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NATIONAL BUREAU OF
ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC. |
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Working Group in Organizational Economics |
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May 18 and 19, 2012 Robert Gibbons, Organizer |
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Royal Sonesta Hotel |
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40 Edwin H. Land
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Cambridge, MA |
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PROGRAM |
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Friday,
May 18 |
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8:15
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Continental
Breakfast |
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8:45
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Canice Prendergast, University of Chicago |
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Discussant:
Heikki Rantakari,
University of Southern California |
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9:45
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Break |
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10:00
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Eric
Van den Steen, Harvard University |
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A Theory of Strategy
and the Role of Leaders in It |
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Discussant:
John Roberts, Stanford University |
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11:00
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Break |
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11:15
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Marina
Halac, Columbia University |
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Optimal Contracts
for Experimentation (with
N. Kartik and Q. Liu) |
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Discussant:
Gustavo Manso, University of California at Berkeley |
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12:15
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Lunch |
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1:15
pm |
Heski Bar-Isaac, New York University |
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Reputation for a Servant
of Two Masters (with
J. Deb) |
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Discussant:
Steve Tadelis, University of California at Berkeley |
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2:15
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Break |
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2:30
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Antoinette
Schoar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and
NBER |
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Ex Post (In)efficient
Negotiation and the Breakdown of Trade (with
R. Iyer) |
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Discussant:
Mara Lederman, University of Toronto |
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3:30
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Break |
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3:45
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Raghu Rajan,
University of Chicago and NBER |
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Discussant:
Andrei Shleifer, Harvard University and NBER |
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4:45
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Adjourn |
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5:30
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Group
Dinner - Royal Sonesta Hotel |
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Saturday,
May 19 |
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8:15
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Continental
Breakfast |
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8:45
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Michael
Raith, University of Rochester |
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Silo or Market:
Internal Labor Markets in Multidivisional Firms (with
G. Friebel) |
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Discussant:
Ricardo Alonso, University of Southern California |
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9:45
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Break |
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10:00
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Birger Wernerfelt,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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Discussant:
Jin Li, Northwestern University |
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11:00
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Break |
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11:15
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Sylvain
Chassang, Princeton University |
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(with
C. Zehnder) |
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Discussant:
Niko Matouschek,
Northwestern University |
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12:15
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Lunch |
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1:15
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Sendhil Mullainathan, Harvard University and NBER |
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Self-Control at
Work: Evidence from a Field Experiment (with
S. Kaur and M. Kremer) |
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Discussant:
Iwan Barankay, University
of Pennsylvania |
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2:15
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Break |
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2:30
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Michael
Waldman, Cornell University |
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Performance, Career Dynamics, and Span of
Control
(with
V. Smeets and F. Warzynski) |
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Discussant:
Maria Guadalupe, Columbia University |
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3:30
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Break |
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3:45
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Paul
Oyer, Stanford University and NBER |
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Exploration for
Human Capital: Theory and Evidence from the MBA Labor Market (with
C. Kuhnen) |
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Discussant:
Derek Neal, University of Chicago and NBER |
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4:45
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Adjourn |