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
Cagatay Bircan, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Guido Friebel, Goethe University Frankfurt
Tristan Stahl, Goethe University Frankfurt

Knowledge Teams, Careers, and Gender (slides)
Discussant: Ghazala Azmat, Sciences Po
9:50 am
Alan Benson, University of Minnesota
Danielle Li, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Kelly Shue, Yale University and NBER

"Potential" and the Gender Promotion Gap
Discussant: Heather Sarsons, University of British Columbia and NBER
10:35 am
Break
10:50 am
Shan Aman-Rana, University of Virginia
Clement Minaudier, City, University of London
Brais Alvarez Pereira, Universidade NOVA SBE
Shamyla Chaudry, Lahore School of Economics

Gender and Choice over Co-workers: Experimental Evidence
Discussant: Katherine B. Coffman, Harvard University
11:40 am
Laura E. Boudreau, Columbia University and NBER
Rocco Macchiavello, London School of Economics
Virginia Minni, University of Chicago
Mari Tanaka, University of Tokyo

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

Shared Models in Networks, Organizations, and Groups
Discussant: Alessandro Bonatti, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2:00 pm
Nemanja Antic, Northwestern University
Archishman Chakraborty, Yeshiva University
Rick Harbaugh, Indiana University

Subversive Conversations
Discussant: Margaret Meyer, Nuffield College
2:45 pm
Break
3:00 pm
Maria Guadalupe, INSEAD
Veronica Rappoport, London School of Economics
Bernard Salanié, Columbia University
Catherine Thomas, London School of Economics

The Perfect Match: Assortative Matching in Mergers and Acquisitions.
Discussant: Chad Syverson, University of Chicago and NBER
3:50 pm
Ali Hortaçsu, University of Chicago and NBER
Olivia Natan, University of California, Berkeley
Hayden Parsley, University of Texas at Austin
Timothy Schweig, University of Chicago
Kevin R. Williams, Yale University and NBER

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
Niko Matouschek, Northwestern University
Michael L. Powell, Northwestern University
Bryony Reich, Northwestern University

Organizing Modular Production
Discussant: Andrea Prat, Columbia University and NBER
9:50 am
Michael Raith, University of Rochester

Employment as a Relational Obligation to Work
Discussant: Elliot Lipnowski, Columbia University
10:35 am
Break
10:50 am
Nicholas Argyres, Washington University in St. Louis
Ricard Gil, IESE Business School
Giorgio Zanarone, HEC Lausanne

Outsourcing Scope and Cooperation: Evidence from Airlines
Discussant: Claudine M. Gartenberg, University of Pennsylvania
11:40 am
Shaoda Wang, University of Chicago and NBER
David Y. Yang, Harvard University and NBER

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
Jorg L. Spenkuch, Northwestern University and NBER
Edoardo Teso, Northwestern University and NBER
Guo Xu, University of California, Berkeley and NBER

Ideology and Performance in Public Organizations
Discussant: Diana Moreira, University of California, Davis and NBER
2:00 pm
Ruixue Jia, University of California, San Diego and NBER
Gérard Roland, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Yang Xie, University of California, Riverside

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