2008-2009 Schedule The workshop meets from 4:10-5:40 p.m. in Room 121. Fall 2008
Professor Amy Finkelstein, MIT/Economics October 30 November 13 Professor David Haddock, Northwestern/Law December 18
For further information, please contact
Deborah Sestito at (203) 432-4830 or deborah.sestito@yale.edu
September 11
Professor Enrichetta Ravina, New York University/Stern
Love & Loans. The Effect of Beauty and Personal Characteristics in Credit Markets
September 25
Estimating Welfare in Insurance Markets Using Variation in Prices (with Mark Cullen and Liran Einav)
October 16
Professor Joel Slemrod, Michigan/Business
The Coase Theorem and Tax Law (with Kyle Logue)
Professor Ilyana Kuziemko, Princeton/Economics
"Dodging Up" to College or "Dodging Down" to Jail: Behavioral Responses to the Vietnam Draft by Race and Class.
Professor Edward Iacobucci, Toronto/Law
"Does Departing from Mandatory Corporate Law Increase Value?"
December 4
Bad Public Goods—CAFE—The Corporate Average Fuel Economy Mandate, with Federico Boffa and Stephania Proporato
Professor David Autor, MIT/Economics
The Effect of Transfer Income on Labor Force Participation and Enrollment in Federal Benefits Programs: Evidence from the Veterans Disability Compensation Program (with Mark Duggan)
Spring 2009
| January 29 | Professor Betsey Stevenson, Penn/Wharton The Paradox of Declining Female Happiness |
| February 12 |
Professor James Snyder, MIT/Political Science and Economics The Returns to U.S. Congressional Seats in the Mid-19th Century |
| February 26 |
Professor Richard Craswell, Stanford/Law When is a Willful Breach ‘Willful’? The Link Between Definitions and Damages |
| March 12 |
Professor Edward Morrison, Columbia/Law Creditor Control and Conflict in Chapter 11 Bankruptcy (with Kenneth M. Ayotte) |
| April 2 |
Professor Polk Wagner, Penn/Law Did Phillips Change Anything? Empirical Analysis of the Federal Circuit's Claim Construction Jurisprudence |
| April 16 | Professor Ronen Avraham, University of Texas/Law The Impact of Tort Reform on Intensity of Treatment: Evidence from the Heart Patients |










