Organizational Economics Working Group
Organized by Raffaella Sadun and Andrea Prat
April 9-10, 2026
Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA
FORMAT: Presenter 25 minutes, Discussant 10 minutes, remaining time for Q&A.
Thursday, April 9
8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
9:00 am

Nimble Banks

Wouter Dessein, Columbia University
Balint Horvath, University of Bristol
Wolf Wagner, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Wei Zhai, Central University of Finance and Economics

Discussant:
Maddalena Ronchi, Northwestern University
9:50 am

Asymmetric Information and Digital Technology Adoption: Evidence from Senegal

Deivy Houeix, Harvard University

Discussant:
Anna Vitali, New York University
10:40 am
Break
11:10 am

The Value of Office Time

Cevat Giray Aksoy, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
Nicholas Bloom, Stanford University and NBER
Steven J. Davis, Stanford University and NBER
Victoria Marino, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
Cem Ozguzel, Paris School of Economics

Discussant:
Miguel Espinosa, Bocconi University
12:00 pm

A Theory of Firm Boundaries and Knowledge Sharing

Evgenii Fadeev, Duke University
Michael L. Powell, Northwestern University

Discussant:
Andrew J. Koh, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
12:50 pm
Lunch
1:50 pm

The Productivity of Contractors: Evidence from the Emergency Department

Diego Battiston, University of Edinburgh
Jordi Blanes i Vidal, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Elena Lucchese, University of Milan Bicocca

Discussant:
Cristobal Otero, Columbia University
2:40 pm

Organizing Expertise with Externalities: Evidence from Primary Care

Amanda Dahlstrand, University of Zurich
Shan Huang, Stockholm School of Economics
Nestor Le Nestour, Stockholm University
Guy Michaels, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

Discussant:
Carol Propper, Imperial College London
3:30 pm
Break
4:00 pm

AI and the Structure of Internal Labor Markets

Guido Friebel, Goethe University Frankfurt
Jin Li, HKU Business School
Yao Huang, The University of Hong Kong (HKU)
Andrew Zhang, Goethe University Frankfurt

Discussant:
Luis Garicano, London School of Economics
4:50 pm

Job Transformation, Specialization, and the Labor Market Effects of AI

Lukas Freund, Boston College
Lukas Friedrich Mann, Arizona State University

Discussant:
Enghin Atalay, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
5:45 pm
Anders Humlum, University of Chicago and NBER, will discuss both AI papers
5:55 pm
Adjourn
6:00 pm
Reception & Dinner - Royal Sonesta, Riverfront Room
Friday, April 10
8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
9:00 am

Reorganizing Work inside the Firm: Task Change after Technology Adoption

Eleonora Brandimarti, University of Glasgow
Virginia Minni, University of Chicago
Raffaella Sadun, Harvard University and NBER
Jorge A. Tamayo, Harvard University and NBER

Discussant:
Eric Verhoogen, Columbia University and NBER
9:50 am

Performance Incentives with Multiple Instruments

Erik Madsen, New York University
Andrzej Skrzypacz, Stanford University
Basil Williams, New York University

Discussant:
Andrew McClellan, University of Chicago
10:40 am
Break
11:10 am

Firm Decentralization and Medium-Run Growth

Daron Acemoglu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
John Van Reenen, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and NBER
Sean Y. Wang, U.S. Census Bureau

Discussant:
Achyuta Adhvaryu, University of California, San Diego and NBER
12:00 pm

Paying with Purpose

Niko Matouschek, Northwestern University
Luis Rayo, Northwestern University

Discussant:
Luigi Zingales, University of Chicago and NBER
The following session will not be available on YouTube:
12:50 pm
Working Lunch & Guest Speaker: Chancellor Daniel Diermeier, Vanderbilt University
1:50 pm
Adjourn