
Dinner - Bambara
Restaurant, 25 Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge |
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Thursday,
July 28: |
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8:00 am |
Coffee and Pastries |
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8:15 am |
Bard Harstad,
Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University and NBER |
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Discussant: Christopher Snyder,
Dartmouth College and NBER |
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MORNING SESSION - JOINT WITH CRIME GROUP |
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9:00 am |
Daniel S. Nagin,
Carnegie Mellon University |
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G. Matthew Snodgrass, Carnegie
Mellon University |
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The Effect of
Incarceration on Offending: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in
Pennsylvania |
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Discussant: Ilyana
Kuziemko, Princeton University and NBER |
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10:00 am |
Sarath Sanga, University of California at Berkeley |
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Discussant: Kerwin
Charles, University of Chicago and NBER |
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11:00 am |
Break |
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11:15 am |
Benjamin A. Olken,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER |
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Robin Burgess, London School of
Economics |
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Stefanie Sieber,
London School of Economics |
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Discussant: Subhrendu
Pattanayak, Duke University |
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12:15 pm |
Lunch |
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AFTERNOON SESSION (CHAIRED BY.JUSTIN
WOLFERS) |
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12:45 pm |
Amalia R. Miller,
University of Virginia |
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(Joint with David A. Matsa, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern
University) |
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A Female Style in Corporate Leadership? Evidence from Quotas |
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Discussant: Justin Wolfers, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and
NBER |
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1:40 pm |
Asaf Zussman, Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
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On the Sources of Discrimination against Minorities in the
Marketplace: Evidence from Israel |
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Discussant: Devin Pope, Booth
School, University of Chicago and NBER |
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2:35 pm |
Break |
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2:55 pm |
Andrew F. Daughety,
Vanderbilt University |
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Jennifer F. Reinganum,
Vanderbilt University |
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Search, Bargaining, and Agency in the Market for Legal Services |
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Discussant: Oliver Hart, Harvard
University and NBER |
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3:50 pm |
Daniel L. Chen, Duke University Law
School |
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(Joint with David S. Abrams, University
of Pennsylvania Law School) |
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Discussant: Richard Boylan, Rice University |
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4:45 pm |
Adjourn |
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