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 2012 Schedule
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Date |
Speaker |
Title of Talk/Paper |
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January 26
|
Lamar Pierce (Wash U Olin Sch.) |
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February 2
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Tim Groseclose
(UCLA Political Sci)
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February 9*
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David Dranove
(Northwestern Kellogg ) |
TBA *[Note: This session is jointly offered with the IO seminar series.] |
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February 16*
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Aviv Nevo
(Northwestern Kellogg) |
TBA *[Note: This session is jointly offered with the IO seminar series.] |
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February 23* |
Chris Nosko (Havard Econ/ eBay Research) |
TBA *[Note: This session is jointly offered with the IO seminar series.] |
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March 1
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Don Moore (Berkeley-Haas) |
TBA |
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March 8 |
Ann Marie Knott (Wash U Olin Sch.) |
TBA |
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March 15 |
Ramon Casadesus-Masanell
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March 22 |
NO SEMINAR (Cancelled) |
NO SEMINAR |
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March 29 |
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NO SEMINAR |
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April 5
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Oliver Williamson (Berkeley-Haas)
|
Transaction Cost Economics: What are the Questions? |
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April 12
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Karthik Muralidharan (UCSD Econ.)
|
Long-Term Effects of Teacher Performance Pay: Experimental Evidence from India |
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April 19 |
Felix Oberholzer-Gee |
No News is Good News: CSR Strategy and Newspaper Coverage of Negative Firm Events |
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April 26 |
Judea Pearl
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Trygve Haavelmo and the Emergence of Causal Calculus The Causal Foundations of Structural Equation Modeling Transportability Across Studies: A Formal Approach [Note: There are three papers] |
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May 3
|
Grigore Pop-Eleches |
TBA |
Fall 2011 Schedule
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Date |
Speaker |
Title of Talk/Paper |
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September 1*
|
Mitch Hoffman (Berkeley Econ.) |
"Learning, Persistent Overconfidence, and the Impact of Training Contracts". [Paper available via hard copy only.] *[Note: This session is jointly offered with Psychology and Economics.] |
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September 8
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Ryan Bubb
(NYU Law School)
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September 15
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Florian Ederer
(UCLA) |
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September 22
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Sharat Raghavan
(Berkeley-Haas) |
"The Terms that Bind: Founder Friendly Rights, Bargaining and Exits in Venture Capital Investments" |
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September 29 |
NO MEETING (Rosh Hashanah) |
NO MEETING |
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October 6
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Amy Nguyen-Chyung (Berkeley-Haas) |
"How Entrepreneurial Do You Choose to Be? Talent, Risk Attitudes and Self-Selection into Different ‘Levels’ of Entrepreneurship" |
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October 13 |
Fred Finan (Berkeley Econ.) |
Strengthening State Capabilities: The Role of Financial Incentives in the call to Public Service |
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October 20* |
Kei Kawai
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Auction Design and the Incentives to Invest: Evidence from Procurement Auctions *[Note: This session is jointly offered with the IO seminar series.] |
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October 27* |
Jidong Zhou (NYU Stern) |
*[Note: This session is jointly offered with the IO seminar series.] |
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November 3 |
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November 10
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Paul Niehaus
(UCSD Econ) |
Managing Self-Confidence: Theory and Experimental Evidence |
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November 17
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Nick Bloom
(Stanford Econ) |
The Impact of Competition on Management Quality: Evidence from Public Hospitals |
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November 24 |
NO MEETING
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NO MEETING |
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December 1 |
Paul Oyer
|
Exploration for Human Capital: Theory and Evidence from the MBA Labor Market |
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December 8
|
Jason Snyder
(UCLA Anderson) |
Reputations and Firm Performance: Evidence from the Dialysis Industry |
OEW Seminar Archive
Schedule and Papers for Previous Semesters
For the current semester schedule please click here.
For all semesters’ schedules, please click here.