Organizational Economics

Raffaella Sadun and Andrea Prat, Organizers

November 16-17, 2023

FORMAT: 25 minutes for presenter, 10 minutes for discussant, remaining time for Q&A.

Conference Code of Conduct

Thursday, November 16
8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
9:00 am
Swati Dhingra, London School of Economics
Ningyuan Jia, London School of Economics
Gianmarco Ottaviano, Bocconi University
Thomas Sampson, London School of Economics
Catherine Thomas, London School of Economics

Incomplete Contracts in Commodities Trade: Evidence from LNG
Discussant: Silke J. Forbes, Tufts University
9:50 am
Charles Angelucci, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Roi Orzach, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Searching for Collaboration: The Dynamics of Relationship Building
Discussant: George Georgiadis, Northwestern University
10:35 am
Break
10:50 am
Nicola Mastrorocco, University of Bologna
Edoardo Teso, Northwestern University and NBER

State Capacity as an Organizational Problem. Evidence from the Growth of the U.S. State Over 100 Years
Discussant: Benjamin Marx, Boston University and NBER
11:40 am
James Fenske, University of Warwick
Muhammad Haseeb, University of Bristol
Namrata Kala, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER

How Rules and Compliance Impact Organizational Outcomes: Evidence from Delegation in Environmental Regulation
Discussant: Ricard Gil, IESE Business School
12:30 pm
Lunch - Alexis Gallery
1:30 pm
Andrew Caplin, New York University and NBER
David J. Deming, Harvard University and NBER
Søren Leth-Petersen, University of Copenhagen
Ben Weidmann, Harvard University

Allocative Skill
Discussant: Wouter Dessein, Columbia University
2:20 pm
Zoe B. Cullen, Harvard University and NBER
Julia H. Gilman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Nina Roussille, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Heather Sarsons, University of British Columbia and NBER

Why Do Unions Withhold Pay Information? Evidence from Hollywood
Discussant: Abi Adams-Prassl, University of Oxford
3:05 pm
Break
3:20 pm
Patrick Legros, Université Libre de Bruxelles
Andrew Newman, Boston University
Zsolt Udvari, Boston University

Competing for the Quiet Life: An Organizational Theory of Market Structure
Discussant: Heski Bar-Isaac, University of Toronto
4:10 pm
Keynote: Jean Tirole, Toulouse School of Economics
Safe Spaces: Shelters or Tribes?
Presentation
5:15 pm
Celebrating Heikki Rantakari
with Alessandro Bonatti, Bob Gibbons and Bengt Holmstrom
5:45 pm
Adjourn
6:00 pm
Dinner - Bambara at Hotel Marlowe
Friday, November 17
8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
9:00 am
Gani S. Aldashev, Université Libre de Bruxelles
Heikki Rantakari, University of Rochester
Giorgio Zanarone, HEC Lausanne

Relationships in the Wild: How Institutions Affect the Governance of Firms
Discussant: Jacopo Perego, Columbia University
9:50 am
Cristobal Otero, Columbia University
Pablo Munoz, Universidad de Chile

Managers and Public Hospital Performance
Discussant: Stephen D. Schwab, University of Texas at San Antonio
10:35 am
Break
10:50 am
David MacDonald, University of British Columbia Okanagan
Jerry Montonen, Aalto University
Emily E. Nix, University of Southern California

Dating and Breaking Up With the Boss: Benefits, Costs, and Spillovers
Discussant: Raymond Fisman, Boston University and NBER
11:40 am
Josh Lerner, Harvard University and NBER
Henry Manley, NBER
Carolyn Stein, University of California, Berkeley
Heidi L. Williams, Dartmouth College and NBER

The Wandering Scholars: Understanding the Heterogeneity of University Commercialization
Discussant: Scott Stern, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
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12:30 pm
Working Lunch and Guest Speaker: Noubar Afeyan, Founder and CEO of Flagship Pioneering
1:30 pm
Adjourn