The Oliver E. Williamson Seminar on Institutional Analysis features current research of faculty, from UCB and elsewhere, and advanced doctoral students who are investigating the efficacy of economic and noneconomic forms of organization. In this seminar, an interdisciplinary perspective–combining aspects of law, economics and organization–is maintained. Markets, hierarchies, hybrids, bureaus, and the supporting institutions of law and politics all come under scrutiny. The aspiration is to progressively build towards a new science of organization.
The OEW Seminar meets on Thursdays from 4:10 – 6:00 pm in room C325 Cheit Hall (the April 4 session is on a Monday). Outside speakers normally meet with interested students from 3:00 – 3:45 pm in the IBI Conference room located in room F402 (in the Faculty Wing of the Haas School).
For faculty and students wishing to schedule an appointment, or for more information on the Oliver E. Williamson Seminar, please contact Sandria Frost at sandria_frost@haas.berkeley.edu.
For the current semester schedule, please click here.
For all semesters’ schedules, please click here.
Spring 2016 Schedule
Date |
Speaker |
Title of Talk/Paper |
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January 14
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(LSE) |
Origins of Growth: Health Shocks, Institutions, and Human Capital in the Protestant Reformation [pdf] [add to Google Calendar] [download calendar item] |
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January 21
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Alessandra Voena
(Chicago) |
Bride Price and Female Education [pdf] [add to Google Calendar] [download calendar item] |
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January 28
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Dave Donaldson
(Stanford) |
Nonparametric Counterfactual Predictions in Neoclassical Models of International Trade [pdf] [add to Google Calendar] [download calendar item] |
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February 4
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Shanker Sathyanath
(NYU) |
Political Connections and Labor Repression During Argentina’s Dirty War [add to Google Calendar] [download calendar item] |
(Berkeley-Haas) |
Crime and Punishment: The Effect of Mexico’s War on Drug Cartels on Economic Activity [add to Google Calendar] [download calendar item] |
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February 18
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(Yale/Stanford) |
Insiders and Outsiders: Local Ethnic Politics and Public Good Provision [pdf] [add to Google Calendar] [download calendar item] |
(Boston Univ.) |
Common Agency and Coordinated Bids in Sponsored Search Auctions [pdf] [add to Google Calendar] [download calendar item] |
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| March 3 | (NYU) |
Queens [pdf] [add to Google Calendar] [download calendar item] |
| Charles Sprenger (UC San Diego) |
Using Preference Estimates to Customize Incentives: An Application to Polio Vaccination Drives in Pakistan [pdf] [add to Google Calendar] [download calendar item] |
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| Samuel Bowles (Santa Fe Institute) |
The Origins and Future of Economic Inequality [add to Google Calendar] [download calendar item] |
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March 24
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NO SEMINAR
(Spring Break) |
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March 31
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Pietro Ortoleva
(Columbia) |
Behavioral Phenomena and Political Preferences [add to Google Calendar] [download calendar item] |
(LSE) |
TBA [add to Google Calendar] [download calendar item] |
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(Northwestern) |
Competition and Relational Contracts: Evidence from Rwanda’s Coffee Mills [pdf] [add to Google Calendar] [download calendar item] |
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April 21
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Omer Moav
(Warwick) |
Cereals, Appropriability and Hierarchy [pdf] [add to Google Calendar] [download calendar item] |
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April 28
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Camilo Garcia Jimeno
(Penn) |
Matching Pennies on the Campaign Trail: An Empirical Study of Senate Elections and Media Coverage [pdf] [add to Google Calendar] [download calendar item] |
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May 5
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Nathan Nunn
(Harvard) |
The Evolution of Culture and Institutions: Evidence from the Kuba Kingdom [add to Google Calendar] [download calendar item] |
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May 12
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NO SEMINAR
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Fall 2015 Schedule
Date |
Speaker |
Title of Talk/Paper |
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August 27
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(Simon Fraser University) |
“A Theory of Minimalist Democracy” [pdf] |
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September 3
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(Berkeley-Haas) |
“The industrial organization of state extortion: evidence from inside the police administration in the Democratic Republic of the Congo” |
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September 10
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(Harvard) |
“Value for Money? Vote-buying and Politician Accountability in the Laboratory” [pdf] |
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September 17
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(Stanford) |
“Ideological Bias and Trust” [pdf] |
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September 24
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(UCSD) |
“General Equilibrium Effects of (Improving) Public Employment Programs: Experimental Evidence from India” |
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October 1
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(Microsoft Research) |
“Partisan Interactions” [pdf] “Political Conformity” [pdf] |
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October 8
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(Berkeley-Haas) |
“Too Costly To Convince: How Do Entrepreneurs Market Breakthrough Innovation Through Partnership?” [pdf] |
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October 15
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(UPenn/eBay) |
“Price Discrimination across PACs and the Consequences of Political Advertising Regulation” [pdf] |
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October 22
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(Berkeley-Haas) |
“Search, Screening, and Information Provision: Personnel Decisions in an Online Labor Market” [pdf] |
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October 29
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(Berkeley-Haas) |
“What is the “Crowd” Worth? The Role of Social Influence in Crowdfunding” [abstract] |
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November 5
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(Princeton) |
“The Industrialization and Economic Development of Russia through the Lens of a Neoclassical Growth Model” [pdf] |
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November 12
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(Caltech) |
“Commitment and (In)Efficiency: a Bargaining Experiment” |
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November 19
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(Stanford) |
“Competing for Labor through Contracts: Selection, Matching, Firm Organization and Investments” [pdf] |
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November 26
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(University Holiday) |
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December 3
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(Goethe University) |
How Bad is a Pay Cut? And Why? [abstract] |
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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.