THE OLIVER E. WILLIAMSON SEMINAR ON INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS
Spring 2010 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 IMIO 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
January 21
Allan Drazen
(Maryland)

"Do Leaders Affect Government Spending Priorities?"
January 28
Patrick Hummel
(Stanford)

"Policy Selection in Elections with Candidates of Heterogeneous Quality" and "On the Nature of Equilibria in a Downsian Model with Candidate Valence"
February 4
Bengt Holmstrom
(MIT)
 "A Theory of Firm Scope"
February 11
Stephan Meier
(Columbia)
 "The Role of Group Boundaries in Human Altruism and Anti-Social Behavior"
February 18
Timothy Bartley
(Indiana)

"Shaming the Corporation: Political and Institutional Foundations of Corporate Social Responsibility"

February 25
Eric Talley
(Boalt Hall - UCB)
"Left, Right, and Center: Strategic Information Acquisition and Diversity in Judicial Panels"
March 4
Richard Gil
(UCSC)
"The Role of Repeated Interactions, Self-Enforcing Agreements and Relational [Sub]Contracting: Evidence from Highway Procurement Auctions"
March 11
Kevin Quinn
(Boalt Hall - UCB)

"Did a Switch in Time Save Nine?"
March 18
Patrick Bajari
(Minnesota)
"Procurement Contracting with Time Incentives: Theory and Evidence"
March 25
NO MEETING
(Spring Break)
NO MEETING
April 1
Willie Fuchs
(Berkeley-Haas)
 Markets for Advice
April 8
Chad Syverson
(UChicago GSB)


"The Slow Growth of New Plants: Learning about Demand?"
April 15


Christopher Paik
(Stanford)

"Historical Underpinnings of Institutions: Evidence from the Neolithic Revolution"
April 22
Paola Giuliano
(UCLA)
 "Family Values and the Regulation of Labor"
April 29
NO MEETING
NO MEETING
May 6
Felix Vardy
(Berkeley-Haas)
Express Yourself! Mixed Motives and the Condorcet Jury Theorem


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. Pablo Spiller (spiller@haas.berkeley.edu) or Anita Stephens, IMIO (stephens@haas.berkeley.edu)