The Oliver E. Williamson Seminar on Institutional Analysis, named after our esteemed colleague who founded the seminar, features current research by faculty, from UCB and elsewhere, and by advanced doctoral students. The research investigates governance, and its links with economic and political forces. Markets, hierarchies, hybrids, and the supporting institutions of law and politics all come under scrutiny in the seminar. Over the years, the seminar has contributed to pushing the frontier of knowledge on governance, and on the norms and institutions that lead to societal success or failure.
For past semesters’ schedules and papers, please click here.
Spring 2011 Schedule
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Date |
Speaker |
Title of Talk/Paper |
January 27 |
Decio Coviello (URome – visiting Harvard) |
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February 3 |
Alessandro Gavazza (NYU-Stern) |
"An Empirical Equilibrium Model of a Decentralized Asset Market" |
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February 10
|
Dan Silverman |
"Who is (More) Rational?"
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February 17
|
Michael Grubb
(MIT Sloan) |
"Penalty Pricing: Optimal Price-Posting Regulation with Inattentive Consumers" |
February 24 |
Mara Lederman (Toronto – Rotman) |
"Do Firms Game Quality Ratings? Evidence from Mandatory Disclosure of Airline On-Time Performance" |
March 3 |
Sylvain Chassang (Princeton) |
"Selective Trials: A Principal-Agent Approach to Randomized Controlled Experiments" |
March 10 |
Canice Prendergast (Chicago Booth) |
[NOTE: THIS SEMINAR HAS BEEN CANCELLED.]"Contracts and Conflict in Organizations" |
March 17 |
Jordi Blanes-I-Vidal (LSE) |
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March 24 |
NO MEETING (Spring Break) |
NO MEETING |
March 31 |
Joshua Gans (Melbourne B Sch.- visiting Harvard) |
"The Impact of the Internet on Advertising Markets for News Media" |
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April 7
|
Leonardo Bursztyn
(UCLA) |
"The Schooling Decision: Family Preferences, Intergenerational Conflict, and Moral Hazard in the Brazilian Favelas" |
April 14 |
Daron Acemoglu (MIT Econ) |
"History, Expectations, and Leadership in the Evolution of Cooperation" [Note: This seminar will be held in room C135 Cheit Hall from 11:10 am – 12:30 pm.] |
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April 21
|
Alessandro Bonatti
(MIT Sloan) |
"Career Patterns and Career Concerns"
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April 28
|
Santiago Oliveros
(Berkeley-Haas) |
CANCELLED |
Fall 2010 Schedule
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Date |
Speaker |
Title of Talk/Paper |
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September 2
|
James Andreoni (UCSD) |
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September 9
|
NO MEETING
(Rosh Hashanah)
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NO MEETING |
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September 16
|
Dylan Minor |
"Corporate Social Responsibility as Reputation Insurance: Theory & Evidence" |
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September 23
|
Justin Tumlinson
(Berkeley-Haas) |
"Adverse Selection in Team Formation Under Discrimination" |
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September 30 |
Bryan Hong (Berkeley-Haas) |
The Cost of a New Boss: Individual Relationships, Hierarchy, and Firm Performance |
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October 7
|
Andrea Prat (LSE) |
"Screening With an Approximate Type Space" |
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October 14* |
James Roberts (Duke) |
"Selective Entry and the Optimality of Auctions" *[Note: This session is jointly offered with the IO seminar series.] |
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October 21 |
Sharon Poczter
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"The Long Term Effects of a Bank Bailout Program: Evidence from an Emerging Market" |
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October 28* |
Kate Ho (Columbia) |
"Physician Responses to Financial Incentives: Evidence from Hospital Discharge Data" *[Note: This session is jointly offered with the IO seminar series.] |
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November 4* |
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"Merger Policy With Merger Choice" *[Note: This session is jointly offered with the IO seminar series.] |
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November 11
|
NO MEETING
(Veterans Day) |
NO MEETING |
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November 18
|
Francesco Trebbi
(U. British Columbia) |
"Is It Whom You Know or What You Know? An Empirical Assessment of the Lobbying Process" |
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November 25 |
NO MEETING
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NO MEETING |
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December 2 |
Stefano DellaVigna
|
Does Media Concentration Lead to Biased Coverage? Evidence from Movie Reviews [Note: Hard copy of paper available only.] |
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December 9
|
Ignacio Esponda
(NYU Stern) |
"Information Aggregation Under Non-Strategic Voting" |
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Schedule and Papers for Previous Semesters
For the current semester schedule please click here.
For all semesters’ schedules, please click here.