IDS270 INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS WORKSHOP

Fall 2005 Schedule
The Institutional Analysis Workshop 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 IMIO Conference room located in room F402 (in the Faculty Wing of the Haas School).

Speaker Meeting Schedule: To schedule an appointment to meet with a speaker, contact Anita Stephens.
Date
Speaker
Title of Paper
September 1
NO MEETING

NO MEETING

September 8
Antonio Rangel
(Stanford)

How Does the Brain Make Simple Economic Choices? [Note: No paper will be distributed.]

September 15
Nicola Persico
(U-Penn)
"Racial Profiling: Theory, Evidence, and Legal Issues" and "Detecting Bias: Using Statistical Evidence to Establish Intentional Discrimination in Racial Profiling Cases"
September 22
Ali Hortacsu
(Chicago)

"Cementing Relationships: Vertical Integration, Foreclosure, Productivity, and Prices"

September 29
Adam Szeidl
(Econ. Dept.-UCB)
"Core and Periphery in Endogenous Networks"
October 6
Tayfun Sonmez
(Boston College)
"Efficient Kidney Exchange: Coincidence of Wants in a Structured Market"
October 13
YOM KIPPUR
NO MEETING
October 20
Andrea Prat
(LSE)
"The Price of Conformism"
October 27
Ravi Singh
(HBS)
"When Should Control Be Shared?"
November 3
Ernesto Dalbo
(UCB)
Running in the Family: Dynastic Transmission of Political Power in the US Congress, 1788-1996. [Note: No paper will be distributed.]
November 10
Niko Matouschek (Kellogg)
"Optimal Delegation"
November 17
Scott Stern
(Kellogg)
"Do Formal Intellectual Property Rights Hinder the Free Flow of Scientific Knowledge? An Empirical Test of the Anti-Commons Hypothesis"
November 24

NO MEETING (Thanksgiving Holiday)

NO MEETING
December 1
Matt Jackson
(Cal Tech)
Visiting Professor, Stanford
Search in the Formatiom of Large Networks: How Random are Socially Generated Networks?
December 8
NO MEETING
NO MEETING



Copies of papers to be presented or related background reading will be available in Room F402, Haas School (Institute for Business Innovation); and in Room 611 Evans Hall (Department of Economics).

For information, contact Prof. Steven Tadelis (stadelis@haas.berkeley.edu), or Anita Stephens, IMIO (stephens@haas.berkeley.edu)