Thursday, November 16
8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
9:00 am

Incomplete Contracts in Commodities Trade: Evidence from LNG

Swati Dhingra, London School of Economics
Ningyuan Jia, London School of Economics
Gianmarco Ottaviano, Bocconi University
Thomas Sampson, London School of Economics
Catherine Thomas, London School of Economics

Discussant:
Silke J. Forbes, Tufts University
9:50 am

Searching for Collaboration: The Dynamics of Relationship Building

Charles Angelucci, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Roi Orzach, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Discussant:
George Georgiadis, Northwestern University
10:35 am
Break
10:50 am

State Capacity as an Organizational Problem. Evidence from the Growth of the U.S. State Over 100 Years

Nicola Mastrorocco, University of Bologna
Edoardo Teso, Northwestern University and NBER

Discussant:
Benjamin Marx, Boston University and NBER
11:40 am

How Rules and Compliance Impact Organizational Outcomes: Evidence from Delegation in Environmental Regulation

James Fenske, University of Warwick
Muhammad Haseeb, University of Bristol
Namrata Kala, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER

Discussant:
Ricard Gil, IESE Business School
12:30 pm
Lunch - Alexis Gallery
1:30 pm

Allocative Skill

Andrew Caplin, New York University and NBER
David J. Deming, Harvard University and NBER
Søren Leth-Petersen, University of Copenhagen
Ben Weidmann, Harvard University

Discussant:
Wouter Dessein, Columbia University
2:20 pm

Why Do Unions Withhold Pay Information? Evidence from Hollywood

Zoe B. Cullen, Harvard University and NBER
Julia H. Gilman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Nina Roussille, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Heather Sarsons, University of British Columbia and NBER

Discussant:
Abi Adams-Prassl, University of Oxford
3:05 pm
Break
3:20 pm

Competing for the Quiet Life: An Organizational Theory of Market Structure

Patrick Legros, Université Libre de Bruxelles
Andrew Newman, Boston University
Zsolt Udvari, Boston University

Discussant:
Heski Bar-Isaac, University of Toronto
4:10 pm
Keynote: Jean Tirole, Toulouse School of Economics
Safe Spaces: Shelters or Tribes?
Presentation
5:15 pm
Celebrating Heikki Rantakari
with Alessandro Bonatti, Bob Gibbons and Bengt Holmstrom
5:45 pm
Adjourn
6:00 pm
Dinner - Bambara at Hotel Marlowe
Friday, November 17
8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
9:00 am

Relationships in the Wild: How Institutions Affect the Governance of Firms

Gani S. Aldashev, Université Libre de Bruxelles
Heikki Rantakari, University of Rochester
Giorgio Zanarone, HEC Lausanne

Discussant:
Jacopo Perego, Columbia University
9:50 am

Managers and Public Hospital Performance

Cristobal Otero, Columbia University
Pablo Munoz, Universidad de Chile

Discussant:
Stephen D. Schwab, University of Texas at San Antonio
10:35 am
Break
10:50 am

Dating and Breaking Up With the Boss: Benefits, Costs, and Spillovers

David MacDonald, University of British Columbia Okanagan
Jerry Montonen, Aalto University
Emily E. Nix, University of Southern California

Discussant:
Raymond Fisman, Boston University and NBER
11:40 am

The Wandering Scholars: Understanding the Heterogeneity of University Commercialization

Josh Lerner, Harvard University and NBER
Henry Manley, NBER
Carolyn Stein, University of California, Berkeley
Heidi L. Williams, Dartmouth College and NBER

Discussant:
Scott Stern, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
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12:30 pm
Working Lunch and Guest Speaker: Noubar Afeyan, Founder and CEO of Flagship Pioneering
1:30 pm
Adjourn