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THE OLIVER E. WILLIAMSON SEMINAR ON INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS
Fall 2012 Schedule
The Oliver E. Williamson Seminar on Institutional Analysis 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).

To schedule an appointment to meet with a speaker, click here: Speaker Schedule
Date
Speaker
Title of Talk/Paper
August 30
Vito Sciaraffia
(UT Austin/UCB)

"Compensation Incentives and Risk Taking Behavior: Evidence from Sell-Side Analysts Forecasts"
September 6
David Vogel
(Berkeley-Haas)

The Transatlantic Shift in Regulatory Stringency
September 13
Pablo Hernandez
(Berkeley-Haas)

TBA
September 20
NO MEETING
NO MEETING
September 27
Roland Benabou
(Princeton)

Bonus Culture: Competitive Pay, Screening, and Multitasking
October 4
Pierre Yared
(Columbia)
A Theory of Political and Economic Cycles
October 11
Orie Shelef
(Berkeley-Haas)

Incentive Thresholds, Performance, and Risk-Taking. Evidence from Hedge Funds.
October 18*

Andrew Sweeting
(Duke)

Airline Mergers and the Potential Entry Defense

*[Note: This session is jointly offered with the IO seminar series.]
October 25
Amy Nguyen- Chyung
(Berkeley-Haas)

TBA
November 1

Neil Thompson
(Berkeley-Haas)

"Moore's Law Goes Multicore: The Economic and Strategic Consequences of a Fundamental Change in How Computers Work"
November 8
Julie Wulf
(Harvard Bus Sch)
Pay Harmony: Peer Comparison and Executive Compensation
November 15
Leeat Yariv
(Caltech)
 What Makes Voters Turn Out: The Effects of Polls and Beliefs
November 22

NO MEETING
(Thanksgiving)

NO MEETING
November 29*

Claudio Lucarelli
(Cornell)

TBA

*[Note: This session is jointly offered with the IO seminar series.]

December 6
Reed Walker
(Berkeley-Haas)
 TBA


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. Ernesto Dal Bo (dalbo@haas.berkeley.edu) or Penny Hennagir, IBI (hennagir@haas.berkeley.edu)