Organizational Economics
Organized by Robert S. Gibbons
November 8-9, 2019
NBER, Feldstein Conference Room, 2nd Floor,1050 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA
Friday, November 8
8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
9:00 am

Rules, Discretion, and Corruption in Procurement: Evidence from Italian Government Contracting

Francesco Decarolis, Bocconi University
Raymond Fisman, Boston University and NBER
Paolo Pinotti, Bocconi University
Silvia Vannutelli, Northwestern University and NBER

Discussant:
Decio Coviello, HEC Montreal
10:00 am
Break
10:15 am

Skill versus Voice in Local Development

Katherine Casey, Stanford University and NBER
Edward Miguel, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Rachel Glennerster, University of Chicago and NBER
Maarten J. Voors, Wageningen University & Research

Discussant:
Sara Lowes, University of California, San Diego and NBER
11:15 am
Break
11:30 am

Corruption in Hierarchies<br>(paper not availalbe for posting) (slides)

Raúl Sanchez de la Sierra, University of Chicago and NBER
Kristof Titeca, University of Chicago and NBER

Discussant:
Matthew Stephenson, Harvard University
12:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm

Wait-and-See or Step-in? Dynamics of Interventions

Dana Foarta, Stanford University
Takuo Sugaya, Stanford University

Discussant:
Erik Snowberg, University of Utah and NBER
2:30 pm
Break
2:45 pm

How do CEOs Make Strategy? (slides)

Nicholas Bloom, Stanford University and NBER
Michael Christensen, Harvard University
Jan Rivkin, Harvard University
Raffaella Sadun, Harvard University and NBER
Mu-Jeung Yang, University of Colorado Boulder

Discussant:
Wouter Dessein, Columbia University
3:45 pm
Break
4:00 pm

CEO Stress and Life Expectancy: The Role of Corporate Governance and Financial Distress

Mark J. Borgschulte, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Marius Guenzel, University of Pennsylvania
Canyao Liu, Hudson River Trading
Ulrike Malmendier, University of California, Berkeley and NBER

Discussant:
Kevin Murphy, University of Southern California
5:00 pm
Adjourn
Shuttle van departs from the NBER for the Royal Sonesta Hotel
6:00 pm
Group Dinner - Royal Sonesta Hotel, Parkview Room
Saturday, November 9
8:15 am
Continental Breakfast
8:45 am

On Building a Conflict Culture in Organizations (slides)

W. Bentley MacLeod, Yale University and NBER
Victoria Valle Lara, University of Lausanne
Christian Zehnder, University of Lausanne

Discussant:
Maria Guadalupe, INSEAD
9:45 am
Break
10:00 am

The Dynamics of Norm Formation and Norm Decay (slides)

Ernst Fehr, University of Zurich
Ivo Schurtenberger, University of Zurich

Discussant:
Nathan Nunn, University of British Columbia and NBER
11:00 am
Break
11:15 am

A Theory of Multiplexity: Sustaining Cooperation with Multiple Relationships (slides)

Chen Cheng, Johns Hopkins University
Wei Huang, Renmin University of China
Yiqing Xing, Johns Hopkins University

Discussant:
Benjamin Golub, Northwestern University
12:15 pm
Lunch
1:00 pm

Organizing Global Supply Chains: Input-Output Linkages and Vertical Integration

Giuseppe Berlingieri, ESSEC Business School and CEP
Frank Pisch, Technical University of Darmstadt
Claudia Steinwender, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich

Discussant:
Silke J. Forbes, Tufts University
2:00 pm

Making A DIfference

Canice Prendergast, University of Chicago

Discussant:
Luis Rayo, Northwestern University
3:00 pm
Adjourn