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SIOE 2017

New York, USA — Full Programme

Parallel A

A1: Organization and Markets 1 — Room WJ Basement 107

Chair: Maria Snegovaya (Columbia University)

  • Blockchain’s Struggle to Deliver Impersonal Exchange

    Benito Arruñada (Pompeu Fabra University)

  • Vertical Integration and Downstream Collusion

    Sara Biancini (CREM, Universite de Caen); David Ettinger (LEDa and CEREMADE, Université Paris-Dauphine, PSL)

  • Promoting a Reputation for Quality

    Daniel N. Hauser (University of Pennsylvania)

  • The Left Parties Choices and The Emergence of The Far Right

    Maria Snegovaya (Columbia University)

A2: Political and Economic Transition 1 — Room IAB 404

Chair: Josef Montag (Kazakh-British Technical University)

  • On the origin of money

    Luis Araujo (Michigan State University); Vincent Bignon (Bank of France); Régis Breton (Bank of France); Braz Camargo (FVG de São Paulo)

  • The Selection of Litigation against Government Agencies: Evidence from China

    Wei Cui (University of British Columbia); Zhiyuan Wang (Bryn Mawr College)

  • Homeownership, Mobility, and Unemployment: Evidence from Housing Privatization

    Peter Huber (Austrian Institute of Economic Research); Josef Montag (Kazakh-British Technical University); Hana Smrckova (University of Economics, Prague); Petr Sunega (Institute of Sociology, Czech Academy of Sciences)

A3: Management 1 — Room IAB 405

Chair: Mari Tanaka (Hitotsubashi University)

  • The effect of organizational structure change on inventor networks

    Nicholas Argyres (Olin Business School); Luis Rios (The Wharton School); Brian Silverman (Rotman School of Business)

  • Political Shock and Firm Performance: Evidence from Telecommunications License Cancellations in India

    Daniel Blake (IE Business School); Srividya Jandhyala (ESSEC Business School)

  • The Impact of Competition on “Make-or-Buy” Decisions: Evidence from the Spanish Local TV Industry

    Ricard Gil (Johns Hopkins Carey Business School); Christian A. Ruzzier (Universidad de San Andres)

  • Exporting Sweatshops? Evidence from Myanmar

    Mari Tanaka (Hitotsubashi University)

A4: Commercial and Financial Law and Institutions 1 — Room IAB 407

Chair: Geoffrey A. Manne (International Center for Law & Economics)

  • Subnational legal property and judicial system efficiency and firm-level access to finance: Evidence from Africa

    Chukwunonye O. Emenalo (Lagos Business School, Pan-Atlantic University)

  • Formal Contracts without Courts: Scoring Suppliers to Build Trust

    Juan-Jose Ganuza (Universitat Pompeu Fabra); Fernando Gomez (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)

  • Behavioral Law & Economics Goes to Court: The Fundamental Flaws in the Behavioral Law & Economics Arguments Against No-Surcharge Laws

    Geoffrey A. Manne (International Center for Law & Economics); Todd J. Zywicki (Scalia Law School, George Mason University); Kristian Stout (International Center for Law & Economics)

A5: Understanding Administration — Room IAB 411

Chair: Dean Lueck (Indiana University)

  • Corruption & Electoral Competition

    Mel Lorenzo Accad (University of Hawaii / East-West Center)

  • When Does Ideology Matter? An Empirical Analysis of French Municipalities’ Make-or-Buy Choices

    Jean BEUVE (University of Paris Panthéon Sorbonne); Zoé LE SQUEREN (Sorbonne Business School)

  • Institutions and regulations. Empirical evidence across and within countries

    Simon Hartmann (Vienna University of Economics and Business)

  • The Evolution and Organization of Environmental Agencies

    Dean Lueck (Indiana University); Dominic Parker (University of Wisconsin)

A6: Empirical Studies of Contract Regulation — Room IAB 410

Chair: Chao Xi (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)

  • Competition in Local Mortgage Markets

    Darren Aiello (UCLA); Mark J. Garmaise (UCLA); Gabriel Natividad (Universidad de Piura)

  • Deposit Insurance, Market Discipline, and Bank Risk

    Alexei Karas (Univ. College Roosevelt and Utrecht Univ.); William H. Pyle (Middlebury College); Koen Schoors (Ghent University)

  • Beyond the Informal/Formal Divide. How do Firms Combine Contract-enforcement Institutions?

    Karoly Mike (Corvinus University of Budapest); Gábor Kiss (HETFA Research Institute)

  • What Motivates the Securities Regulators? An Empirical Assessment of Securities Enforcement Actions in China 1998-2016

    Chao Xi (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)

A7: Internal Organization 1 — Room JG 104

Chair: Dalia Marin (LMU Munich)

  • Optimal Contracting with Costly State Verification, with an Application to Crowdsourcing

    Aislinn Bohren (University of Pennsylvania); Troy Kravitz (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation)

  • Product Market Competition, Managerial Talent, and Innovation

    Jean-Etienne de Bettignies (Queen's University); John Ries (University of British Columbia)

  • Vertical Boundaries and the Influence of Social Comparison

    Michael Kopel (University of Graz); Anna Ressi (University of Graz)

  • Do Multinationals Transplant their Business Model?

    Dalia Marin (LMU Munich); Linda Rousova (European Central Bank); Thierry Verdier (Paris School of Economics)

A8: Voting, Politics, and Elections 1 — Room JG 106

Chair: Arieda Muco (Stockholm School of Economics)

  • Incentives or Disincentives?

    Dan Alexander (University of Chicago, Harris School)

  • Ideological Extremism and Primaries

    Agustin Casas (CUNEF)

  • The motivations of the French National Front voters: a behavioral political economy approach

    Francois facchini (University Paris Sorbonne); Louis Jaeck (Unitd Arab Emirates University)

  • Learn from thy Neighbour: Do voters Associate Corruption with Political Parties?

    Arieda Muco (Stockholm School of Economics)

A9: Firms and Inequality — Room JG 107

Chair: Claudine Gartenberg (New York University)

  • Inequality and the Disappearing Large Firm Wage Premium

    Nicholas Bloom (Stanford University, NBER, and SIEPR); Fatih Guvenen (University of Minnesota, FRB of Minneapolis, NBER)); Benjamin S. Smith (UCLA); Jae Song (Social Security Administration); Till von Wachter (UCLA and NBER)

  • Growing Apart: The Changing Firm-size Wage Premium and its Inequality Consequences

    J. Adam Cobb (University of Pennsylvania); Ken-Hou Lin (University of Texas)

  • Islands of Equality: Competition and Pay Inequality Within and Across Firm Boundaries

    Claudine Gartenberg (Wharton School/NYU Stern); Julie Wulf (NBER)

  • Mergers and Acquisitions, Technological Change and Inequality

    Wenting Ma (UNC - Econ); Paige Ouimet (Kenan Flagler Business School); Elena Simintzi (UBC)

A10: Political Institutions and Political Markets — Room JG Case Lounge (7th floor)

Chair: Mary Shirley (The Ronald Coase Institute)

  • Single-issue Campaigns and Multidimensional Politics

    Georgy Egorov (Northwestern University)

  • Disentangling fiscal effects of local constitutions

    Jaroslaw Kantorowicz (Leiden University); Monika Koeppl-Turyna (Agenda Austria)

  • International Politics and Oil Trade: Evidence from Russian Firms

    Margarita Portnykh (Carnegie Mellon University); Kevin Tsui (Clemson University)

  • Who’s Cueing Voters: Parties or Leaders? Evidence from a Survey Experiment in Russia

    Sergey Sanovich (New York University)

  • Decentralization’s Conditional Effects on Social Services: Evidence from the Honduran Health Sector

    Alan Zarychta (University of Chicago); Krister Andersson (University of Colorado Boulder)

Parallel B

B1: The Legal System, Courts and Judges 1 — Room WJ Basement 107

Chair: Peter Murrell (University of Maryland)

  • Consensus and ideology at the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council

    Sofia Amaral Garcia (DIW Berlin); Lucia dalla Pellegrina (Universita' Milano Bicocca); Nuno Garoupa (Texas A&M University School of Law)

  • The Impact of Law and Economics on American Justice

    Daniel L. Chen (Toulouse School of Economics, IAST, LWP, HLS); Elliott Ash (Princeton U. U of Warwick, Dept. of Economics); Suresh Naidu (Columbia University, Dept. of Economics)

  • Judicial Tenure and the Slowing of Legal Development in England, 1600-1800

    Peter Murrell (University of Maryland)

B2: Internal Organization 2 — Room IAB 404

Chair: Verena Nowak (DICE, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf)

  • Self-Enforcing Partisan Procedures

    Daniel Diermeier (University of Chicago); Carlo Prato (Columbia University); Razvan Vlaicu (Inter-American Development Bank)

  • The Dynamics of Policy Complexity

    Keiichi Kawai (UNSW Sydney); Ruitian Lang (Australian National University); Hongyi Li (UNSW Sydney)

  • Integration or Outsourcing: Combining Ex Ante Distortions and Ex Post Inefficiencies

    Verena Nowak (DICE, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf)

B3: Corporate Governance and Finance — Room IAB 405

Chair: Caroline Flammer (Boston University)

  • Trust or Opportunity? Managing Corporate Lending Networks if Institutions Are Weak

    Katarzyna Burzynska (Radboud University Nijmegen); Sonja Opper (Lund University)

  • Are Women Better Directors in the Boards?

    Aytac Erdemir (i.NIBIO ii.NMBU); Olvar Bergland (NMBU); Helge Berglann (NIBIO)

  • Corporate Governance and the Rise of Integrating Corporate Social Responsibility Criteria in Executive Compensation: Antecedents and Outcomes

    Caroline Flammer (Boston University); Bryan Hong (Western University); Dylan Minor (Northwestern University)

B4: Public Procurement and Public Provision 1 — Room IAB 407

Chair: Steven Yamarik (California State University at Long Beach)

  • Public Procurement and Corrupt Reserve Prices

    Sümeyra Atmaca (Ghent University); Koen Schoors (Ghent University); Elena Podkolzina (Higher School of Economics)

  • Public finances and fiscal windfalls: Quasi-experimental evidence on the role of institutions under fiscal shocks

    Simon Berset (University of Fribourg); Mark Schelker (University of Fribourg)

  • Economic Freedom and Corruption: New Cross-Country Panel Data Evidence

    Steven Yamarik (California State University at Long Beach); Chelsea Redmon (California State University at Long Beach)

B5: Development and Economic Transition 1 — Room WJ 103

Chair: Rok Spruk (University of Ljubljana - Laibach)

  • Does Greater Economic Freedom Foster Economic Growth? District-Level Evidence from Germany

    Aleksandar Keseljevic (University of Ljubljana - Laibach); Rok Spruk (University of Ljubljana - Laibach)

  • Land Ownership and Development: Evidence from Postwar Japan

    Shuhei Kitamura (University of Rochester)

  • Explaining the Paths of Deindustrialization: A Transitional Institutional Dynamics Approach

    Robbert Maseland (University of Groningen); Rok Spruk (University of Ljubljana - Laibach)

B6: Ethnic Based Trade Revisited: A Roundtable — Room JG Case Lounge (7th floor)

Chair: Lisa Bernstein (University of Chicago Law School)

  • Economic Success of Chinese Merchants in Southeast Asia: Identity, Ethnic Cooperation and Conflict: Integrating the Social Sciences with Evolutionary Biology

    Janet T. Landa (York University, Department of Economics)

  • Stateless Commerce

    Barak Richman (Duke University)

B7: Order Without Law: Governance of Bandits, Kidnappers, and Prisoners — Room IAB 410

Chair: David Skarbek (Kings College of London)

  • Bandits within the State: The Organizational Origins of Spontaneous Order

    Ilia Murtazashvili (University of Pittsburgh); Jennifer Murtazashvili (University of Pittsburgh)

  • A Protection Model of Kidnapping: evidence from Colombia

    Anja Shortland (King's College london)

  • Varieties of Prison Social Order: Why Life in Behind Bars Can Be Heaven or Hell

    David Skarbek (King's College London)

B8: Politics and Property: Commitment Problems in Russia — Room IAB 411

Chair: Timothy Frye (Columbia University)

  • Autocratic Elections and Corporate Raiding: A Natural Experiment in Russia

    Timothy Frye (Columbia University)

  • Raiders, Property Rights, and Investment: Evidence from Russia's Regions

    Irina Levina (Higher School of Economics); Israel Marques (Higher School of Economics); Andrei Yakovlev (Higher School of Economics); Anton Kazun (Higher School of Economics)

  • Public-Private Partnerships under Weak Institutions: Co-investment and the Case of Vocational Education in Russia’s Regions

    Israel Marques (NRU Higher School of Economics); Thomas F. Remington (Emory University); Vladimir Bazavluk (NRU Higher School of Economics)

B9: Theories of Incentives in Organizations — Room JG 104

Chair: Daniel Barron (Northwestern University)

  • Optimal Delegation with Multiple Agents

    Charles Angelucci (Columbia University)

  • Simple Optimal Contracts with a Risk-Taking Agent

    Daniel Barron (Northwestern); George Georgiadis (Northwestern); Jeroen Swinkels (Northwestern)

B10: Copyright and the Use of Knowledge — Room JG 106

Chair: Petra Moser (NYU)

  • Effects of Copyrights on Science - Evidence from the WWII Book Republication Program

    Barbara Biasi (Stanford University); Petra Moser (NYU)

  • The Production of Information in an Online World: Is Copy Right?

    Julia Cagé (Sciences Po Paris); Nicolas Hervé (Institut National de l'Audiovisuel); Marie-Luce Viaud (Institut National de l'Audiovisuel)

  • The Private Impact of Public Maps: Landsat Satellite Imagery and Gold Exploration

    Abhishek Nagaraj (UC Berkeley-Haas)

B11: The Dark Side of Political Strategy — Room JG 107

Chair: Nan Jia (University of South California)

  • Firms’ Strategic Use of Political Connections

    Nan Jia (University of South California); Bo Zhao (University of Hong Kong); Jiangyong Lu (Peking University); Wei Zheng (Peking University)

  • The Political (Dis)Economies of CSR

    Aseem Kaul (University of Minnesota); Jiao Luo (University of Minnesota)

  • Into the Dark: Shifts in Corporate Political Activity after a Reputational Threat

    Mary-Hunter McDonnell (Wharton, University of Pennsylvania); Timothy Werner (McCombs, UT-Austin)

Parallel C

C1: Contract Design — Room JG Case Lounge (7th floor)

Chair: Ziyan Yang (University of Maryland, College Park)

  • Hold-up in regulated contracts: The Argentinean natural gas transmission system case

    Martin C. De Meio Reggiani (Planta Piloto de Ingenieria Quimica (CONICET-UNS)); Miguel Vazquez (Universidade Federal Fluminense); Michelle Hallack (Universidade Federal Fluminense); Nelida B. Brignole (Planta Piloto de Ingenieria Quimica (CONICET-UNS))

  • Information Asymmetry Reduction in Opaque Contexts: Evidence from Debt and Outside Equity Financing in Early Stage Firms

    Mircea Epure (Universitat Pompeu Fabra and Barcelona GSE); Martí Guasch (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)

  • Relational incentive contracts with collusion

    Marta Troya-Martinez (New Economic School & Toulouse School of Economics); Liam Wren-Lewis (Paris School of Economics)

  • Contract Design in China's Rural Land Rental Market: Contractual Flexibility and Rental Payment

    Ziyan Yang (University of Maryland, College Park)

C2: Experimental Analysis and Organization — Room WJ Basement 107

Chair: Stephan Tontrup (New York University School of Law)

  • How does delegating decisions to beneficiaries affect their access to a public service? Evidence from a field experiment in Bangladesh.

    Malgosia Madajewicz (Columbia University); Anna Tompsett (Stockholm University); Ahasan Habib (NGO Forum for Public Health)

  • Free to Choose: Testing the Pure Motivation Effect of Autonomous Choice

    Tomas Sjöström (Rutgers University); Levent Ülkü (ITAM-CIE); Radovan Vadovic (Carleton University)

  • Abstinence is not Indifference - Lowering Voting Costs Leads to Higher Participation and Better Informed Voters

    Stephan Tontrup (New York University School of Law); Rebecca Morton (NYU Abu Dhabi)

C3: Intellectual Property — Room IAB 404

Chair: Eric C. Mota (Baylor University)

  • Patent Tigers: The New Geography of Global Innovation

    Jonathan Barnett (University of Southern California)

  • Discretion in Patent Damages

    John M. Golden (University of Texas School of Law)

  • Platforms for Technology: An Alternative to Markets for Know-how

    Tracy R. Lewis (Fuqua School of Business); Alan Schwartz (Yale Law School)

  • Knowledge Spillovers in Emerging Wine Regions

    Eric C. Mota (Baylor University); Peter G. Klein (Baylor University)

C4: Political and Economic Transition 2 — Room IAB 405

Chair: Mitja Kovac (University of Ljubljana - Laibach)

  • The Effect of Party Geographic Scope on Government Outcomes: Evidence from Peruvian Municipalities

    Fernando Aragon (Simon Fraser University); Alexey Makarin (Northwestern University); Ricardo Pique (Ryerson University)

  • How Transaction Costs Obstruct Collective Action: Evidence from California’s Groundwater

    Andrew B. Ayres (UC Santa Barbara); Eric C. Edwards (Utah State University); Gary D. Libecap (UC Santa Barbara)

  • Elite Conflict, Demographic Collapse, and the Transition to Direct Rule: Evidence from Colonial Mexico

    Francisco Garfias (UC San Diego); Emily A. Sellars (Texas A&M University)

  • Persistent Effects of Colonial Institutions on Human Capital Formation and Long-Run Development: Local Evidence from Regression Discontinuity Design in Argentina

    Rok Spruk (University of Ljubljana - Laibach); Mitja Kovac (University of Ljubljana - Laibach)

C5: Organization and Markets 2 — Room IAB 410

Chair: Anders Fredriksson (University of Sao Paulo)

  • Dismissal Regulation as a Discipline Device? Evidence from Establishment-level Industrial Actions

    Filippo Belloc (University of Chieti-Pescara)

  • Another Kind of Power: Labor Market Outcomes and Antitrust Legislation

    Niti Bhutani (University of Delhi, India)

  • Sourcing of Expertise and the Boundaries of the Firm: The Case of Lobbyists

    Miguel Espinosa (London School of Economics)

  • Optimal Penalties on Informal Firms

    Anders Fredriksson (University of São Paulo)

C6: Historical Analysis of Organizations 1 — Room IAB 411

Chair: Richard A. Hunt (Colorado School of Mines)

  • Turnover or Cash? Sharecropping in the US South.

    Guilherme de Oliveira (Columbia University)

  • Transaction Costs of Property Rights: Evidence from Timber Auctions

    Colin Doran (George Mason University); Thomas Stratmann (George Mason University)

  • YOU REAP WHAT YOU KNOW: ORIGINS OF POLITICAL FRAGMENTATION

    Thilo R. Huning (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin); Fabian Wahl (University of Hohenheim)

  • Innovation, Institutions and Industry Evolution: Historical Lessons for a Multi-Directional World

    Richard A. Hunt (Colorado School of Mines); Lauren Ortiz-Hunt (Smith College)

C7: Tools and Methodology — Room IAB 407

Chair: Pieter H.M. Ruys (Tilburg University, Netherlands)

  • Social impact--A new conceptual approach

    Gorgi Krlev (University of Oxford)

  • Designing Communication Hierarchies to Elicit Information

    Dimitri Migrow (University of Manchester)

  • Pricing Carbon. A Climate Coalition as a Complement to UN Negotiations.

    Håkan Pihl (Kristianstad University)

  • Governance of Perspectives in a Partnership Society

    Pieter H.M. Ruys (Tilburg University, Netherlands)

C8: Management 2 — Room JG 107

Chair: Raphael Soubeyran (INRA-LAMETA)

  • Leadership under Multitasking

    Kohei Daido (Kwansei Gakuin University); Takeshi Murooka (Osaka University)

  • Managing Authority and Incentives in Relational Contracts

    Akifumi Ishihara (National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies)

  • Organizing for Change: The Optimality of Pro-Changer Organizations

    Hideshi Itoh (Waseda University)

  • Motivating versus Funding

    Nicolas Quérou (CNRS-LAMETA); Antoine Soubeyran (AMSE); Raphael Soubeyran (INRA-LAMETA)

C9: Corporate Reputation and Social Contracts — Room JG 104

Chair: Jiao Luo (University of Minnesota)

  • Response to The Risk of Service Liability: The Case of Medical Malpractice Liability

    Na-Eun Cho (Hongik University); Yue M. Zhou (University of Michigan)

  • Valuing stakeholder governance: Property rights, community mobilization, and firm value

    Sinziana Dorobantu (NYU Stern School of Business); Kate Odziemkowska (University of Pennsylvania, Wharton)

  • Corporate Purpose and Financial Performance

    Claudine Gartenberg (Wharton School/NYU Stern); Andrea Prat (Columbia University); George Serafeim (Harvard Business School)

  • Winning us with trifles: Adverse selection in the use of philanthropy as insurance

    Jiao Luo (University of Minnesota); Aseem Kaul (University of Minnesota); Haram Seo (University of Minnesota)

C10: Institutions and Incentives in Energy Industries — Room JG 106

Chair: Timothy Fitzgerald (Texas Tech University)

  • Regulatory Capture in a Resource Boom

    Timothy Fitzgerald (Texas Tech University)

  • Government versus Market-based Allocation of Resources: Evidence from India’s Coal-fired Power Plants

    Akshaya Jha (Carnegie Mellon University)

  • Innovation, Interconnection, and Institutions: Evolving Electric Power Systems in the Early 20th Century

    Lynne Kiesling (Northwestern University); Karen Clay (Carnegie Mellon University)

  • Small-Tract Mineral Owners vs. Producers: The Unintended Consequences of Well-Spacing Exceptions

    Reid B. Stevens (Texas A&M University)

Parallel D

D1: Political and Economic Transition 3 — Room IAB 407

Chair: Sara A. Sutherland (Utah State University)

  • Chasing the Key Player: A Network Approach to the Myanmar Civil War

    Andrea Di Miceli (UCLA)

  • Pro-poor or Political Targeting: An Analysis of Social Assistance in Developing Countries

    Marina Dodlova (University of Passau, CESifo); Anna Giolbas (University of Goettingen, GIGA Hamburg); Jann Lay (University of Goettingen, GIGA Hamburg)

  • Is Democracy Good for Growth? Institutional Quality Matters

    Fali Huang (Singapore Management University); Di Sima (Singapore Management University)

  • Empirical Evidence on the Role of Distribution in Determining Level of Policy Support

    Sara A. Sutherland (Utah State University)

D2: Voting, Politics, and Elections 2 — Room IAB 405

Chair: Kaj Thomsson (Maastricht University)

  • Smaller Measurement Errors, Better Economic Policies?

    Johannes Binswanger (University of St. Gallen); Manuel Oechslin (University of Lucerne)

  • Public good under appointed versus elected mayors: policing and crime in Belgium

    Andrea Colombo (ECARES, ULB); Ilan Tojerow (ULB, CEB, DULBEA, IZA)

  • Political Cognitive Biases Effects on Fund Managers' Performance

    Marian Moszoro (George Mason University); Michael Bykhovsky (Columbia Engineering BOV)

  • Separation of Powers and New Public Spending

    Kaj Thomsson (Maastricht University); Alessandro Bonatti (MIT)

D3: Organization and Markets 3 — Room IAB 404

Chair: Mrinal Ghosh (University of Arizona)

  • Price-setting by Committee in Medicare

    David Chan (Stanford University); Michael Dickstein (New York University)

  • A Bargain for Tuna: A Coasean Solutions to Bigeye Tuna Bycatch

    Ovando Dan (UCSB); Libecap Gary (UCSB); Lennon Thomas (UCSB); Kat Millage (UCSB)

  • Discriminatory Product Differentiation: The Case of Israel’s Omission from Airline Route Maps

    Joel Waldfogel (University of Minnesota); Paul M. Vaaler (University of Minnesota)

  • Monetizing Technology through Licensing Agreements: A Cross-National Empirical Investigation

    Shan Yu (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute); Mrinal Ghosh (University of Arizona); George John (University of Minnesota); Chae-Un Lim (Sogang University)

D4: Commercial and Financial Law and Institution 2 — Room WJ Basement 107

Chair: María Gutiérrez-Urtiaga (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)

  • Appraising the "Merger Price" Appraisal Rule

    Albert Choi (University of Virginia); Eric Talley (Columbia University)

  • RECKONING CONTRACT DAMAGES: VALUATION OF THE CONTRACT AS AN ASSET

    Victor Goldberg (Columbia Law)

  • The Promise of Reward Crowdfunding

    María Gutiérrez-Urtiaga (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid); Maribel Sáez-Lacave (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid)

D5: Historical Analysis of Organizations 2 — Room IAB 410

Chair: Valentin Seidler (University of Warwick)

  • Exit, Voice, and Liability: Mechanisms for Constraining Managerial Agency Costs

    Henry Hansmann (Yale Law School); Reinier Kraakman (Harvard Law School)

  • Borrowing Apollo’s Money: Incentivization and Enforcement of Loan Contracts from the Temple of Apollo at Delos

    Michael McGlin (State University of New York at Buffalo)

  • How to copy informal institutions: The role of British colonial officers during the decolonization of British Africa.

    Valentin Seidler (University of Warwick)

D6: Management 3 — Room IAB 411

Chair: Masahiro Watabe (Rissho University)

  • Restoring Interfirm Relationships Following Contract Violations: A TCE Perspective

    Medha Raj (University of Southern California); Kyle J. Mayer (University of Southern California); Beverly Rich (University of Southern California)

  • Platform-mediated reputation systems in the P2P economy and incentives to provide service quality

    Maria Alessandra Rossi (University of Siena); Marcello Basili (University of Siena)

  • The Extrinsic Motivation of Freedom at Work

    Teck Yong Tan (Columbia University)

  • On the Performance of Piece-Rate Incentive Schemes: Some Explicit Solutions beyond the Uniform Distribution

    Masahiro Watabe (Rissho University)

D7: Inequality, Race and Gender — Room JG 106

Chair: Izaskun Zuazu (University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU)

  • Middleman Minorities and Ethnic Violence: Anti-Jewish Pogroms in Eastern Europe

    Irena Grosfeld (Paris School of Economics); Seyhun Sakalli (University of Lausanne); Ekaterina Zhuravskaya (Paris School of Economics (EHESS))

  • Gangs of New York: Organized Crime as the Link between Inequality and Corruption

    Soeren C. Schwuchow (Brandenburg University of Technology)

  • Discrimination in Organizations: Optimal Contracts and Regulation

    Wiroy Shin (Korea Institute for Industrial Economics & Trade)

  • Electoral Systems and Income Inequality: a Tale of Political Equality

    Izaskun Zuazu (University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU)

D8: Case Studies on Endogenous Institutions — Room JG 104

Chair: Carmine Guerriero (University of Bologna)

  • Fragmentation of an Empire: The Political Economy of Spain and its Colonies in the Late Bourbon Period

    Fernando Arteaga (George Mason University)

  • Deep Determinants of Preferences over Political Institutions: Monarchy vs Republic in 1946 Italy

    Paolo Buonanno (University of Bergamo); Matteo Cervellati (University of Bologna); Sara Lazzaroni (University of Bologna); Giovanni Prarolo (University of Bologna)

  • Extractive States: The Case of the Italian Unification

    Carmine Guerriero (University of Bologna); Guilherme de Oliveira (Columbia Law School)

  • How the East was Lost: Coevolution of Institutions and Culture in the 16th Century Portuguese Empire

    Bernardo Mueller (University of Brasilia); João Gabriel Ayello (University of Brasilia)

D9: Governance and Institutions: Rational Segregation, Ukrainian Politics, Sand Mining, and the American Revolution — Room JG 107

Chair: Dean Lueck (Indiana University, Ostrom Workshop)

  • Oligarch Networks

    John S. Earle (George Mason University); Scott Gehlbach (University of Wisconsin–Madison); Anton Shirikov (University of Wisconsin–Madison); Solomiya Shpak (George Mason University)

  • Effects of Local Regulation on Neighboring Jurisdictions: Evidence from Mining Ordinances

    Alexey Kalinin (University of Wisconsin-Madison); Dominic Parker (University of Wisconsin-Madison); Daniel Phaneuf (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

  • Why Not Taxation and Representation? A Note on the American Revolution

    Gustavo Torrens (Indiana University); Sebastian Galiani (University of Maryland)

  • Collective Action, White Flight, and the Origins of Municipal Segregation Laws

    Werner Troesken (University of Pittsburgh); Randall Walsh (University of Pittsburgh)

D10: Theory on Incentive Contracts with Multiple Agents and Tasks — Room JG 105

Chair: Jenny Kragl (EBS University of Business and Law)

  • Focusing Attention in Multiple Tasks

    Maximilian F.X. Breu (Ludwig Maximilians University (Munich))

  • Hiring Family or Nonfamily Managers in Family Firms: A Multitask Model with Interdependence Between Economic and Non-Economic Tasks

    Jenny Kragl (EBS University of Business and Law); Guoxian Xi (University of Trier ); Alberto Palermo (EBS University of Business and Law); Joern Block (University of Trier)

  • Relational contracts, multiple agents and correlated performances

    Ola Kvaløy (University of Stavanger); Trond E. Olsen (Norwegain School of Economics)

  • Responsibility in Teams

    Xinyu Li (University of Paderborn); Wendelin Schnedler (University of Paderborn)

Parallel E

E1: Nonprofits, Cooperatives, and Associations — Room IAB 404

Chair: Gorgi Krlev (University of Oxford)

  • Communication Strategies of Non-Governmental Organizations: Theory and Evidence

    Mathieu Couttenier (University of Geneva); Pierre Fleckinger (Mines ParisTech & Paris School of Economics); Matthieu Glachant (Mines ParisTech); Sophie Hatte (University of Lausanne)

  • The Organization of Social Enterprises: Transacting versus Giving

    Ofer Eldar (Duke University)

  • Living with best friends? How providers create social capital in housing for the elderly

    Gorgi Krlev (University of Oxford)

E2: The Legal System, Courts and Judges 2 — Room IAB 405

Chair: Ludivine Roussey (Université Paris Descartes)

  • Judicial Laterals

    Jonathan R. Nash (Emory University)

  • Averaging Judges

    Jacob Nussim (Bar-Ilan University)

  • Double-sided moral hazard in Judicial Institutions

    Ludivine Roussey (Université Paris Descartes); Raphael Soubeyran (INRA)

E3: Administration and Bureaucracy — Room JG 105

Chair: Gillian K. Hadfield (University of Southern California)

  • Horizontal reputation

    Matthieu Bouvard (McGill University); Raphaël Levy (HEC Paris)

  • "Get what you pay for?" The story underneath remunicipalizations in the water sector

    Marion Chabrost (Université Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne); Simon Porcher (Sorbonne Business School); Stéphane Saussier (Sorbonne Business School)

  • Superregulation: Competitive Approved Private Regulators

    Gillian K. Hadfield (University of Southern California)

E4: Social Conflict 1 — Room IAB 410

Chair: Tinghua Yu (Columbia University)

  • Democracy at work: A Study of the 2008 French Union Representativity Reform

    Philippe Askenazy (CNRS-ENS-Centre Maurice Halbwachs); Thomas Breda (CNRS-Paris School of Economics and IPP)

  • A theory of regional conflict complexes

    Arthur Silve (Université Laval); Thierry Verdier (PSE, Ecole des Ponts ParisTech, PUC-Rio and CEPR)

  • Intra-elite Conflict and Information Disclosure

    Tinghua Yu (Columbia University)

E5: Public Procurement and Public Provision 2 — Room IAB 411

Chair: Yohanna M. L. Gultom (School of Public Policy - Oregon State University and Faculty of Economics and Business - Universitas Indo

  • Policy Risk, Uncertainty, and Investment: Evidence from the English East India Company

    Dan Bogart (UC Irvine)

  • Corruption and Legislature Size: Evidence from Brazil

    Stefano Fiorin (UCLA Anderson); Diogo Britto (Catholic University Milan)

  • The Political Transaction Costs of Public Contracts: Empirical Evidence from the US Electric Utility Sector Before and After the Deregulation

    Yohanna M. L. Gultom (School of Public Policy - Oregon State University and Faculty of Economics and Business - Universitas Indonesia)

E6: Institutional Change and Organizational Dynamics — Room JG 106

Chair: Charles Angelucci (Columbia University)

  • The Medieval Roots of Inclusive Institutions: From the Norman Conquest of England to the Great Reform Act

    Charles Angelucci (Columbia University); Simone Meraglia (University of Exeter); Nico Voigtlaender (UCLA)

  • State Capacity and Public Goods: Institutional Change, Human Capital, and Growth in Early Modern Germany

    Jeremiah Dittmar (LSE); Ralf Meisenzahl (Federal Reserve Board)

  • Drivers of Fragmented Production Chains: Evidence from the 19th Century

    Reka Juhasz (Columbia University); Claudia Steinwender (Harvard Business School)

E7: Personnel Economics and Government Institutions — Room JG 107

Chair: John de Figueiredo (Duke University)

  • Elections, Ideology, and Turnover in the U.S. Federal Government

    Alexander Bolton (Emory University); John de Figueiredo (Duke University); David Lewis (Vanderbilt University)

  • Public Contracting for Private Innovation: Government Capabilities, Decision Rights, and Performance Outcomes

    Joshua Bruce (Duke University); John M. de Figueiredo (Duke University); Brian S. Silverman (University of Toronto)

  • Making Moves Matter: Experimental Evidence on Incentivizing Bureaucrats through Performance-Based Postings

    Adnan Q. Khan (LSE); Benjamin Olken (MIT); Asim I. Khwaja (Harvard)

E8: The Legal System, Courts and Judges 3 — Room JG 104

Chair: Murat C. Mungan (George Mason University)

  • Understanding the Time to Court Case Resolution: A Competing Risks Analysis Using Belgian Data

    Samantha Bielen (Hasselt University); Peter Grajzl (Washington and Lee University); Wim Marneffe (Hasselt University)

  • Technology Protectionism and the Patent System: Strategic Technologies in China

    Gaétan de Rassenfosse (EPFL); Emilio Raiteri (EPFL)

  • The Effects of Racial Profiling, Taste-Based Discrimination, and Enforcer Liability on Crime

    Murat C. Mungan (George Mason University)

Parallel F

F1: Social Conflict 2 — Room IAB 404

Chair: Luz Elena Orozco-Collazos (Universidad de los Andes)

  • Fertile Ground for Conflict

    Nicolas Berman (AMSE); Mathieu Couttenier (University of Geneva); Raphael Soubeyran (INRA-LAMETA)

  • Stir Well the Melting Pot: Persistence of Inter-Ethnic Cultural Divide in Estonia

    Piret Ehin (Tartu University ); Greg Nizhnikau (Finnish Institute of International Affairs ); Leonid Polishchuk (Higher School of Economics and Uppsala University ); Alexander Rubin (Higher School of Economics )

  • Insecurity, Social Capital and Collective Action

    Clemente Forero-Pineda (Universidad de los Andes); Luz Elena Orozco-Collazos (Universidad de los Andes); Adriana Valenzuela (Universidad de los Andes)

F2: The Legal System, Courts and Judges 4 — Room IAB 405

Chair: Hong Luo (Harvard Business School)

  • Adminization: Gatekeeping Consumer Litigation

    Yonathan Arbel (Alabama Law School)

  • Do Private Prisons Raise Incarceration Rates?

    Christian Dippel (UCLA); Michael Poyker (UCLA)

  • Tort Reform and Innovation

    Alberto Galasso (University of Toronto); Hong Luo (Harvard Business School)

F3: Employment Regulation — Room IAB 410

Chair: Janis Skrastins (Washington University in St. Louis)

  • Labor Regulations and the Cost of Corruption: Evidence from the Indian Firm Size Distribution

    Amrit Amirapu (The University of Kent); Michael Gechter (The Pennsylvania State University)

  • Tax evasion and productivity: do firms escape EPL through informality? Evidence from a regression discontinuity design

    Giovanna Vallanti (LUISS "Guido Carli"); Giuseppina Gianfreda (Università della Tuscia)

  • Unemployment Insurance with Informal Labor Markets: Evidence from Brazil

    Bernardus van Doornik (Central Bank of Brazil); David Schoenherr (Princeton University); Janis Skrastins (Washington University in St. Louis)

F4: Public Procurement and Public Provision 3 — Room IAB 411

Chair: Eoin Reeves (University of Limerick)

  • Favouritism in scoring rule auctions

    Riccardo Camboni Marchi Adani (University of Padova); Paola Valbonesi (University of Padova)

  • Increasing power system reserve capacities by changing the reserve market design: the case of Electric Vehicle fleets

    Paul Codani (PSA Group); Yannick Perez (CentraleSupélec - U. Paris); Marc Petit (CentraleSupélec)

  • The Length of PPP Tendering Periods: A Multi-Country Analysis

    Eoin Reeves (University of Limerick); Darragh Flannery (University of Limerick); Rick Geddes (Cornell University); Donal Palcic (University of Limerick)

F5: Networks, Information and Classification Institutions — Room JG 105

Chair: Jens Prüfer (Tilburg University)

  • Revisiting the Maghribi Traders (Again): A Social Network and Relational Contracting Perspective

    Lisa Bernstein (University of Chicago Law School)

  • Identifying the Mechanisms of Extralegal Enforcement

    Greg Buchak (University of Chicago)

  • Clash of Classification Institutions

    Gillian Hadfield (University of Southern California); Jens Prufer (Tilburg University); Vatsalya Srivastava (Tilburg University)

F6: Organizational Structure Matters — Room JG 104

Chair: Christos Makridis (Stanford University)

  • Turbulence, Firm Decentralization and Growth in Bad Times

    Philippe Aghion (College de France); Nicholas Bloom (Stanford); Brian Lucking (Stanford); Raffaella Sadun (Harvard); John Van Reenen (MIT)

  • Does ‘Performance Pay’ Pay? Wage Flexibility over the Great Recession

    Christos Makridis (Stanford University); Maury Gittleman (Bureau of Labor Statistics)

  • Complementarity of Performance Pay and Task Allocation

    Mu-Jeung Yang (University of Washington, Seattle); Bryan Hong (Ivey School of Business); Lorenz Kueng (Kellogg School of Management)

F7: Selection, Compensation, and Specialization of Judges — Room JG 106

Chair: Decio Coviello (HEC)

  • The Performance of Elected Officials: Evidence from State Supreme Courts

    Elliott Ash (Princeton University); W. Bentley MacLeod (Columbia University)

  • Performance Pay and Judicial Production: Evidence from Spain

    Manuel Bagues (Aalto University); Berta Esteve-Volart (York University)

  • Division of Labor: Theory and Evidence From Judges

    Decio Coviello (HEC); Andrea Ichino (EUI); Nicola Persico (Northwestern)

F8: Violence in the Ancient World — Room JG 107

Chair: Jordan Adamson (Clemson University)

  • Democracy, Hegemony, and War: New Data from the Ancient World

    Jordan Adamson (Clemson University); Mark Koyama (George Mason University)

  • Breaking the Conflict Trap in Ancient Greece: stasis and economic growth in the polis

    Scott Arcenas (Stanford University)

  • Civil war and growth in the ancient world: a comparative analysis

    Federica Carugati (Indiana University)

Parallel G

G1: Development and Economic Transition 2 — Room IAB 407

Chair: Nikita Suslov (Novosibirsk State University)

  • Relationships, Risk and Rents: Evidence from a Market for Ice

    Tarek Ghani (WUSTL); Tristan Reed (World Bank)

  • Paying smallholders not to cut down the Amazon forest: Impact evaluation of a REDD+ pilot project

    Gabriela Simonet (INRA); Julie Subervie (INRA); Driss Ezzine-de-Blas (CIRAD); Amy Duchelle (CIFOR); Marina Cronberg (CIFOR)

  • Analyzing How a Growth in Energy Prices Impact on the Size of the Shadow Economies around the World

    Nikita Suslov (Novosibirsk State University); Ekaterina Meltenisova (Novosibirsk State University)

G2: Management 4 — Room JG 107

Chair: Birger Wernerfelt (MIT)

  • Organizational Design and Career Concerns

    Daisuke Hirata (Hitotsubashi University)

  • Delegating Performance Evaluation

    Igor Letina (University of Zurich); Shuo Liu (University of Zurich); Nick Netzer (University of Zurich)

  • Optimality of Straight Talk: Information Feedback and Learning

    Kimiyuki Morita (Osaka University of Economics)

  • DIVISION OF LABOR IN MULTI-BUSINESS FIRMS: HUMAN CAPITAL, JOB DESIGN, AND LABOR CONTRACTS

    Birger Wernerfelt (MIT)

G3: Organization and Markets 4 — Room IAB 404

Chair: Anna Petruchenya (Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University)

  • The Value of Relational Adaptation in Outsourcing: Evidence from the 2008 Shock to the US Airline Industry

    Ricard Gil (Johns Hopkins University); Myongjin Kim (University of Oklahoma); Giorgio Zanarone (CUNEF)

  • Supply side effects of pollution tax rate asymmetries

    Harald Hinterecker (Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz); Michael Kopel (Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz)

  • The Determinants of Firm R&D Investment: A Revisit to Tobin's Q Theory with Product-Market Competition Assumption

    Hoang M. Luong (The University of Greenwich); Mehmet Ugur (The University of Greenwich)

  • Market Shares of Agricultural Cooperatives across Sectors and Countries in the European Union

    Anna Petruchenya (Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University); George Hendrikse (Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University)

G4: Property Rights — Room JG 105

Chair: Henry Smith (Harvard University)

  • Measurement Costs and the Market for Variable Quality Commodities

    Yoram Barzel (University of Washington); Aurora Stephany (University of Washington)

  • Contracts as Reference Points in Venture Capital

    Richard Fairchild (University of Bath); Maija Halonen-Akatwijuka (University of Bristol); John Lewis (UPEC, IAE Gustave Eiffel and IRG)

  • Modeling Legal Modularity

    Ted Sichelman (University of San Diego); Henry Smith (Harvard University)

G5: Management and Organization — Room IAB 410

Chair: Jon Bingen Sande (BI Norwegian Business School)

  • Renegotiation of Joint Venture Contracts: The Influence of Alternative Governance Mechanisms

    Valérie Duplat (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam); Elko Klijn (Leeds University Business School); Jeffrey Reuer (Leeds School of Business – Boulder); Henri Dekker (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

  • ASSIGNMENT OF CALL OPTION RIGHTS IN FRANCHISE CONTRACTS: A TRANSACTION COST AND REAL OPTION PERSPECTIVE

    Ilir Hajdini (University of Vienna); Josef Windsperger (University of Vienna)

  • Finding Mr. Schumpeter: An Empirical Study of Competition and Technology Adoption

    Jeffrey T. Macher (Georgetown - McDonough); Nathan H. Miller (Georgetown - McDonough); Matthew Osborne (Toronto - Rotman)

  • Microfoundations of value creation and relational contracting in B2B relationships: the role cross-understanding

    Jon Bingen Sande (BI Norwegian Business School); Kenneth H. Wathne (UiS Business School, University of Stavanger); Mrinal Ghosh (Eller College of Management, University of Arizona)

G6: Norms, Customs, and Culture — Room IAB 411

Chair: Ghulam Mustafa (Federal Urdu University, Pakistan)

  • Between the Green Pitch and the Red Tape: The Private Legal Order of FIFA

    Suren Gomtsian (University of Leeds); Annemarie Balvert (Tilburg University); Branislav Hock (Tilburg University); Oguz Kirman (Tilburg University)

  • Do institutions cause social trust? Evidence from an institutional reform

    Denis Ivanov (National Research University Higher School of Econ)

  • The Interaction of Individual Values and Sticky Formal Institutions in Economic Development

    Judit Kapas (University of Debrecen)

  • Governance thresholds and human capital–growth nexus

    Ghulam Mustafa (Federal Urdu University, Pakistan); Muhammad Khan (Université d’Orléans, Rue de Blois, Orléans Cedex)

G7: Constitutions and Political Systems — Room WJ Basement 107

Chair: Zach Warner (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

  • The elasticity of voter turnout: Investing 85 cents per voter to increase voter turnout by 4 percent

    Mark Schelker (University of Fribourg); Marco Schneiter (University of Fribourg)

  • Public Preferences for Redistribution and Policy Outcomes - Comparative Study

    Chen Sharony (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev); Shlomo Mizrahi (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev); Miki malul (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev)

  • Sovereign Default and Coalition Formation

    Ricardo Vicente (Tallinn University of Technology)

  • Divide to Rule: Deconcentration as Coalition Manipulation

    Zach Warner (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

G8: Continuity and Change in the Design of Complex Contracts — Room JG 104

Chair: Matthew Jennejohn (BYU Law School)

  • The Design of Staged Contracting

    Albert Choi (University of Virginia); George Triantis (Stanford University)

  • Deal Momentum

    Cathy Hwang (University of Utah)

  • The Architecture of Contract Innovation

    Matthew Jennejohn (BYU Law School)

  • Beyond Boilerplate: Lessons from the SEC’s Regulation of Standardized Disclosure

    Jeremy McClane (University of Connecticut)

G9: Institutional Economic History — Room JG 106

Chair: Douglas Allen (Simon Fraser University)

  • Giving Away An Empire: Corrdination of Railroads and Homesteaders Through Incentives

    Douglas Allen (Simon Fraser University)

  • Land Ownership and Delay in Oil and Gas Production: A Natural Experiment

    Eric C. Edwards (Utah State University); Trevor O'Grady (The College of New Jersey); David Jenkins (Apache Corporation)

  • Endogenously Determined versus Exogenously Imposed Institutions: The Case of Tyranny in Ancient Greece

    F. Andrew Hanssen (Clemson University); Robert K. Fleck (Clemson University)

  • Negative Shocks and Mass Persecutions: Evidence from the Black Death

    Remi Jebwab (GWU); Noel Johnson (GMU); Mark Koyama (GMU)

G10: Competition Law and Policy — Room IAB 405

Chair: Angela Zhang (King's College London)

  • Common Ownership, Competition, and Top Management Incentives

    Miguel Anton (IESE); Florian Ederer (Yale University); Mireia Gine (IESE); Martin Schmalz (University of Michigan)

  • De-Politicization and Corporate Transformation

    Daniel Berkowitz (University of Pittsburgh); Chen Lin (Hong Kong University); Sibo Liu (Hong Kong University)

  • Privatising the Crown Jewels: A Theoretical Analysis of Partial Privatisation

    Evagelos Pafilis (King's College London)

  • Strategic Public Shaming: Evidence from Chinese Antitrust

    Angela Zhang (King's College London)

Parallel H

H1: Poster Session — Room TBA

  • Aging, Retirement, and High-Skill Work Performance: The Case of State Supreme Court Judges

    Elliott Ash (Princeton University); W. Bentley MacLeod (Columbia University)

  • Morningness-evenigness pay gap in creative R&D jobs

    Aaro Hazak (Tallinn University of Technology); Kadri Männasoo (Tallinn University of Technology); Markku Partinen (Helsinki Sleep Clinic, University of Helsinki)

  • Conflict and the design of optimal conflict

    Bentley W. MacLeod (Columbia University); Victoria Valle Lara (University of Lausanne); Christian Zehnder (University of Lausanne)

  • Relative Evaluation Scheme for Teams and Multi-tasks

    Satoshi Matsuzawa (Yale University)

  • Endogenous corruption in Europe: Destructive or Constructive? An econometric analysis of corruption’s effects on output and income inequalities

    Georgios Melios (Swansea University)

  • Nanotechnology risk – next challenge for the insurance sector

    Adam Sliwinski (Warsaw School of Economics); Marietta Janowicz-Lomott (Warsaw School of Economics)

  • GULAG-mart: gray and black markets within modern Russian penal system

    Anton V. Tabakh (Higher School of Economics, Mosow); Polina V. Kryuchkova (Higher School of Economics, Moscow)

  • Segregation and mobility in economic activity: deriving features and drivers from income and spending patterns

    Milan van den Heuvel (Ghent University); Tarik Roukny (MIT); Ken Bastiaensen (Ghent University); Benjamin Vandermarliere (Ghent University); Koen Schoors (Ghent University); Jan Ryckebusch (Ghent University)