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.
For past semesters’ schedules and papers, please click here.
Spring 2015 Schedule
Date |
Speaker |
Title of Talk/Paper |
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January 15
|
(Univ. of Texas – Austin) |
“Does Grief Transfer Across Generations? In-Utero Deaths and Child Outcomes” [pdf] |
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January 22
|
Leonardo Burstyn
(UCLA) |
“How does Peer Pressure Affect Educational Investments?” [pdf] |
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January 29
|
Tomas Rau
(PUC – Chile) |
“The Children of the Missed Pill: Unintended Consequences of Price Collusion in the Chilean Pharmaceutical Industry” |
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February 5
|
Thomas Fujiwara
(Princeton) |
“The Runner-up Effect” [pdf] |
(Columbia) |
“Work-Life Balance in Politics” | |
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February 19
|
(UCLA) |
CANCELLED |
| Marianne Bertrand (Univ. of Chicago – Booth) |
“What Determines Bureaucratic Effectiveness: Evidence from the Indian Administrative Service” | |
| March 5 | (PUC – Rio) |
“Electoral Registration, Disenfranchisement and Public Service Provision” |
| Asim Khwaja (Harvard) |
“Upping the Ante: The Equilibrium Effects of Unconditional Grants to Private Schools” | |
(Columbia) |
“Muddled Information” [pdf] | |
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March 26
|
NO SEMINAR
(Spring Break) |
|
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April 2
|
David Yanagizawa-Drott
(Harvard) |
“From Father to Son: The Intergenerational Transmission of War” [pdf] |
(Univ. of Chicago – Booth) |
“Regional Redistribution Through the U.S. Mortgage Market” [pdf] | |
(Univ. of British Columbia) |
“Insurgency and Small Wars: Estimation of Unobserved Coalition Structures” [pdf] | |
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April 22
(Wednesday) |
David Autor
(MIT) |
“Gentrification and Crime: Evidence from Rent Deregulation” |
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April 30
|
Monica Martinez Bravo
(CEMFI) |
“An Empirical Investigation of the Legacies of Non-Democratic Regimes: The Case of Suharto’s Mayors in Indonesia” |
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May 7
|
David Vogel
(UC Berkeley – Haas) |
“Why the Golden State became Green” [pdf] |
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May 14
|
NO SEMINAR
|
Fall 2014 Schedule
Date |
Speaker |
Title of Talk/Paper |
|
August 28
|
(UCSD – Economics) |
“Ostracism” [pdf] |
|
September 4
|
Stanislav Markus
(Univ. of Chicago – Poli Sci) |
Property, Predation and Protection: Business Survival in Russia and Ukraine” |
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September 11
|
Maria Bautista
(Brown/Harvard – Poli Sci) |
“The Political and Social Consequences of State-led Repression: The Chilean Case” [pdf] |
|
September 18
|
Tarek Ghani
(Berkeley-Haas) |
“Competing for Relationships: Markets and Informal Institutions in Sierra Leone” |
(Berkeley-Haas) |
“Competitive Dynamics in Corporate Promotion Contests” | |
|
October 2
|
(Columbia – GSB) |
“The Mortality Cost of Political Connections” [pdf] |
| David Atkin (UCLA – Economics) |
“Exporting and Firm Performance: Evidence from a Randomized Trial” [pdf] | |
| October 16 | ||
| Rebecca Diamond (Stanford – GSB) |
“Housing Supply Elasticity and Rent Extraction by State and Local Governments” [pdf] | |
(Princeton Univ. – Poli Sci) |
“Competing for Loyalty: the Dynamics of Political Support” | |
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November 6
|
Michael Greenstone
(Univ. of Chicago – Economics) |
“The Value of Regulatory Discretion: Estimates from Environmental Inspections in India” [pdf] |
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November 13
|
Nick Bloom
(Stanford – Economics) |
“Measuring Economic Policy Uncertainty” [pdf] |
(Harvard Univ. – Economics) |
“Creative Destruction: Barriers to Urban Growth and the Great Boston Fire of 1872” [pdf] | |
(Holiday) |
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December 4
|
Alex Mas
(Princeton Univ. – Economics) |
“Does Transparency Lead to Pay Compression?” [pdf] |
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December 11
|
Chang Tai Hsieh
(Univ. of Chicago – Booth) |
“Crony capitalism with Chinese characteristics” |
OEW Seminar Archive
Schedule and Papers for Previous Semesters
For the current semester schedule please click here.
For all semesters’ schedules, please click here.