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 2006 Schedule
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Date |
Speaker |
Title of Paper |
January 19 |
David Vogel (UCB) |
"The Market |
*January 26 |
Ron Burt (Univ. of Chicago) |
"Emotional *NOTE: The January 26th session is being offered in collaboration |
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February 2
|
Paul Gertler
(UCB) |
"Disease Management" |
February 9 |
David Baron (Stanford) |
"A |
February 16 |
Pierre Azoulay (Columbia) |
"The Impact of Academic Patenting on the Rate, Quality, and Direction of (Public) Research Output" |
February 23 |
Sendhil Mullainathan (Harvard) |
"Does Corruption Produce Unsafe Drivers?" |
March 2 |
Leemore Dafny (Northwestern) |
"Estimation and Identification of Merger Effects: An Application to Hospital Mergers" |
March 9 |
Michael Chwe (UCLA) |
"Statistical Game Theory" |
March 16 |
Duglas Cumming (RPI) |
"Regulatory Harmonization and the Development of Private Equity Markets " |
March 23 |
Sylvia Brandt (UMass & UCB) |
"Evaluating Tradable Property Rights for Natural Resources: The Role of Strategic Entry and Exit" |
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March 30
|
NO MEETING
|
SPRING BREAK |
April 6 |
Ricard Gil (UCSB) |
"Decision Rights and Vertical Integration in the Movie Industry" |
April 13 |
Stergios Skaperdas
|
"Succession Rules and Leadership Rents" |
|
April 20
|
Ran Abramitzky
(Stanford) |
"The Limits of Equality: Insights from the Israeli Kibbutz" |
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April 27
|
Dean Williamson
(DOJ) |
"Renegotiation, Adaptation, and Vertical Restraints in Electricity Marketing Contracts" |
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May
4 |
Atif Mian
(Univ. of Chicago) |
"Estimating the Effect of Hierarchies on Information Use" |
Fall 2005 Schedule
|
Date |
Speaker |
Title of Paper |
September 1 |
NO MEETING |
NO MEETING |
September 8 |
Antonio Rangel (Stanford) |
How Does the |
|
September 15
|
Nicola Persico
(U-Penn) |
"Racial Profiling: Theory, Evidence, and Legal Issues" and "Detecting Bias: Using Statistical Evidence to Establish Intentional Discrimination in Racial Profiling Cases" |
September 22 |
Ali Hortacsu (Chicago) |
"Cementing |
September 29 |
Adam Szeidl (Econ. Dept.-UCB) |
"Core and Periphery in Endogenous Networks" |
October 6 |
Tayfun Sonmez (Boston College) |
"Efficient Kidney Exchange: Coincidence of Wants in a Structured Market" |
October 13 |
YOM KIPPUR |
NO MEETING |
October 20 |
Andrea Prat (LSE) |
"The Price of Conformism" |
October 27 |
Ravi Singh (HBS) |
"When Should Control Be Shared?" |
November 3 |
Ernesto Dalbo (UCB) |
Running in the Family: Dynastic Transmission of Political Power in the US Congress, 1788-1996. [Note: No paper will be distributed.] |
|
November 10
|
Niko Matouschek (Kellogg)
|
"Optimal Delegation" |
November 17 |
Scott Stern (Kellogg) |
"Do Formal Intellectual Property Rights Hinder the Free Flow of Scientific Knowledge? An Empirical Test of the Anti-Commons Hypothesis" |
November 24 |
NO MEETING (Thanksgiving Holiday)
|
NO MEETING |
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December 1
|
Matt Jackson
(Cal Tech) Visiting Professor, Stanford |
Search in the Formatiom of Large Networks: How Random are Socially Generated Networks? |
|
December
8 |
NO MEETING
|
NO MEETING |
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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.