JAMEIN P. CUNNINGHAM
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 Texas Economics of Crime Workshop 

 April 18-19, 2025
The University of Texas at Austin 
LBJ School of Public Affairs

Organizers: 

​Anne Burton (University of Texas-Dallas)
Jamein P. Cunningham (University of Texas-Austin)
 Cody Tuttle (University of Texas-Austin)  
Friday, April 18 
 
9:00  A Second Chance at Schooling? Unintended Consequences of Prison Education 
            Presenter:          Romaine Campbell (Cornell University) 
            Discussant:        Jeff Denning (Notre Dame University)

10:00 Discrimination in Police Use of Force 
            Presenter:          Steve Mello (Dartmouth College) 
            Discussant:        Roman Rivera (Princeton University) 

11:00 Coffee break 

11:30 Federal Prosecutor Politics 
            Presenter:           Stephanie Didwania (Northwestern University) 
            Discussant:        Emma Harrington (University of Virginia) 

12:30 Lunch 

1:30 Gender, Judicial Decision-Making Biases, Long-Run Outcomes, and Family Spillovers 
            Presenter:           Orgul Demet Ozturk (University of South Carolina) 
            Discussant:         Emily Leslie (Brigham Young University) 

2:30 Flash presentations by Ph.D. students! 
Paper 1: In the 'Right' Place at the Right Time: Impacts of Compensation from Prison Labor on Reincarceration 
    Presenter 1:      Matias Axelrod (Michigan State University) 
    Paper 2:          Safety for Whom? How Law Enforcement and School Resource Officer Training 
Impacts Racial Gaps in School Exclusionary Discipline 
    Presenter 2:      Monique Davis (University of Minnesota) 
    Paper 3:           Coding Bias: The Role of Racial-Ethnic Identity in 911 Call Dispatching Decisions 
    Presenter 3:      Shinjini Pandey (Ohio State University) 
    Paper 4:          Measuring Quid Pro Quo Corruption in U.S. Courts 
    Presenter 4:      Suhyeon Oh (Texas A&M) 
    Paper 5:          Shift Structure and Cognitive Depletion: Evidence from Police Officers 
    Presenter 5:      Toshio Ferrazares (UCSB) 
    Paper 6:          Multitasking, Incentives, and Police Officer Behavior 
    Presenter 6:      James Reeves (University of Michigan) 

 
3:30      Coffee break 
 
4:00      Recidivism and Barriers to Reintegration: a Field Experiment Encouraging Use of Reentry Support 
                            Presenter:          Ragan Petrie (Texas A&M) 
                        Discussant:        Sara Heller (University of Michigan) 
 
5:00      Adjourn  
 
 
Saturday, April 19 
 
9:00  A Loan You Can’t Refuse: Financial Vulnerability and Organized Crime 
            Presenter:          Giovanna Marcolongo (Bocconi University) 
            Discussant:        Zach Porreca (Bocconi University) 

10:00 Mispricing Narratives After Social Unrest 
            Presenter:          Bocar Ba (Duke University) 
            Discussant:        Kevin Schnepel (Simon Fraser University) 

11:00 Coffee break 

11:30 Credit Access among Formerly Justice-Involved Entrepreneurs: Regression Discontinuity Evidence from SBA Loans 
            Presenter:          Brittany Street (University of Missouri) 
            Discussant:        Robynn Cox (UC Riverside)

12:30 Lunch 

1:30 Fear in the Neighborhood: The Cost of Racial Prejudice 
            Presenter:          Stephen Billings (CU Boulder) 
            Discussant:        Matt Ross (Northeastern University) 

2:30 Adjourn

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