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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

 

Working Group in Organizational Economics

 

Robert S. Gibbons, Organizer

 

December 4-5, 2015

 

National Bureau of Economic Research

Feldstein Conference Room - 2nd Floor

 1050 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, MA

 

PROGRAM

 

Friday, December 4

 

8:15 am

Shuttle van departs from the Royal Sonesta Hotel for the NBER

 

8:30 am

Continental Breakfast

 

9:00 am

Sylvain Chassang, Princeton University
Juan M. Ortner, Boston University
Collusion in Auctions with Constrained Bids: Theory and Evidence from Public Procurement

Discussant: Andrea Prat, Columbia University

 

10:00 am

Break

 

10:15 am

Daron Acemoglu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER

Alex Wolitzky, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Sustaining Cooperation: Community Enforcement vs. Specialized Enforcement

 

Discussant: Anton Kolotilin, University of New South Wales

 

11:15 am

Break

 

11:30 am

John Antonakis, University of Lausanne
Giovanna D'Adda, University of Birmingham
Roberto Weber, Universität Zürich
Christian Zehnder, University of Lausanne
Just Words? Just Speeches?” On The Economic Value of Charismatic Leadership

Discussant: Robert Akerlof, University of Warwick

 

12:30 pm

Lunch

 

1:30 pm

Alexander Schmitt, K.U.Leuven
Johannes Van Biesebroeck, K.U.Leuven
Governing Supply Relationships: Evidence from the Automotive Sector

Discussant: Steve Tadelis,
University of California at Berkeley and NBER

 

2:30 pm

Break

 

2:45 pm

Laura Alfaro, Harvard University and NBER

Pol Antras, Harvard University and NBER

Davin Chor, National University of Singapore

Paola Conconi, ECARES

Internalizing Global Value Chains: A Firm-Level Analysis

 

Discussant: Silke Forbes, Case Western Reserve University

 

3:45 pm

Break

 

4:00 pm

Francine Lafontaine, University of Michigan

Organizations and Policy

 

5:00 pm

Adjourn

 

5:15 pm

Shuttle van departs from the NBER for the Royal Sonesta Hotel

 

6:00 pm

Group Dinner - Bambara Restaurant at Hotel Marlowe (across the street from the Royal Sonesta Hotel)

 

Saturday, December 5

 

8:15 am

Shuttle van departs from the Royal Sonesta Hotel for the NBER

 

8:30 am

Continental Breakfast

 

9:00 am

Alexandre Mas, Princeton University and NBER

Does Disclosure affect CEO Pay Setting?

Evidence from the Passage of the 1934 Securities and Exchange Act

 

Discussant: Carola Frydman, Boston University and NBER

 

10:00 am

Break

 

10:15 am

Emily L. Breza, Columbia University
Supreet Kaur, Columbia University and NBER
Yogita Shamdasani, Columbia University
The Morale Effects of Pay Inequality

Discussant: Iwan Barankay, University of Pennsylvania

 

11:15 am

Break

 

11:30 am

Orie Shelef, Stanford University
Amy Nguyen-Chyung, University of Michigan
Competing for Labor through Contracts: Selection, Matching, Firm Organization and Investments

Discussant: Maria Guadalupe, INSEAD

 

12:30 pm

Lunch

 

1:15 pm

Gadi Barlevy, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Derek Neal, University of Chicago and NBER
Allocating Effort and Talent in Professional Labor Markets

Discussant: Kevin Lang, Boston University and NBER

 

2:15 pm

Adjourn