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

Incomplete Contracts in Commodities Trade: Evidence from LNG
Discussant: Silke J. Forbes, Tufts University
9:50 am

Searching for Collaboration: The Dynamics of Relationship Building
Discussant: George Georgiadis, Northwestern University
10:35 am
Break
10:50 am

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

How Rules and Compliance Impact Organizational Outcomes: Evidence from Delegation in Environmental Regulation
Discussant: Ricard Gil, University of Navarra
12:30 pm
Lunch - Alexis Gallery
1:30 pm

Allocative Skill
Discussant: Wouter Dessein, Columbia University
2:20 pm

How Does Wage Inequality Affect the Labor Movement?
Discussant: Abi Adams, Northwestern University
3:05 pm
Break
3:20 pm

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

Relationships in the Wild: How Institutions Affect the Governance of Firms
Discussant: Jacopo Perego, Columbia University
9:50 am

Managers and Public Hospital Performance
Discussant: Stephen D. Schwab, University of Texas at San Antonio
10:35 am
Break
10:50 am

Dating and Breaking Up With the Boss: Benefits, Costs, and Spillovers
Discussant: Raymond Fisman, Boston University and NBER
11:40 am

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