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THE OLIVER E. WILLIAMSON SEMINAR ON INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS

Spring 2011 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 27
Decio Coviello
(URome - visiting Harvard)

"Tenure in Office and Public Procurement"
February 3
Alessandro Gavazza
(NYU-Stern)

"An Empirical Equilibrium Model of a Decentralized Asset Market"
February 10

Dan Silverman
(UMichigan - visiting Berkeley-Economics)
"Who is (More) Rational?"
February 17
Michael Grubb
(MIT Sloan)
 "Penalty Pricing: Optimal Price-Posting Regulation with Inattentive Consumers"
February 24
Mara Lederman
(Toronto - Rotman)

"Do Firms Game Quality Ratings? Evidence from Mandatory Disclosure of Airline On-Time Performance"
March 3
Sylvain Chassang
(Princeton)
"Selective Trials: A Principal-Agent Approach to Randomized Controlled Experiments"
March 10
Canice Prendergast
(Chicago Booth)
[NOTE: THIS SEMINAR HAS BEEN CANCELLED.]"Contracts and Conflict in Organizations"
March 17
Jordi Blanes-I-Vidal
(LSE)

"Revolving Door Lobbyists"
March 24
NO MEETING
(Spring Break)
NO MEETING
March 31
Joshua Gans (Melbourne B Sch.- visiting Harvard)
"The Impact of the Internet on Advertising Markets for News Media"
April 7
Leonardo Bursztyn
(UCLA)
 "The Schooling Decision: Family Preferences, Intergenerational Conflict, and Moral Hazard in the Brazilian Favelas"
April 14
Daron Acemoglu
(MIT Econ)

"History, Expectations, and Leadership in the Evolution of Cooperation"

[Note: This seminar will be held in room C135 Cheit Hall from 11:10 am - 12:30 pm.]
April 21
Alessandro Bonatti
(MIT Sloan)
"Career Patterns and Career Concerns"
April 28
Santiago Oliveros
(Berkeley-Haas)
CANCELLED