Organizational Economics Working Group
Organized by Robert S. Gibbons
April 25-26, 2014
The Royal Sonesta Hotel

Friday, April 25

1

Recruitment and Selection in Organizations

Ricardo Alonso, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

2

Optimal Contracting and the Organization of Knowledge

William Fuchs, University of Texas at Austin
Luis Garicano, London School of Economics
Luis Rayo, Northwestern University

3

Optimal Information Disclosure: Quantity versus Quality

Anton Kolotilin, University of New South Wales

4

The Role of Communication of Performance Schemes: Evidence from a Field Experiment

Florian Englmaier, University of Munich
Andreas Roider, University of Regensburg
Uwe Sunde, University of Munich

5

Promises and Expectations

Florian Ederer, Boston University and NBER
Alexander Stremitzer, University of California, Los Angeles

6

Ownership Structure and Economic Outcomes: The Case of Sugarcane Mills in India

Sendhil Mullainathan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Sandip Sukhtankar, University of Virginia and NBER

7

Strategy and the Strategist: How It Matters Who Develops the Strategy

Eric Van den Steen, Harvard University

8

Managing Careers in Organizations

Rongzhu Ke, Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU)
Jin Li, The University of Hong Kong (HKU)
Michael Powell, Northwestern University

9

M&A Negotiations and Lawyer Expertise

Christel Karsten, University of Amsterdam
Ulrike Malmendier, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Zacharias Sautner, University of Zurich