Organizational Economics

Robert S. Gibbons, Organizer

November 12-13, 2021

Cambridge, MA and Zoom

Conference Code of Conduct

Friday, November 12
8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
9:00 am

Knowledge Teams, Careers, and Gender (slides)
Discussant: Ghazala Azmat, Sciences Po
9:50 am

"Potential" and the Gender Promotion Gap
Discussant: Heather Sarsons, University of Chicago and NBER
10:35 am
Break
10:50 am

Gender and Choice over Co-workers: Experimental Evidence
Discussant: Katherine B. Coffman, Harvard University
11:40 am

Union Leaders: Experimental Evidence from Myanmar
Discussant: Supreet Kaur, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
12:25 pm
Lunch
1:10 pm

Shared Models in Networks, Organizations, and Groups
Discussant: Alessandro Bonatti, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2:00 pm

Subversive Conversations
Discussant: Margaret Meyer, Nuffield College
2:45 pm
Break
3:00 pm

The Perfect Match: Assortative Matching in Mergers and Acquisitions.
Discussant: Chad Syverson, University of Chicago and NBER
3:50 pm

Organizational Structure and Pricing: Evidence from a Large U.S. Airline
Discussant: Robert S. Gibbons, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
4:35 pm
Adjourn
Saturday, November 13
8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
9:00 am

Organizing Modular Production
Discussant: Andrea Prat, Columbia University and NBER
9:50 am

Employment as a Relational Obligation to Work
Discussant: Elliot Lipnowski, Columbia University
10:35 am
Break
10:50 am

Outsourcing Scope and Cooperation: Evidence from Airlines
Discussant: Claudine M. Gartenberg, University of Pennsylvania
11:40 am

The Political Economy of Policy Experimentations in China
Discussant: Ruixue Jia, University of California, San Diego and NBER
12:25 pm
Lunch
1:10 pm

Ideology and Performance in Public Organizations
Discussant: Diana Moreira, University of California, Davis and NBER
2:00 pm

A Theory of Power Structure and Institutional Compatibility: China vs. Europe Revisited
Discussant: Saumitra Jha, Stanford University
2:45 pm
Adjourn