Duke University - Economics


ERID Conference Series

Upcoming:

2009 NBER-NSF Time Series Conference

Past conferences:

Conference on the Application of Economics Analysis in Law

DATE: April 17-18, 2009
LOCATION: Duke University, Fuqua School of Business 
R J Reynolds Auditorium, First Floor

Conference Program

April 17, 2009

8:00 - 8:30 am: Continental Breakfast

8:30 - 9:15 am Nicola Persico: "Racial Profiling"

9:15 -10:00 am: Thomas Miles: "Racial Disparities in the Allocation of Wiretap Applications across Federal Judges"

10:00 - 10:30 am: Coffee Break

10:30 - 11:15 am Elianna La Ferrara: "Racial bias in capital sentencing" (Joint with Alberto Alesina)

11:15 - 12:00 am Hanming Fang: "Tests for Prejudice Using Difference-In-Difference? Does it Work?" (Joint with Nicola Persico)

12:00 - 1:30 pm: Lunch

1:30 - 2:15 pm Glenn Loury: TBA

2:15 - 3:00 pm: Christine Jolls: TBA (to be confirmed)

3:00 - 3:30 pm: Coffee Break

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

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

 

April 18, 2009

8:00 - 8:30 am: Continental Breakfast

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

9:15 - 10:00 am Peter Arciadiacono: "Does Affirmative Action Lead to Mismatch: A New Test and Evidence" (Joint with Esteban Aucejo and Hanming Fang)

10:00 - 10:30 am: Coffee Break

10:30 - 11:15 am: Douglas Williams: "Does Affirmative Action Create Educational Mismatch in Law Schools?"

11:15 - 12 am: Katherine Barnes: TBA

Noon: Lunch

 

Conference on Identification Issues in Economics

Date: October 3 - 4, 2008
Location: Duke University

Organized by: Barbara Rossi and Hanming Fang

To view the program for this event please go to: 
Conference on Identification Issues in Economics

 


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