Law and Economics Theory Conference IV

U.C. Berkeley School of Law
November 14-15, 2014

 

AGENDA – DAY ONE

 * Papers can be accessed by clicking on project title. Please note some papers are not available. Thank you.

Friday, November 14, 2014
8:30-9:00 Registration and Breakfast
9:00-9:55 Paper 1 Presentation – Giuseppe Dari-Mattiacci and Margherita Saraceno
“Endogenous Fee-Shifting” (*paper not available)
Discussant: Shmuel Leshem
10:00-10:55 Paper 2 Presentation – Bruno Deffains and Claude Fluet
“Social Norms and Legal Design: Fault Based vs. Strict Liability Offenses”
Discussant: Bob Cooter
10:55-11:15 Break
11:15-12:10 Paper 3 Presentation – Abraham Wickelgren
“A Novel Justification for Legal Restrictions on Non-Compete Clauses”
Discussant: Ken Ayotte
12:15-1:10 Paper 4 Presentation – Andrew Daughety and Jennifer Reinganum
“Informal Sanctions on Prosecutors and Defendants and the Disposition of Criminal Cases”
Discussant: Scott Baker
1:10-2:15 Lunch
2:15-3:10 Paper 5 Presentation – Sue Mialon
“Declining Moral Standards and the Role of Law”
Discussant: Jennifer Reinganum
3:15-4:10 Paper 6 Presentation – Emmanuel Dechaneux and Andrew Samuel
“Regulatory Inspection Regimes and Oligopoly Competition”
Discussant: Tracy Lewis
4:10-4:30 Break
4:30-5:25

Paper 7 Presentation – Gillian Hadfield and Dylan Hadfield-Menell
“Pervasive Spurious Normativity”
Discussant: Joel Watson

6:00 pm Conference Reception and Dinner –

 

 

AGENDA – DAY TWO

 

 

Saturday, November 15, 2014
8:30-9:00 Arrival and Breakfast
9:00-9:55 Paper 8 Presentation – Florian Ederer and Alex Stremitzer
“Promises and Expectations”
Discussant: Eric Talley
10:00-10:55 Paper 9 Presentation – Giri Parameswaran
“Reputation, Compliance, and Judicial Decision Making”
Discussant: Lewis Kornhauser
10:55-11:15 Break
11:15-12:10 Paper 10 Presentation – Kathy Spier
“Tailored Suits: Contracting in the Shadow of Pending Litigation” (*paper not available)
Discussant: Alex Lee
12:10-1:30 Lunch and Organizational Meeting
1:30 Departure