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 2014 Schedule
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Date |
Speaker |
Title of Talk/Paper |
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January 23
|
Gary Cox (Stanford Univ.) |
The Violence Trap: A Political Approach to the Problems of Development |
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January 30
|
Suresh Naidu
(Columbia Univ.)
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TBA |
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February 6
|
Steven Durlauf
(Wisconsin Univ.) |
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February 13
|
Joachim Voth
(Univ. of Zurich) |
Bowling for Fascism: Social Capital and the Rise of the Nazi Party in Weimar Germany, 1919-33 |
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February 20 |
Matt Jackson (Stanford Univ.) |
TBA |
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February 27
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April Franco (Univ. of Toronto) |
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March 6 |
Tom Vogl (Princeton Univ.) |
Estimating Habit Formation in Voting |
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March 13 |
Alex Wolitzky
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March 20 |
Matt Notowidigdo (Univ. of Chicago) |
Public Health Insurance, Labor Supply, and Employment Lock |
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March 27 |
(Spring Break)
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NO SEMINAR |
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April 3
|
Eric Verhoogen (Columbia Univ.)
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TBA |
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April 10
|
Paola Giuliano
(UCLA) |
Growing up in a Recession |
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April 17 |
Petra Persson |
TBA |
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April 24 |
Jesse Shapiro
|
Do Pharmacists Buy Bayer? Sophisticated Shoppers and the Brand Premium |
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May 1
|
Oeindrila Dube |
From Maize to Haze: Agricultural Shocks and the Growth of the Mexican Drug Sector |
Fall 2013 Schedule
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Date |
Speaker |
Title of Talk/Paper |
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September 5
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NO MEETING
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MEETING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. |
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September 12
|
Stephane Straub
(Toulouse Sch. of Econ.) |
Road Access and the Spatial Pattern of Long-Term Local Development in Brazil |
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September 19
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Torsten Persson (Institute for Int’l Econ. Studies – Stockholm)
|
Preferential Voting and the Selection of Party Leaders: Evidence from Sweden |
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September 26 |
Michael Luca (Harvard Bus. Sch.) |
Fake It Till You Make It: Reputation, Competition, and Yelp Review Fraud |
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October 3
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Heidi Williams (MIT – Econ.) |
Do Fixed Patent Terms Distort Innovation? Evidence from Cancer Clinical Trials |
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October 10 |
Andrei Hagiu (Harvard Bus. Sch.) |
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October 17 |
Chris Rider
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October 24 |
Jessica Goldberg (Maryland – Econ.) |
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October 31 |
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Dead Poets’ Property – Do Stronger Copyrights Rights Increase Price? |
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November 7
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NO MEETING
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NO MEETING |
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November 14
|
Jeremy Fox
(Univ. of MIchigan) |
Estimating Matching Games with Transfers |
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November 21 |
Avner Greif
(Stanford – Econ.)
|
The Clan and the City: Sustaining Cooperation in China and Europe |
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November 28 |
NO MEETING
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NO MEETING |
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December 5
|
Yona Rubinstein
(London Sch. of Econ.) |
Smart and Illicit: Who Becomes an Entrepreneur and Does it Pay? |
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December 12
|
Dennis Yao
(Harvard Bus. Sch.) |
TIME CHANGE: THIS SEMINAR WILL BE HELD 2 – 4 PM (C325) TBA |
OEW Seminar Archive
Schedule and Papers for Previous Semesters
For the current semester schedule please click here.
For all semesters’ schedules, please click here.