Sponsors
Session 1 - 9:15am-10:30am (EDT)
Featured Panel: Climate Change and International Governance
Panel Chair/Moderator: Katharina Pistory, Columbia Law School
Zoom Meeting ID: 92397548240, Passcode: lawmacro (link)
Helene Rey, Lord Raj Bagri Professor of Economics, London Business School
Discussants:
- Lilian Faulhaber, Georgetown University Law School
- Jennifer Hillman, Georgetown University Law School
Constitutional Limitations on Central Banks
Panel Chair/Moderator: Nadav Orian Peer, Tulane Law School
Zoom Meeting ID: 99926556172, Passcode: lawmacro (link)
The German Constitituional Court and Central Bank Independence
Presented by: Michael Waibel, University of Vienna
Monetary Financing and Fiscal Discipline
Presented by: Oliver Huelsewig, Hochschule München
The Constitution and the Fed after the COVID-19 Crisis
Presented by: Nadav Orian Peer, Tulane Law School
Financial Regulation 1
Panel Chair/Moderator: Yesha Yadav, Vanderbilt Law School
Zoom Meeting ID: 94124621624, Passcode: lawmacro (link
What Drove the Rise of the Repo Market?
Presented by: Carolyn Sissoko, University of the West of England
Best Laid Plans: Economic Consequence of Shadow Banking Crackdown
Presented by: Bo Jiang, George Washington University
The Failed Regulation of U.S. Treasury Markets
Presented by: Yesha Yadav, Vanderbilt Law School
Labor, Fiscal Policy, and Growth
Panel Chairs/Moderators: Vincent Jerald Ramos, Hertie School & Sarah Daway-Ducanes, University of the Philippines School of Economics
Zoom Meeting ID: 92869021392, Passcode: lawmacro (link)
The Labour Market Effect of Fiscal Policy Uncertainty
Presented by: Wei-Fong Pan, University of Reading
Electoral Systems, Heterogeneous Fiscal Policy and Labor Regulations
Presented by: Shiv Dixit, Indian School of Business
Nonlinear Effects of Intellectual Property Rights on Manufacturing Growth
Presented by: Vincent Jerald Ramos, Hertie School & Sarah Daway-Ducanes, University of the Philippines School of Economics
Law and Economic Growth
Panel Chair/Moderator: Lela Mélon, University Pompeu Fabra
Zoom Meeting ID: 91223082023, Passcode: lawmacro (link)
Using synthetic control method to estimate the long-run effect of institutional changes
Presented by: Rok Spruk, University of Ljubljana
The Price of Property Rights: Institutions, Finance, and Economic Growth
Presented by: Ram Yamarthy, Office of Financial Research (OFR)
Does E-procurement Matter for Economic Growth: Subnational Evidence from Australia
Presented by: Lela Mélon, University Pompeu Fabra
Session 2 - 10:45am-12:00pm (EDT)
Bankruptcy, Credit, and the Macroeconomy
Panel Chair/Moderator: Konrad Borowicz, Tilburg University
Zoom Meeting ID: 92037358673, Passcode: lawmacro (link)
Unearthing Zombies
Presented by: Siddharth Vij, University of Georgia
The Ex Ante Effect of Creditor Rights on Corporate Financial and Investment Policy
Presented by: Aras Canipek, University of Konstanz
The Law and Macroeconomics of Corporate Debt: Should the Macroeconomic Consequences of Corporate Leverage Inform the Legal and Regulatory Treatment of Loan Markets?
Presented by: Konrad Borowicz, Tilburg University
Courts and Macroeconomic Fluctuations
Panel Chair/Moderator: Mehmet Canayaz, Pennsylvania State University
Zoom Meeting Id: 96353684043, Passcode: lawmacro (link)
Economic Resilience: Spillovers, Courts, and Vertical Integration
Presented by: Dimas Fazio, National University of Singapore
Judges, Lenders, and the Bottom Line: Court-ing Firm Growth in India
Presented by: Manaswini Rao, University of California San Diego
Judicial Ideology and Business Dynamics
Presented by: Mehmet Canayaz, Pennsylvania State University
Evaluating the Macro Policy Response to Covid-19
Panel Chair/Moderator: David Zaring, The Wharton School
Zoom Meeting ID: 91967733841, Passcode: lawmacro (link)
How Well-Targeted Are Payroll Tax Cuts as a Response to COVID-19? Evidence from China
Presented by: Wei Cui, University of British Columbia
A TIP Against the COVID-19 Pandemic
Presented by: Fuad Hasanov & Reda Cherif, International Monetary Fund
The Government’s Economic Response to the Covid Crisis
Presented by: David Zaring, The Wharton School
Financial Regulation 2
Panel Chair/Moderator: Alex Lee, Northwestern University
Zoom Meeting ID: 93403819201, Passcode: lawmacro (link)
Domesticating Foreign Finance
Presented by: Jeremy Kress, University of Michigan
Taming the Megabanks: Why We Need a New Glass-Steagall Act
Presented by: Arthur Wilmarth, George Washington University
Insider Trading and Macroeconomic Risk
Presented by: Alex Lee, Northwestern University
Inequality 1
Panel Chair/Moderator: Felix Chang, University of Cincinnati College of Law
Zoom Meeting ID: 91544090261, Passcode: lawmacro (link)
In-Kind Tax Paying: Lessons and Risks
Presented by: Jeremy Bearer-Friend, George Washington University
The Intergenerational Equity Case for Progressive Consumption Taxation
Presented by: Daniel Schaffa, University of Richmond
What Kind of Inequality Should Inheritance Law Remediate?
Presented by: Felix Chang, University of Cincinnati College of Law
Regulatory Intensity and Economic Outcomes
Panel Chairs/Moderators: Yuliya Guseva, Rutgers Law School & Douglas Eakeley, Rutgers Law School
Zoom Meeting ID: 96892696327, Passcode: lawmacro (link)
Does regulatory cooperation help integrate equity markets?
Presented by: Roger Silvers, David Eccles School of Business, University of Utah
Regulatory Intensity and Firm-Specific Exposure
Presented by: Joseph Kalmenovitz, Drexel University
Crypto-Enforcement Around the World
Presented by: Yuliya Guseva & Douglas Eakeley, Rutgers Law School
Student Paper Panel: Unconventional Macro Policy Ideas
Panel Chair/Moderator: Peter Bassine, Yale Law School
Zoom Meeting ID: 96079539042, Passcode: lawmacro (link)
Government Purchasing and Recessions: How Expansionary Legal Policies Can Stimulate the Economy
Presented by: Désirée Klingler, Yale Law School
Mitigating Recessions: Incorporating Macroeconomic Levers into Bankruptcy Law in India
Presented by: Anant Agarwal, Gujarat National Law University (GNLU)
Coherent Capital Structure Policy: Between Bailouts and the Interest Deduction
Presented by: Jeff Gordon, Yale Law School
The Bankers’ Law: Swaps, Foreign Exchange, and the Construction of Law Within the Federal Reserve
Presented by: Peter Bassine, Yale Law School
The Expanding Powers of Central Banks
Panel Chair/Moderator: Peter Conti-Brown, University of Pennsylvania
Zoom Meeting ID: 94045816272, Passcode: lawmacro (link)
The Federal Reserve and the Fiscal System
Presented by: Brian Galle, Georgetown University
Central Bank Money: Liability, Asset, or Equity of the Nation?
Presented by: Michael Kumhof, Bank of England & Rosa Lastra, Queen Mary University of London
Technocratic Pragmatism, Bureaucratic Expertise, and the Federal Reserve
Presented by: Peter Conti-Brown, University of Pennsylvania
Lunch Panel - 12:15pm-1:15pm (EDT)
What Legal Academics Should Know About Macroeconomics
Panel Chair/Moderator: Yair Listokin, Yale Law School
Zoom Meeting Id: 92585830099, Passcode: lawmacro (link)
Inequality, Finance, and Macroeconomics
Presented by: Atif Mian, John H. Laporte, Jr. Class of 1967 Professor of Economics, Public Policy and Finance at Princeton University
Improving Automatic Stabilizers and Triggers
Presented by: Claudia Sahm, Director of Macroeconomic Policy at the Washington Center for Equitable Growth
Session 3 - 1:30pm-2:45pm (EDT)
Bankruptcy 1
Panel Chair/Moderator: Edward Janger, Brooklyn Law School
Zoom Meeting ID: 97227501824, Passcode: lawmacro (link)
Restructuring vs. Bankruptcy
Presented by:
- Edward Morrison, Columbia University
- Jason Donaldson, Washington University in St. Louis
- Giorgia Piacentino, Columbia Business School
- Xiaobo Yu, Columbia Business School
Bankruptcy and Financial Regulation
Presented by: Adam Feibelman, Tulane Law School
Private Equity and Industries in Transition: Debt, Discharge and Sam Gerdano
Presented by: Edward Janger, Brooklyn Law School
Corporate Governance and the Response to Covid-19
Panel Chair/Moderator: Ofer Eldar, Duke University
Zoom Meeting ID: 97425428590, Passcode: lawmacro (link)
Countercyclical Corporate Governance
Presented by: Aneil Kovvali, University of Chicago Law School
Countercyclical Antitakeover Law: Dead Hand Poison Puts in a Zero Lower Bound Recession
Presented by: Tianna Larson, Wake Forest
The Return of Poison Pills: An Analysis of “Crisis Pills” Adopted in the COVID-19 Pandemic
Presented by: Ofer Eldar, Duke University
Currency, Payments, and Platforms
Panel Chair/Moderator: Rohan Grey, Willamette University
Zoom Meeting ID: 95694711178, Passcode: lawmacro (link)
Essential Platforms
Presented by: Nikolas Guggenberger, Yale Information Society Project
Payments Failure
Presented by: Hilary Allen, American University Washington College of Law
Smart Contracts and Monetary Policy
Presented by: Rohan Grey, Willamette University
Fiscal Policy and Government Debt
Panel Chair/Moderator: Stratos Pahis, NYU School of Law
Zoom Meeting ID: 95742131351, Passcode: lawmacro (link)
Hands On! Part I: The Trilemma Facing the Federal Government During State and Local Budget Crises
Presented by: David Schleicher, Yale University
Inequality, Fiscal Policy and COVID19 Restrictions in a Demand-Determined Economy
Presented by: Daniel Murphy, University of Virginia
BITs and Bonds: The International Law and Economics of Sovereign Debt
Presented by: Stratos Pahis, NYU School of Law
Inequality 2
Panel Chair/Moderator: Ariel Jurow Kleiman, University of San Diego
Zoom Meeting ID: 96230079237, Passcode: lawmacro (link)
Redistribution with Performance Pay
Presented by: Abdou Ndiaye, New York University
The Political Economy of Inequality, Mobility and Redistribution
Presented by: Ignacio Campomanes, Navarra Center for International Development
Impoverishment by Taxation
Presented by: Ariel Jurow Kleiman, University of San Diego
Law as a Macroeconomic Stabilizer
Panel Chair/Moderator: Yair Listokin, Yale Law School
Zoom Meeting ID: 99052728403, Passcode: lawmacro (link)
Government emergency intervention in private contracts in times of COVID-19: a user’s guide
Presented by: Fernando Gomez-Pomar, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Regulations as Automatic Stabilizers During COVID-19
Presented by: Xi Wu, Haas School of Business, University of California Berkeley
Efficient Legal Rules in A Cyclical Economy
Presented by: Yair Listokin, Yale Law School