Organizational Economics Working Group
Organized by Robert S. Gibbons
May 18-19, 2012
The Royal Sonesta Hotel

Friday, May 18

1

The Economics of Wild Goose Chases

Canice Prendergast, University of Chicago

2

A Theory of Explicitly Formulated Strategy

Eric Van den Steen, Harvard University

3

Optimal Contracts for Experimentation

Marina Halac, Yale University
Navin Kartik, Columbia University
Qingmin Liu, Columbia University

4

Reputation for a Servant of Two Masters

Heski Bar-Isaac, University of Toronto
Joyee Deb, New York University

5

The Corporation in Finance

Raghuram Rajan, University of Chicago and NBER

6

Silo or Market: Internal Labor Markets in Multi-divisional Firms

Michael Raith, University of Rochester

7

The Equilibrium Organization of Labor

Birger Wernerfelt, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

8

A Theory of Informal Justice

Sylvain Chassang, Princeton University and NBER
Christian Zehnder, University of Lausanne

9

Performance, Career Dynamics, and Span of Control

Valerie Smeets, Aarhus University
Frederic Warzynski, Aarhus University
Michael Waldman, Cornell University

10

Exploration for Human Capital: Theory and Evidence from the MBA Labor Market

Camelia M. Kuhnen, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and NBER
Paul Oyer, Stanford University and NBER

	Organizational Economics Working Group Organized by Robert S. Gibbons May 18-19, 2012 The Royal Sonesta Hotel
	Friday, May 18
1	The Economics of Wild Goose Chases Canice Prendergast, University of Chicago
2	A Theory of Explicitly Formulated Strategy Eric Van den Steen, Harvard University
3	Optimal Contracts for Experimentation Marina Halac, Yale University Navin Kartik, Columbia University Qingmin Liu, Columbia University
4	Reputation for a Servant of Two Masters Heski Bar-Isaac, University of Toronto Joyee Deb, New York University
5	The Corporation in Finance Raghuram Rajan, University of Chicago and NBER
6	Silo or Market: Internal Labor Markets in Multi-divisional Firms Michael Raith, University of Rochester
7	The Equilibrium Organization of Labor Birger Wernerfelt, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
8	A Theory of Informal Justice Sylvain Chassang, Princeton University and NBER Christian Zehnder, University of Lausanne
9	Performance, Career Dynamics, and Span of Control Valerie Smeets, Aarhus University Frederic Warzynski, Aarhus University Michael Waldman, Cornell University
10	Exploration for Human Capital: Theory and Evidence from the MBA Labor Market Camelia M. Kuhnen, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and NBER Paul Oyer, Stanford University and NBER