Organizational Economics Meeting
Robert S. Gibbons, Organizer
April 12-13, 2019
NBER, 2nd Floor Conference Room, 1050 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA
| Friday, April 12 | ||||
| 8:30 am | Continental Breakfast | |||
| 9:00 am |
Waiting for Napoleon? Historical Democracy and Norms of Cooperation
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| 10:00 am | Break | |||
| 10:15 am |
The Rise and Fall of Local Elections in China: Theory and Empirical Evidence on the Autocrat’s Trade-off
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| 11:15 am | Break | |||
| 11:30 am |
Autocratic Rule and Social Capital: Evidence from Imperial China
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| 12:30 pm | Lunch | |||
| 1:30 pm |
Simon Says? (Interpersonal) Authority in Organizations
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| 2:30 pm | Break | |||
| 2:45 pm |
Social Proximity and Bureaucrat Performance: Evidence from India
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| 3:45 pm | Break | |||
| 4:00 pm |
Incentives and the Allocation of Authority in Organizations: A Field Experiment with Bureaucrats
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| 5:00 pm | Adjourn | |||
| 6:00 pm |
Group Dinner - Bambara Restaurant at Hotel Marlowe (across the street from the Royal Sonesta Hotel) |
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| Saturday, April 13 | ||||
| 8:15 am | Continental Breakfast | |||
| 8:45 am |
Contracts, Conflicts and Communication
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| 9:45 am | Break | |||
| 10:00 am |
What Do Employee Referral Programs Do?
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| 11:00 am | Break | |||
| 11:15 am |
The Ties That Bind: Family CEOs, Management Practices and Firing Costs
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| 12:15 pm | Lunch | |||
| 1:00 pm |
The Use and Misuse of Coordinated Punishments
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| 2:00 pm |
Overcoming Contractual Incompleteness: The Role of Guiding Principles
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| 3:00 pm | Adjourn | |||