2002-2003 LEO Workshop Schedule
Fall 2002
September 12
Oliver Hart (Harvard, Economics)
A Theory of Firm Scope jointly with Bengt Holmstrom
September 26
David Weisbach (University of Chicago, Law )
Taxation and Risk-Taking with Multiple Tax Rates
October 10
Brian Cheffins (University of Cambridge, Law)
Corporate Law and Ownership Structure: A Darwinian Link?
October 30
John Fingleton Chairman/Irish Competition Authority
Design and Enforcement of Antitrust Law in Ireland
October 31
Jack Knight (Washington University, Political Science)
The Norm of Prior Judicial Experience (and Its Consequences for the U.S. Supreme Court).
November 7
Richard Brooks (Northwestern University, Law)
Covenants & Conventions
November 14
Antoinette Schoar (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management)
Managing With Style: The Effect of Managers on Firm Policies (with Marianne Bertrand).
December 12
Daniel Kessler (University of Pennsylvania (Wharton and Law School)
Detecting Medicare Abuse
Spring 2003
January 30
Luis Garicano (University of Chicago, Business)
Specialization, Firms and Markets: The Division of Labor Within and Between Law Firms
February 13
Erik Berglof (Stockholm School of Economics)
Default and Debt Design
February 27
Colin Camerer (California Institute of Technology, Humanities & Social Sciences)
Behavioral Game Theory: Thinking, Learning, and Teaching
March 13
Edward Glaeser (Harvard, Economics)
The Impact of Zoning on Housing Affordability
March 27
John Armour (University of Cambridge, England/Law)
Financing Innovation: The Role of Insolvency Law
Different time: 12-2, Lunch will be served in the Faculty Lounge
April 3
Matthew Rabin (University of California/Berkeley, Economics)
Regulation for Conservatives: Behavioral Economics and the Case for "Asymmetric Paternalism"
Studying Optimal Paternalism, Illustrated by a Model of Sin Taxes
April 24
J. Gregory Sidak (American Enterprise Institute)
The Failure of Good Intentions: The WorldCom Fraud and the Collapse of American Telecommunications After Deregulation
May 8
Marianne Bertrand (University of Chicago, Business)
Bidding for Oil and Gas Leases: A Test of the Free Cash Flow Model