Events

(Tentative)

The Role of Information in Supporting Legal and Economic Institutions

Triangle Law and Economics Conference

Friday -- 8:00 p.m. -9:30 p.m.

• Appetizers and Drinks, Washington Duke Inn (Bull Durham Bar)

Saturday: 9:00-10:30 a.m (Duke Law School Room 4045)

Session 1: Theory and Applications for Information Markets

• Marco Ottaviani - (London Business School)
  Aggregation of Information and Beliefs in Prediction Markets (.pdf)
  (Mis)selling through Agents (.pdf)
• Michael Abramowicz -(George Washington Law School)
  Predictocracy: Market Mechanisms for Public and Private Decisionmaking (.pdf)

Saturday: 10:45 a.m. -12:15 p.m.

Session 2: Legal Proceedings

• Chris Sanchirico (University of Pennsylvania Law School)
  Harnessing Adversarial Process: Optimal Strategic Complementarities in Litigation
  A Primary Activity Approach to Proof Burdens
• Scott Baker (UNC – School of Law)
  Should We Pay Federal Circuit Judges More (or Less)? (.pdf)

Saturday: 12:15 p.m.-1:15 p.m.

• Lunch

Saturday: 1:15 p.m. -3:30 p.m.

Session 3: The Role of Information in Contract Choice and Design

• Alan Schwartz (Yale Law School) and Joel Watson (University of San Diego, Department of Economics)
  Contextual Asymmetry, Contractual Interpretation, and the Choice of External Enforcer (.pdf)
• Albert Choi (University of Virginia Law School)
  Completing Contracts in the Shadow of Costly Verification (.pdf)
• Kathy Zeiler (Georgetown Law Center)
  Contract Disclosure Rules and Damage Caps: An equilibrium model of their effects on behavior in health care markets (.pdf)

Saturday: 3:45 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.

Session 4: Valuation of Legal Claims: Policies and Restrictions

• Edward Morrison (Columbia Law School)
  Creditor Control and Conflict in Chapter 11 (.pdf)
• Anup Malani (University of Chicago Law School)
  Valuing Laws as Local Amenities (.pdf)

Saturday: 7:30 p.m. -9:30 p.m.

• Dinner: Tracy Lewis's house. Transportation will be provided to and from the Washington Duke Inn

Sunday: 9:00 a.m. -10:30 a.m.

Session 5: Reputation

• Barak Richman (Duke Law School) -- The Antitrust of Reputation Mechanisms
• Ian Ayres-(Yale Law School) -- Newspaper Liability: Protecting Sources and Reputation

Sunday: 10:45 a.m. -12:15 p.m.

Session 6: Concluding Thoughts and Future Research Agenda

• Thomas Hazlett – George Mason University, Department of Economics
• Tracy Lewis – Duke University, Fuqua School of Business