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. 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 past semesters’ schedules and papers, please click here.
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) |
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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] |
OEW Seminar Archive
Schedule and Papers for Previous Semesters
- Fall 2015 Schedule
- Spring 2015 Schedule
- Fall 2014 Schedule
- Spring 2014 Schedule
- Fall 2013 Schedule
- Spring 2013 Schedule
- Fall 2012 Schedule
- Spring 2012 Schedule
- Fall 2011 Schedule
- Spring 2011 Schedule
- Fall 2010 Schedule
- Spring 2010 Schedule
- Fall 2009 Schedule
- Spring 2009 Schedule
- Fall 2008 Schedule
- Spring 2008 Schedule
- Fall 2007 Schedule
- Spring 2007 Schedule
- Fall 2006 Schedule
- Spring 2006 Schedule
- Fall 2005 Schedule