Thursday, April 20
8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
9:00 am

Outside Options and Worker Motivation

Matthias Fahn, Johannes Kepler University Linz
Alexander Ahammer, Johannes Kepler University Linz
Flora Stiftinger, Johannes Kepler University Linz

Discussant:
Ameet Morjaria, Northwestern University and NBER
9:45 am

Is This Really Kneaded? Identifying and Eliminating Potentially Harmful Monitoring Practices

Guido Friebel, Goethe University Frankfurt
Matthias Heinz, University of Cologne
Mitchell Hoffman, University of California, Santa Barbara and NBER
Tobias Kretschmer, LMU Munich
Nick Zubanov, Goethe University Frankfurt

Discussant:
Christopher T. Stanton, Harvard University and NBER
10:30 am
Break
10:50 am

Why Small Firms Fail to Adopt Profitable Opportunities

Paul Gertler, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Sean Higgins, Northwestern University
Ulrike Malmendier, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Waldo Ojeda, Columbia University

Discussant:
Miriam Bruhn, The World Bank
11:35 am

Daddy's Girl: Daughters, Managerial Decisions, and Gender Inequality

Maddalena Ronchi, Kellogg School of Management
Nina Smith, Aarhus University

Discussant:
Paul Gompers, Harvard University and NBER
12:20 pm
Lunch - Skyline ABC Room
1:30 pm

Cultural Homophily and Collaboration in Superstar Teams (slides)

Gabor Bekes, Central European University
Gianmarco Ottaviano, Bocconi University

Discussant:
Erik Snowberg, University of Utah and NBER
2:15 pm

Organizational Responses to Product Cycles

Achyuta Adhvaryu, University of California, San Diego and NBER
Vittorio Bassi, University of Southern California and NBER
Anant Nyshadham, University of Michigan and NBER
Jorge A. Tamayo, Harvard University
Nicolas Torres, Good Business Lab

Discussant:
Kate S. Whitefoot, Carnegie Mellon University
3:00 pm
Break
3:15 pm

Organizational and Economic Obstacles to Automation: A Cautionary Tale from AT&T in the Twentieth Century (slides)

James J. Feigenbaum, Boston University and NBER
Daniel P. Gross, Duke University and NBER

Discussant:
James Bessen, Boston University
The next session will not be livestreamed.
4:00 pm
Guest Speaker: Larry Culp, CEO of General Electric
5:00 pm
Adjourn
6:00 pm
Group Dinner at Bambara (across the street from the Royal Sonesta)
Friday, April 21
8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
9:00 am

Shaping Institutions

William Fuchs, UT Austin and Universidad Carlos III Madrid
Satoshi Fukuda, Bocconi University

Discussant:
Alessandro Bonatti, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
9:45 am

Loyalty in Tournaments

Wouter Dessein, Columbia University
Luis Garicano, London School of Economics

Discussant:
Gerard Padró I Miquel, Yale University and NBER
10:30 am
Break
10:50 am

Subjective versus Objective Incentives and Employee Productivity

Christina L. Brown, University of Chicago
Tahir Andrabi, Pomona College

Discussant:
Daniela Scur, Cornell University
11:35 am

Do Non-Monetary Interventions Improve Staff Retention? Evidence from English NHS Hospitals

Melisa Sayli, University of Surrey
Giuseppe Moscelli, University of Surrey
Jo Blanden, University of Surrey
Chris Bojke, University of Leeds
Marco Mello, University of Surrey

Discussant:
Ambar La Forgia, University of California, Berkeley
12:20 pm
Working Lunch and Guest Speaker: David Autor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
1:30 pm
Adjourn