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NATIONAL BUREAU OF
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SUMMER INSTITUTE 2008 |
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Law and Economics Workshop |
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Christine Jolls,
Organizer |
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Royal Sonesta Hotel,
University Suite, Ground Floor |
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July 24-25, 2008, and
July 28, 2008 |
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PROGRAM |
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THURSDAY, JULY 24: |
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8:00
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Coffee
and pastries |
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8:40
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VICTOR
STANGO, UC, Davis |
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(Joint
with Jonathan Zinman, |
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Fuzzy
Math, Disclosure Regulation and Credit Market Outcomes |
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Discussant: ALAN SCHWARTZ, |
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9:30
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ANDREW
DAUGHETY and JENNIFER REINGANUM, |
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Discussant: CHRISTOPHER SNYDER, |
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10:20
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Break |
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10:35
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MARTHA
BAILEY, |
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Momma's
Got the Pill: Griswold v. Connecticut and U.S. Childbearing |
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Discussant: MIREILLE JACOBSON, UC, |
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11:25
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PINAR
KARACA-MANDIC, |
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Behavioral
Impact of Graduated Driver Licensing on Teenage Driving Risk and Exposure |
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Discussant: DANIEL RUBINFELD, UC, Berkeley and NBER |
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12:15
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Lunch |
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Special Session with
the Labor Studies Program and the Economics of Crime Working Group |
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1:00
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BRIAN
JACOB, |
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JENS
LUDWIG, |
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Neighborhood Effects
on Crime |
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2:00
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Break |
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2:15
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ANNA
AIZER and PEDRO DAL BO, |
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Love, Hate, and
Murder: Commitment Devices in Violent Relationships |
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3:15
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Break |
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3:30
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RADHA
IYENGAR, |
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JONATHAN
MONTEN, |
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Is there an
Emboldenment Effect? Evidence from the Insurgency in |
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4:30
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Adjourn |
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6:00
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Dinner
Celebration to Thank Martin Feldstein for his Service to the NBER |
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FRIDAY, JULY 25: |
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8:45
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Coffee
and pastries |
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9:15
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ROHAN
PITCHFORD, |
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(Joint
with Mark Wright, UCLA) |
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Holdout Creditors in
Sovereign Debt Restructuring: A
Theoretical Analysis |
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Discussant: DANIEL KLERMAN, |
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10:05
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MARK
ROE, |
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(Joint
with Howell Jackson, |
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Public
and Private Enforcement of Securities Laws:
Resource-Based Evidence |
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Discussant: FRITZ FOLEY, Harvard Business School and
NBER |
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10:55
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Break |
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11:10
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M.
KATE BUNDORF, |
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(Joint
with Natalie Chun, Stanford University; Gopi Shah Goda, Harvard University;
and Daniel Kessler, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University and
NBER) |
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Do Markets Respond to Quality Information? The Case of
Fertility Clinics |
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Discussant: IAN AYRES, |
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12:00
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Lunch |
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Special Session on
Legally Disfavored Behavior in Markets |
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12:40
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OLIVER
HART, |
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(Joint
with Ernst Fehr, Univeristy of |
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Discussant: RAYMOND FISMAN, |
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1:30
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KATHRYN
SPIER, |
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(Joint
with Claudia Landeo, |
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Naked
Exclusion: An Experimental Study of
Contracts with Externalities |
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Discussant: ALVIN KLEVORICK, |
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2:20
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Break |
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2:35
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ENRICHETTA
RAVINA, |
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Love
& Loans: The Effect of Beauty and
Personal Characteristics in Credit Markets |
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Discussant: PAUL OYER, |
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3:25
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Break |
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3:40
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JUSTIN
WOLFERS, |
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(Joint
with Alok Kumar, McCombs |
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Do Male Analysts,
Mutual Fund Managers, and Individual Investors Discriminate Against Female
CEOs? |
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Discussant: ULRIKE MALMENDIER, UC, Berkeley and NBER |
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4:30
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CHRISTINE
JOLLS, |
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(Joint
with Ian Ayres, |
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Race Effects on eBay |
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Discussant: NICOLA PERSICO, New York University and
NBER |
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6:00
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Group
dinner, Restaurant Dante in the Royal Sonesta Hotel |
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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC
RESEARCH, INC. |
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SUMMER INSTITUTE 2008 |
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Corporate Law and Investor
Protection |
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Lucian Bebchuk and Christine
Jolls, Organizers |
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Royal Sonesta Hotel |
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July 28, 2008 |
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PROGRAM |
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MONDAY, JULY 28 |
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8:30 am |
Coffee
and Pastries |
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9:00 am |
The
Effects of Corporate Law/Investor Protection Reforms |
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FENG
GAO, |
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JOANNA
SHUANG WU, |
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JEROLD
ZIMMERMAN, |
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Unintended Consequences of
Granting Small Firms Exemptions from Securities Regulation: Evidence from the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act |
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Discussant
TBA |
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MARTIJN
CREMERS, |
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ROBERTA
ROMANO, |
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Institutional Investors and
Proxy Voting: The Impact of the 2003
Mutual Fund Voting Disclosure Regulation |
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Discussant
TBA |
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10:30 am |
Break
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10:50 am |
The
Effects of Corporate Law/Investor Protection Reforms (cont.) |
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FABRIZIO
FERRI, |
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DAVID
MABER, |
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Solving the executive
compensation problem through shareholder votes? Evidence from the U.K |
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Discussant:
TBA |
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11:35
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Corporate
Law and Investor Protection In Closely Held Firms |
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J.C.
DAMMANN, |
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MATTHIAS
SCHUNDELN, Harvard University Department of Economics |
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The Incorporation Choices of
Privately Held Corporations |
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Discussant
TBA |
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12:10
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Lunch |
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1:20 am |
Securities
Regulation |
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M.
TODD HENDERSON, University of |
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ALAN
D. JAGOLINZER, |
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KARL
A.MULLER, |
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Scienter Disclosure |
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Discussant
TBA |
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LUIGI
ZINGALES, University of |
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The Future of Security
Regulation |
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Discussant
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2:50 pm |
Break
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3:10 pm |
Corporate
Law and Investor Protection around the World |
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ENRICO
PEROTTI, Universiteit Van Amsterdam - |
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PAOLO
VOLPIN, |
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Discussant
TBA |
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KATE
LITVAK, |
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The Correlation between
Cross-Listing Premia, US Stock Prices, and Volume of US Trading: A Challenge
to Law-Based Theories of Cross-Listing |
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Discussant
TBA |
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4:40 pm |
Adjourn |
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6:00 pm |
Clambake,
Harvard Faculty Club, |