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)
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
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