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 (the April 4 session is on a Monday). 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 past semesters’ schedules and papers, please click here.
Spring 2016 Schedule
Date |
Speaker |
Title of Talk/Paper |
January 14
|
(LSE) |
Origins of Growth: Health Shocks, Institutions, and Human Capital in the Protestant Reformation [pdf] [add to Google Calendar] [download calendar item] |
January 21
|
Alessandra Voena
(Chicago) |
Bride Price and Female Education [pdf] [add to Google Calendar] [download calendar item] |
January 28
|
Dave Donaldson
(Stanford) |
Nonparametric Counterfactual Predictions in Neoclassical Models of International Trade [pdf] [add to Google Calendar] [download calendar item] |
February 4
|
Shanker Sathyanath
(NYU) |
Political Connections and Labor Repression During Argentina’s Dirty War [add to Google Calendar] [download calendar item] |
(Berkeley-Haas) |
Crime and Punishment: The Effect of Mexico’s War on Drug Cartels on Economic Activity [add to Google Calendar] [download calendar item] |
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February 18
|
(Yale/Stanford) |
Insiders and Outsiders: Local Ethnic Politics and Public Good Provision [pdf] [add to Google Calendar] [download calendar item] |
(Boston Univ.) |
Common Agency and Coordinated Bids in Sponsored Search Auctions [pdf] [add to Google Calendar] [download calendar item] |
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March 3 | (NYU) |
Queens [pdf] [add to Google Calendar] [download calendar item] |
Charles Sprenger (UC San Diego) |
Using Preference Estimates to Customize Incentives: An Application to Polio Vaccination Drives in Pakistan [pdf] [add to Google Calendar] [download calendar item] |
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Samuel Bowles (Santa Fe Institute) |
The Origins and Future of Economic Inequality [add to Google Calendar] [download calendar item] |
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March 24
|
NO SEMINAR
(Spring Break) |
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March 31
|
Pietro Ortoleva
(Columbia) |
Behavioral Phenomena and Political Preferences [add to Google Calendar] [download calendar item] |
(LSE) |
TBA [add to Google Calendar] [download calendar item] |
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(Northwestern) |
Competition and Relational Contracts: Evidence from Rwanda’s Coffee Mills [pdf] [add to Google Calendar] [download calendar item] |
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April 21
|
Omer Moav
(Warwick) |
Cereals, Appropriability and Hierarchy [pdf] [add to Google Calendar] [download calendar item] |
April 28
|
Camilo Garcia Jimeno
(Penn) |
Matching Pennies on the Campaign Trail: An Empirical Study of Senate Elections and Media Coverage [pdf] [add to Google Calendar] [download calendar item] |
May 5
|
Nathan Nunn
(Harvard) |
The Evolution of Culture and Institutions: Evidence from the Kuba Kingdom [add to Google Calendar] [download calendar item] |
May 12
|
NO SEMINAR
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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