Organizational Economics Working Group
Organized by Robert S. Gibbons
April 24-25, 2015
NBER, Cambridge, MA

Friday, April 24

1

Movers and Shakers

Robert Akerlof, University of New South Wales
Richard T. Holden, University of New South Wales

2

Habits of Virtue: Creating Norms of Cooperation and Defection in the Laboratory

Alexander Peysakhovich, Harvard University
David G. Rand, Yale University

3

Timing Decisions in Organizations: Communication and Authority in a Dynamic Environment

Steven Grenadier, Stanford University
Andrey Malenko, Boston College
Nadya Malenko, Boston College and NBER

4

The size of Markets and the Scope of Firms

Birger Wernerfelt, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

5

Discretion in Hiring

Mitchell Hoffman, University of California, Santa Barbara and NBER
Lisa B. Kahn, University of Rochester and NBER
Danielle Li, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER

6

Why Organizations Fail: Models and Cases

Luis Garicano, London School of Economics
Luis Rayo, Northwestern University

	Organizational Economics Working Group Organized by Robert S. Gibbons April 24-25, 2015 NBER, Cambridge, MA
	Friday, April 24
1	Movers and Shakers Robert Akerlof, University of New South Wales Richard T. Holden, University of New South Wales
2	Habits of Virtue: Creating Norms of Cooperation and Defection in the Laboratory Alexander Peysakhovich, Harvard University David G. Rand, Yale University
3	Timing Decisions in Organizations: Communication and Authority in a Dynamic Environment Steven Grenadier, Stanford University Andrey Malenko, Boston College Nadya Malenko, Boston College and NBER
4	The size of Markets and the Scope of Firms Birger Wernerfelt, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
5	Discretion in Hiring Mitchell Hoffman, University of California, Santa Barbara and NBER Lisa B. Kahn, University of Rochester and NBER Danielle Li, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
6	Why Organizations Fail: Models and Cases Luis Garicano, London School of Economics Luis Rayo, Northwestern University