2006-2007 LEO Workshop Schedule
Fall 2006
September 7
Judy Chevalier and Fiona Scott-Morton, Yale, Management
State Casket Sales Restrictions: A Pointless Undertaking?
September 14
Max Schanzenbach, Northwestern, Law
Strategic Judging Under the Sentencing Guidelines: Positive Political Theory and Evidence
October 5
Devah Pager, Princeton, Sociology
Race at Work: Discrimination in Low Wage Labor Markets
October 19
Timothy Guinnane, Yale, Economics
Business Organization in the Long Run: Private Limited Companies Rule!
November 9
Jeff Strnad, Stanford, Law
Should Legal Empiricists Go Bayesian
November 16
Kevin Murphy, USC, Business
Executive Stock Options & IPO Underpricing
November 30
Jesse Rothstein, Princeton, Economics
Tipping and the Dynamics of Segregation in Neighborhoods and Schools
Spring 2007
February 8
Anup Malani, University of Chicago, Law
Valuing Laws as Local Amenities
February 22
Lee Epstein, Northwestern, Law
The Changing Dynamics of Senate Voting on Supreme Court Nominees
March 8
Erica Field, Harvard, Economics
March 29
Jon Klick, Florida State, Law
Cheap Doughnuts and Expensive Broccoli: The Effect of Relative Price Changes on Obesity
April 12
John Ferejohn, Stanford, Political Science and NYU, Law
The First Superstatute: Institutionalizing Central Banking in the US
Paper 1 Paper 2
April 26
Ken Ayotte, Columbia, Business,
Optimal Property Rights in Financial Contracting
May 10
Michael Greenstone, MIT, Economics
Climate Change, Mortality, and Adaptation: Evidence from Annual Fluctuations in Weather in the US