Organizational Economics
Organized by Robert S. Gibbons
November 20-21, 2020
Friday, November 20
10:50 am
Welcome / Gather
11:00 am

Management Practices and Firm Performance during the Great Recession: Evidence from Spanish Survey Data

Florian Englmaier, University of Munich
Jose Galdon-Sanchez, University of Navarra
Ricard Gil, University of Navarra
Michael Kaiser, LMU Munich
Moderator: Raffaella Sadun, Harvard University and NBER
11:40 am

The Impacts of Managerial Autonomy on Firm Outcomes

Namrata Kala, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Moderator: Wouter Dessein, Columbia University
12:20 pm
Break / Gather
12:40 am

Organizational Capacity and Profit Shifting

Katarzyna A. Bilicka, Utah State University and NBER
Daniela Scur, Cornell University
Moderator: Andrea Prat, Columbia University
1:20 pm

Civil Service Reform and Organizational Practices: Evidence from the 1883 Pendleton Act

Diana Moreira, University of California, Davis and NBER
Santiago Pérez, University of California, Davis and NBER
Moderator: Oriana Bandiera, London School of Economics
2:00 pm
Break / Gather
2:20 pm

Governance in the Wild: A Theory of State vs. Private Firms under Weak Institutions

Gani S. Aldashev, Université Libre de Bruxelles
Giorgio Zanarone, HEC Lausanne
Moderator: Charles Angelucci, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
3:00 pm

Meritocracy and Dual Leadership: Historical Evidence and an Interpretation

Weijia Li, Monash University
Moderator: James Robinson, University of Chicago and NBER
3:40 pm
Break / Gather
4:00 pm
Adjourn
Saturday, November 21
10:50 am
Welcome / Gather
11:00 am

Internal Labor Markets: A Worker Flow Approach

Andrea Weber, Central European University
Ingrid Huitfeldt, University of Oslo
Jan Sebastian Nimczik, ESMT Berlin
Andreas R. Kostol, BI Norwegian Business School
Moderator: Kathryn Shaw, Stanford University and NBER
11:40 am

Training, Recruitment, and Outplacement as Endogenous Adverse Selection

Heski Bar-Isaac, University of Toronto
Ian Jewitt, University of Oxford
Clare Leaver, University of Oxford
Moderator: Ricardo Alonso, London School of Economics
12:20 pm
Break / Gather
12:40 pm

Early-Career Discrimination: Spiraling or Self-Correcting?

Arjada Bardhi, New York University
Yingni Guo, Northwestern University
Bruno Strulovici, Northwestern University
Moderator: Marina Halac, Yale University
1:20 pm

Designing Career Concerns (slides)

Erik Madsen, New York University
Basil Williams, New York University
Andrzej Skrzypacz, Stanford University
Moderator: Guido Friebel, Goethe University Frankfurt
2:00 pm
Break / Gather
2:20 pm

Fostering Collaboration

Joyee Deb, New York University
Aditya Kuvalekar, Indian School of Business (ISB)
Elliot Lipnowski, Columbia University
Moderator: Meg Meyer, University of Oxford
3:00 pm

Institutional Change in Property Rights: Model and Evidence of a Centuries-Long Dynamic

Marco Casari, University of Bologna
Maurizio Lisciandra, University of Messina
Moderator: Pauline Grosjean, University of New South Wales
3:40 pm
Break / Gather
4:00 pm
Adjourn