Becker Friedman Institute for Research in Economics

See http://bfi.uchicago.edu/events/20130516_constitutional_design/ for details.

This conference, organized by 2011 Nobel Laureate Thomas J.

Alessandro Acquisiti, Associate Professor of Information Technology and Public Policy at the Heinz College at Carnegie Mellon University and a Becker-Friedman Fellow. 

"An Experiment in Hiring Discrimination via Online Social Networks"

D. James Greiner, Assistant Professor of Law, Harvard Law School and a Becker-Friedman Fellow
How Effective Are Limited Legal Assistance Programs?  a Randomized Experiment in a Massachusetts Housing Court

Giuseppe Dari-Mattiacci, Professor of Law and Economics at the University of Amsterdam and a Becker-Friedman Institute Fellow
Inverse Adverse Selection: The Market for Gems

Even though it has been understood since the work of Modigliani and Miller in the 1950s that the cashflow rights of holders of debt and equity were not different in kind, the traditional understanding of corporate governance sees control rights radically differently. It draws a sharp line between debt and equity. Shareholders, as the residual owners, hold the reins of power.

The second speaker at this new Forum on Contracting will be Oliver Hart, Andrew E. Furer Professor of Economics, Harvard University. His presentation will be "Rethinking Incomplete Contracts."

The forum will be held at the Booth School of Business, Hyde Park campus, room C10.

The first speaker at this new Forum on Contracting will be Lucian Bebchuk, William J. Friedman and Alicia Townsend Friedman Professor of Law, Harvard Law School. His presentation will be "How to Fix Bankers' Pay."

The forum will be held at the Law School in room F.