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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC. |
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Working
Group in Organizational Economics |
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May 13 14, 2011 |
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NBER |
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Feldstein Conference Room Second Floor |
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PROGRAM |
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Friday, May 13 |
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8:00
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Shuttle
Vans Depart from The Royal Sonesta Hotel for the
NBER |
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8:15
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Continental
Breakfast |
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Organizations and Growth
(Organizers: Luis Garicano and Robert Gibbons) |
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8:45
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Luis
Garicano, London School of Economics (with
Claire Lelarge, and John Van Reenen),
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Firm
Size Distortions and the Productivity Distribution: Evidence from France |
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Discussant:
Panle Jia: MIT and NBER |
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9:45
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Break |
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10:00
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Chang-Tai
Hsieh, University of Chicago and NBER (with
Peter Klenow), |
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The Life-Cycle of Plants in Mexico
and India |
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Discussant: Arnaud Costinot,
MIT and NBER |
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11:00
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Break |
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11:15
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Esteban
Rossi-Hansberg, Princeton University and NBER (with
Lorenzo Caliendo) |
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Discussant: Pol Antras, Harvard University and NBER |
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12:15
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Lunch |
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Friday, May 13 |
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1:15
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Wouter Dessein, Columbia University (with
Yeon-Koo Che and Navin Kartik) |
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Discussant: Steve Tadelis,
University of California, Berkeley |
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2:15
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Break |
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2:30
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Heikki Rantakari,
University of Southern California |
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Discussant: Andrea Prat,
London School of Economics |
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3:30
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Break |
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3:45
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Florian Ederer, University of California, Los Angeles (with
Arthur Campbell and Johannes Spinnewijn), |
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Discussant: Navin Kartik, Columbia University |
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4:45
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Adjourn |
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4:45
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Shuttle
Vans Depart from the NBER for the Royal Sonesta
Hotel |
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5:15
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Shuttle
Van Departs from the NBER for the Royal Sonesta
Hotel |
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6:00
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Group Dinner - Bambara
Restaurant, |
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Saturday, May 14 |
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7:45
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Shuttle
Vans Depart from The Royal Sonesta Hotel for the
NBER |
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8:00
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Shuttle
Van Departs from The Royal Sonesta Hotel for the
NBER |
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8:15
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Continental
Breakfast |
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8:45
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Maria
Guadalupe, Columbia University and NBER (with
Olga Kuzmina and Catherine Thomas) |
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Discussant: Kathryn Shaw, Stanford University and NBER |
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9:45
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Break |
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10:00
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Ian
Larkin, Harvard University |
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Paying
$30,000 for a Gold Star: An Empirical Investigation into the Value of Peer
Recognition to Software Salespeople |
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Discussant: Iwan Barankay, University of Pennsylvania |
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11:00
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Break |
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11:15
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Niko Matouschek, Northwestern
University (and
Jin Li), |
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Discussant: Marina Halac,
Columbia University |
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12:15
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Lunch |
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1:15
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Francine
Lafontaine, University of Michigan (with
Mrinal Ghosh and Desmond
(Ho-Fu) Lo), |
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Delegation
and Pay-for-Performance: Evidence from Industrial Sales Force |
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Discussant: Paul Oyer,
Stanford University and NBER |
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2:15
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Break |
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2:30
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John
Roberts, Stanford University (with
Nick Bloom, Benn Eifert, David McKenzie, and Aprajit Mahajan), |
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Does Management Matter. Evidence from India |
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Discussant: Casey Ichniowski,
Columbia University and NBER |
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3:30
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Break |
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3:45
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Tim Bresnahan, Stanford University and NBER (with
Shane Greenstein and Rebecca Henderson) |
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Discussant: Michael Raith,
University of Rochester |
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4:45
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Adjourn |