Law, Economics & Organization Workshop
Fall 2007
September 6Raj Chetty, University of California at Berkeley/EconomicsSalience and Taxation: Theory and Evidence
September 27Deirdre McCloskey, University of Illinois at Chicago/EconomicsHow to Buy, Sell, Make, Manage, Produce, Transact, Consume with Words
October 11Abraham Bell, Bar Illan University/Law--Israel Fordham University/ LawPrivate Takings
November 1Glenn Loury, Brown University/EconomicsValuing Identity: The Simple Economics of Affirmative Action Programs (with Roland Fryer, Harvard)
November 15Dean Lueck, University of Arizona/EconomicsThe Rectangular Survey versus Metes and Bounds: Systematic and Unsystematic Land Demarcation (with Gary D. Libecap)
December 6Abraham Wickelgren, Northwestern University/LawCredible Discovery, Settlement, and Negative Expected Value Suits
Spring 2008
February 7Tom Miles, University of Chicago/LawStrategic Judging Under the Voting Rights Act (co-authored with Adam Cox)Judicial Decisionmaking and the Transformation of Voting Rights Doctrine (co-authored with Adam Cox)
February 21Erica Field, Harvard University/EconomicsMuslim Family Law, Prenuptial Agreements and the Emergence of Dowry in Bangladesh (co-authored with Attila Ambrus and Maximo Terero)
March 6Michael Woodford, Columbia University/EconomicsPrinciples and Public Policy Decisions: The Case of Monetary Policy
March 27Kathy Zeiler, Georgetown University/ LawDo Insurer Reserving Practices Drive Liability Insurance Premium Cycles?: An Empirical Study at the Claim Level
April 10C. Fritz Foley, Harvard University/BusinessWelfare Payments and Crime
April 24Sendhil Mullainathan, Harvard University/EconomicsTaking the Long Way Around: Real Consequences of Transport Corruption, joint with Simeon Djankov and Sandra Sequiera
May 8Todd Henderson, University of Chicago/LawRule 10b5-2 Trading Plan Disclosure Choice
