University of Chicago
Graduate School of Business

Workshop in Theory of Organizations

Fall, 2001 Schedule

Fall, 2001 Calendar

 

September 24

 

No Meeting.

 

October 1

 

Canice Prendergast, University of Chicago GSB:  “The Limits of Bureaucratic Efficiency”.  canice.prendergast@gsb.uchicago.edu


October 8

 

Roland Benabou, Princeton:  “Willpower and Personal Rules”.  rbenabou@princeton.edu

 

 October 15

 

Charles Zheng, Northwestern:  Auctions with resale.  czheng@northwestern.edu

 

 October 22

 

Wouter Dessein, University of Chicago GSB:  “Control Allocations in Technology Alliances and Venture Capital Contracts”.  wouter.dessein@gsb.uchicago.edu

 

 October 29

 

Xavier Gine, University of Chicago and Yale, “Capital Access in Rural Thailand:  An Estimated Model of Formal vs. Informal Credit”.  xgine@midway.uchicago.edu

 

November 5

 

Tony Bernardo, UCLA (visiting GSB):  TBA. tony_bernardo@yahoo.com

 

November 12

 

James Dow, London Business School, “Active agents, passive principals:  The role of the chief executive in corporate strategy formulation and implementation”.  JDow@london.edu

 

November 19

 

Birger Wernerfelt, MIT Sloan School:  “Determinants of asset ownership:  A study of the carpentry trade” bwerner@po14.mit.edu

 

November 26

 

Faruk Gul, Princeton:  TBA.  fugul@princeton.edu

 

December 3

 

Thomas Hubbard, University of Chicago, GSB, “Make vs. Buy in Trucking:  Asset Ownership, Job Design and Information”.  thomas.hubbard@gsb.uchicago.edu

 

Meeting Information

The workshop meets in Rosenwald 405 from 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. unless otherwise noted. In addition to downloadable copies, papers will be available from Gwen Tillman in Rosenwald 331 prior to the seminar. 

Business 356-01

Sapra/Stromberg(2-0741)

Past Workshops

*  Spring 01

*  Fall 00

*  Spring 00

*  Fall 99

 

 

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Last updated September 14, 2001 by Gwen Tillman