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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

Organizational Economics Working Group

Robert S. Gibbons, Organizer

April 25-26, 2014

The Royal Sonesta Hotel

Riverfront Room

40 Edwin H. Land Blvd.

Cambridge, MA

PROGRAM

8:30 am	Continental Breakfast
9:00 am	Sendhil Mullainathan, Harvard University and NBER Sandip Sukhtankar, Dartmouth College Ownership Structure and Economic Outcomes: The Case of Sugarcane Mills in India Discussant: Rocco Macchiavello, Warwick University
10:00 am	Break
10:15 am	Rongzhu Ke, Chinese University of Hong Kong Jin Li, Northwestern University Michael Powell, Northwestern University Managing Careers in Organizations Discussant: Bentley MacLeod, Columbia University and NBER
11:15 am	Break
11:30 am	William Fuchs, University of California at Berkeley Luis Garicano, London School of Economics Luis Rayo, London School of Economics Optimal Contracting and the Organization of Knowledge Discussant: Ilya Segal, Stanford University
12:30 pm	Lunch – Parkview Room
1:30 pm	Ricardo Alonso, University of Southern California Recruitment and Selection in Organizations Discussant: Lisa Kahn, Yale University
2:30 pm	Break
2:45 pm	Nicola Lacetera, University of Toronto and NBER Bradley J. Larsen, Stanford University Devin G. Pope, University of Chicago and NBER Justin R. Sydnor, University of Wisconsin Bid Takers or Market Makers? The Effect of Auctioneers on Auction Outcomes Discussant: Ali Hortacsu, University of Chicago and NBER
3:45 pm	Remembering Casey Ichniowski
4:00 pm	Break
4:15 pm	David M. Cutler, Harvard University and NBER Jonathan S. Skinner, Dartmouth College and NBER Ariel Dora Stern, Harvard University David E. Wennberg, Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice Physician Beliefs and Patient Preferences: A New Look at Regional Variation in Health Care Spending Discussant: Dr. Timothy Ferris, Partners Healthcare
5:15 pm	Adjourn
6:00 pm	Group Dinner – Bambara Restaurant at the Hotel Marlowe
Saturday, April 26
8:30 am	Continental Breakfast
9:00 am	Christel Karsten, University of Amsterdam Ulrike Malmendier, University of California at Berkeley and NBER Zacharias Sautner. Frankfurt School of Finance & Management M&A Negotiations and Lawyer Expertise Discussant: Josh Lerner, Harvard University and NBER
10:00 am	Break
10:15 am	Florian Englmaier, University of Munich Andreas Roider, University of Regensburg Uwe Sunde, University of Munich The Role of Communication of Performance Schemes: Evidence from a Field Experiment Discussant: Iwan Barankay, University of Pennsylvania
11:15 am	Break
11:30 am	Florian Ederer, Yale University Alexander Stremitzer, University of California at Los Angeles Promises and Expectations Discussant: Camelia Kuhnen, University of North Carolina
12:30 pm	Lunch – Parkview Room
1:30 pm	Anton Kolotilin, University of New South Wales Optimal Information Disclosure: Quantity vs. Quality Discussant: Sandeep Baliga, Northwestern University
2:30 pm	Break
2:45 pm	Eric Van den Steen, Harvard University Strategy and the Strategist: How it Matters who Develops the Strategy Discussant: Niko Matouschek, Northwestern University
3:45 pm	Adjourn