NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC
RESEARCH, INC |
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SUMMER
INSTITUTE 2007 |
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Law and Economics Workshop |
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July 26-27 and August 30, 2007 |
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Christine Jolls, Organizer |
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Royal Sonesta Hotel |
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PROGRAM |
THURSDAY, JULY 26: |
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Continental
Breakfast |
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M.
KEITH CHEN, |
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(Joint
with Alan Schwartz, |
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Intertemporal Choice
and Legal Constraints |
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Discussant: LOUIS KAPLOW, |
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10:30
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OLIVER
HART, Harvard University and NBER |
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Discussant:
BENTLEY MACLEOD, |
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11:30
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Break |
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11:45
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ANDREW
DAUGHETY and JENNIFER REINGANUM, Vanderbilt University |
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Discussant: A. MITCHELL POLINSKY, |
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12:45
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Lunch |
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Special Session on Judicial and Law Firm Behavior: |
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1:30 pm |
PAUL
OYER, |
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(Joint
with Scott Schaefer, |
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Personnel-Economic
Geography: Evidence from Large US Law Firms |
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Discussant:
BETSEY STEVENSON, |
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2:30 pm |
JOSHUA
FISCHMAN, Tufts University |
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Decision Making Under a Norm of Consensus: A Structural
Analysis of Three-Judge Panels |
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Discussant: JUSTIN WOLFERS, |
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3:30 pm |
Break |
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3:45 pm |
BERT
HUANG, Harvard University |
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Discussant: PABLO SPILLER, |
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4:45 pm |
Adjourn |
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5:30 pm |
Group
Dinner, Restaurant Dante, Royal Sonesta Hotel |
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FRIDAY, JULY 27: |
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8:45 am |
Continental
Breakfast |
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9:15 am |
STEVEN
SHAVELL, |
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Discussant: |
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10:15
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RICHARD
HOLDEN, Sloan |
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(Joint
with Roland Fryer, Jr., Harvard University and NBER) |
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Measuring the Compactness of Political
Districting Plans |
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Discussant: JOEL WALDFOGEL, |
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11:15
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Break |
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11:30
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ABRAHAM
WICKELGREN, Northwestern |
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(Joint with
Warren Schwartz, |
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Discussant: ROHAN PITCHFORD, University of Sydney |
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12:30
pm |
Lunch |
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1:15 pm |
W.
BENTLEY MACLEOD, |
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(Joint
with Armin Falk, University of Bonn, and David Huffman, IZA) |
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Employment Protection, Bonus Pay,
and Labor Market Performance |
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Discussant:
DANIEL KLERMAN, University of Southern |
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2:15 pm |
Break |
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2:30 pm |
YAIR
LISTOKEN, |
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Discussant: ALLEN FERRELL, |
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3:30 pm
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VIRAL
ACHARYA, London Business School |
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(Joint
with R. Krishnamurthy Subramanian, |
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Discussant: FELIX OBERHOLZER-GEE, |
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4:30 pm |
Adjourn |
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MONDAY, JULY 3O: |
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Meeting of the Corporate Governance Project of the Law and Economics
Program (Lucian Bebchuck and Michael Weisbach, Organizers) |
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