Economic Research Initiatives at Duke (ERID)

 Conference on

the Applications of Economic Analysis in Law

Conference Program

April 17-18, 2009

Location: R J Reynolds Auditorium, First Floor

Fuqua School of Business

Hotel:

• Non-local participants' hotel reservation confirmation numbers can be found here:

Millennium Hotel Durham
2800 Campus Walk Avenue
Durham, NC
USA 27705-4479

T: 1 (919) 383 8575
F: +1 (919) 383 8495

Conference Program

April 17, 2009

Shuttle from the Millennium Hotel to Fuqua at 7:45am and 8:05am

8:00-8:30am: Continental Breakfast

8:30-9:15am Nicola Persico (NYU): "Racial Profiling: Detecting Bias Using Statistical Evidence"

 Discussant: Jungmin Lee (Florida International University)

 9:15-10am: Thomas Miles (University of Chicago): "Racial Disparities in the Allocation of Wiretap Applications across Federal Judges"

      Discussant: Petra Todd (University of Pennsylvania)

      10:00-10:30am: Coffee Break

10:30-11:15am Elianna La Ferrara (Bocconi): "Racial Bias in Capital Sentencing" (Joint with Alberto Alesina)

 Discussant: Shamena Anwar (Carnegie  Mellon University)

11:15-12:00am Douglas Williams (University of the South): "Does Affirmative Action Create Educational Mismatch in Law Schools?"

Discussant: Joe Hotz (Duke University)

      12:00-1:30pm: Lunch

1:30-2:15pm Glenn Loury (Brown University): Valuing Identity: The Simple Economics of Affirmative Action Policies (with Roland Fryer)

Discussant: Dennis Epple (Carnegie Mellon University)

2:15-3:00pm: Christine Jolls: "Race Effects on Ebay."

Discussant: Albert Yoon (University of Toronto)

3:00-3:30pm: Coffee Break

3:30-4:15pm Barak Richman (Duke University): "Mental Health Care Consumption and Outcomes: Considering Preventative Strategies Across Race and Class" (Joint with Dan Grossman, Craig Chepke and Frank Sloan)

Discussant: Brian Rowe (University of Michigan)

4:15-5:00pm  Yona Rubinstein (Brown University): "Racial Discrimination and Competition" (Joint with Ross Levine and Alex Levkov)

Discussant: Kate Antonovics (University of California, San Diego)

Dinner: 6:00pm-8:30pm Washington Duke Inn (Vista Room)

Shuttle Pick up from Washington Duke Inn to the Millennium at 8:30pm and 8:50pm

April 18, 2009

Shuttle from the Millennium Hotel to Fuqua at 7:45am and 8:05am

8:00-8:30am: Continental Breakfast

8:30-9:15am Jesse Rothstein (Princeton University): "Mismatch in Law School" (with Albert Yoon)

Discussant: Richard Sander (UCLA)

9:15-10:00am Peter Arciadiacono (Duke University): "Does Affirmative Action Lead to Mismatch: A New Test and Evidence" (Joint with Esteban Aucejo, Hanming Fang and Kenneth I. Spenner)

Discussant: Linda Loury (Tufts University)

10:00-10:30am: Coffee Break

10:30-11:15am: Hanming Fang (Duke University): "Difference-in-Difference Estimators for Prejudice: An Examination of the Existing Test and An Alternative" (Joint with Nicola Persico)

Discussant: Esteban Aucejo (Duke University)

Discussant: John Donohue (Yale University)

Noon: Lunch