NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC

SUMMER INSTITUTE 2006

Law and Economics Workshop

Christine Jolls and Steven Shavell, Organizers

Royal Sonesta Hotel

Skyline Rooms BCD

40 Edwin H. Land Blvd.

Cambridge, Massachusetts

July 27-28, 2006 and July 31, 2006

PROGRAM

THURSDAY, JULY 27:
8:45 am	Coffee and pastries
9:00 am	XAVIER GABAIX, MIT and NBER
	SUMIT AGARWAL, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
	JOHN C. DRISCOLL, Federal Reserve Board
	DAVID LAIBSON, Harvard University and NBER
	Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: The Dynamics of Learning and Backsliding
	Discussant: NICOLE PERSICO, University of Pennsylvania
9:45 am	A. MITCHELL POLINSKY, Stanford University and NBER
	STEVEN SHAVELL, Harvard University and NBER
	Mandatory versus Voluntary Disclosure of Product Risks
	Discussant: ANDREW DAUGHETY, Vanderbilt University
10:30 am	Break
10:45 am	JANET CURRIE, Columbia University and NBER
	W. BENTLEY MACLEOD, Columbia University
	First Do No Harm? Tort Reform and Birth Outcomes
	Discussant: AARON EDLIN, UC, Berkeley and NBER
11:30 am	CHRISTINE JOLLS, Yale University and NBER
	Workplace Leave Mandates and the Employment of Individuals with Disabilities
	Discussant: THOMAS MILES, University of Chicago
12:15 pm	Lunch
1:15 pm	ANDREI SHLEIFER, Harvard University and NBER
	NICOLA GENNAIOLI, Stockholm University
	Judicial Fact Discretion
	Discussant: RICHARD CRASWELL, Stanford University
2:00 pm	Break
2:15 pm	SUZANNE SCOTCHMER, UC, Berkeley and NBER
	MARK SCHANKERMAN, London School of Economics
	Still Looking for Lost Profits: The Case of Horizontal Competition
	Discussant: KATHRYN SPIER, Northwestern University
3:00 pm	OLIVER HART, Harvard University and NBER
	JOHN MOORE, University of Edinburgh
	Contracts as Reference Points
	Discussant: JOEL WATSON, UC San Diego
3:45 pm	Break
4:00 pm	CHRISTOPHER SNYDER, Dartmouth College
	ROHAN PITCHFORD, University of Sydney
	The Identity of the Generator in the Problem of Social Cost
	Discussant: JENNIFER REINGANUM, Vanderbilt University
4:45 pm	YASUTORA WATANABE, Northwestern University
	Learning and Bargaining in Dispute Resolution: Theory and Evidence from Medical Malpractice Litigation
	Discussant: RICHARD HOLDEN, MIT
5:30 pm	Adjourn
6:30 pm	Group Dinner, Dante at the Royal Sonesta Hotel
FRIDAY, JULY 28:
8:45 am	Coffee and pastries
9:00 am	ZVIKA NEEMAN, ANDREW NEWMAN and CLAUDIA OLIVETTI,
	Boston University
	Are Working Women Good for Marriage?
	Discussant: ABRAHAM WICKELGREN, Northwestern University
9:45 am	BETSEY STEVENSON, University of Pennsylvania
	The Impact of Divorce Laws on Marriage-Specific Capital
	Discussant: BRUCE SACERDOTE, Dartmouth College and NBER
10:30 am	Break
10:45 am	JUSTIN WOLFERS, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
	JOHN DONOHUE, Yale University and NBER
	Uses and Abuses of Empirical Evidence in the Death Penalty Debate
	Discussant: MIREILLE JACOBSON, UC, Irvine
11:30 am	TODD KENDALL, Clemson University
	Pornography, Rape, and the Internet
	Discussant: ANNE PIEHL, Rutgers University
12:15 pm	Lunch
1:15 pm	ANNETTE VISSING-JORGENSEN, Northwestern University and NBER
	YAEL HOCHBERG, Northwestern University
	PAOLA SAPIENZA, Northwestern University and NBER
	A Lobbying Approach to Evaluating the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
	Discussant: JOHN DE FIGUEIRDO, UC, Los Angeles and NBER
2:00 pm	Break
2:15 pm	DAVID BLANCHFLOWER, Dartmouth College and NBER
	JON WAINWRIGHT, NERA
	An Analysis of the Impact of Affirmative Action Programs on Self-Employment in the Construction Industry
	Discussant: PAUL OYER, Stanford University and NBER
3:00 pm	Break
3:15 pm	DANIEL KLERMAN, University of Southern California
	Jurisdictional Competition and the Evolution of the Common Law
	Discussant: ALAN SCHWARTZ, Yale University
4:00 pm	GILLIAN HADFIELD, University of Southern California
	The Quality of Law: Judicial Incentives, Legal Human Capital and the Evolution of Law
	Discussant: PAUL MAHONEY, University of Virginia
4:45 pm	Adjourn
MONDAY, JULY 31:
Corporate Governance Project of the Law and Economics Program