Fall 2015
September 10
Petra Moser
Department of Economics, New York University Stern School of Business
"Copyright and Creativity: Evidence from Italian Operas"
joint with the Industrial Organization Seminar
September 24
Jens Ludwig
Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago
“Thinking, Fast and Slow? Some Field Experiments to Reduce Crime and Dropout in Chicago”
October 8
David Webber
Boston University School of Law
joint with the Bert W. Wasserman Workshop in Law and Finance
October 22
Trevon D. Logan
Department of Economics, Ohio State University
“The National Rise in Residential Segregation” (joint with John Parman)
October 29
Emiliano Catan
NYU School of Law
“The Law and Finance of Anti-Takeover Statutes”
joint with the Bert W. Wasserman Workshop in Law and Finance
November 19
Victor Fleischer
University of San Diego Law School
“Alpha: Labor is the New Capital”
joint with the Bert W. Wasserman Workshop in Law and Finance
November 23
Special internal session for enrolled students only
Spring 2016
January 21
Holger Spamann
Harvard Law School
"Justice is Less Blind, and Less Legalistic, Than We Thought: Evidence from an Experiment with Real Judges"
joint with the Bert W. Wasserman Workshop in Law and Finance
February 4
Xavier Gabaix
Stern School of Business, New York University
“Optimal Taxation with Behavioral Agents” (with Emmanuel Farhi)
joint with the Bert W. Wasserman Workshop in Law and Finance
February 18
Tanjim Hossain
Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto
"Auctioneers as Market Makers: Managing Momentum in Chittagong Tea Auctions" (with Fahad Khalil and Matthew Shum)
March 3
Martin Hellwig
Director, Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods
“Financial Stability and Monetary Policy in a Time of Crisis"
joint with the Bert W. Wasserman Workshop in Law and Finance
March 24
Simone Sepe
University of Arizona
Hedge Fund Activism and Long-Term Firm Value (with K.J. Martijn Cremers, Erasmo Giambona and Ye Wang)
joint with the Bert W. Wasserman Workshop in Law and Finance
April 7
Giovanni Maggi
Department of Economics, Yale University
Learning by Ruling: A Dynamic Model Of Trade Disputes (with Robert W. Staiger)
April 21
Cary Coglianese
University of Pennsylvania Law School
"Separation of Powers Legitimacy: An Empirical Inquiry of Executive Power Norms" (with Kristin Firth)