Wednesday, July 21

Format: 30 mins per talk (20 mins presentation, 10 mins Q&A)

10:50 am

Introductions

11:00 am

Mechanizing Agriculture

Julieta Caunedo, Cornell University
Namrata Kala, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER

11:30 am

Language Barriers in Multinationals and Knowledge Transfers

Louise Guillouet, Columbia University
Amit Khandelwal, Yale University and NBER
Rocco Macchiavello, London School of Economics
Matthieu Teachout, Columbia University

12:00 pm

Omnia Juncta in Uno: Foreign Powers and Trademark Protection in Shanghai's Concession Era

Laura Alfaro, Harvard University and NBER
Cathy Ge. Bao, University of International Business and Economics
Maggie Chen, The George Washington University
Junjie Hong, University of International Business and Economics
Claudia Steinwender, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich

12:30 pm

Technology Transfer and Early Industrial Development: Evidence from the Sino-Soviet Alliance

Michela Giorcelli, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
Bo Li, Tsinghua University

1:00 pm

Managerial Attention, Employee Attrition, and Productivity: Evidence from a Field Experiment

Hugh Xiaolong Wu, Washington University in St Louis
Shannon X. Liu, University of Toronto

1:30 pm

Managerial Practices and Altruism in Health Care Delivery

David Contreras-Loya, University of California, Berkeley
Paul Gertler, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Ada Kwan, University of California, San Francisco

2:00 pm

Gathertown Reception

2:30 pm

Adjourn