Workshop in the Theory of Organizations (WTO)

When possible, workshop papers are posted to the Workshop website. Hard copies of the above workshop papers will be available in GSB 344 preceding the workshop.

If you have any questions, please email Joyce Van Grondelle (Workshop Assistant) or contact her by phone at 773.834.8171.

Upcoming Workshops

Schedule: Mondays 1:30 to 2:50 p.m.
Location: Harper Center Room 3 B

Spring 2007

March 26 (Week 1)

An Algorithm that Finds Truth Even if Most People Are Wrong (PDF ) (with H. Sebastian Seung)
Drazen Prelec, MIT

April 2 (Week 2)

No Meeting

April 9 (Week 3)

(Mis)selling through Agents (with Roman Inderst) (PDF )
Marco Ottaviani, LBS

April 16 (Week 4)

Bargaining with Arrival of New Traders (with Andrzej Skrzypacz) (PDF )
William Fuchs, University of Chicago

April 23 (Week 5)

Incentives in Core Selecting Auctions (PDF ) (with Robert Day)
Paul Milgrom, Stanford

April 30 (Week 6)

Deliberation and Security Design in Bankruptcy (PDF ) (with Hülya K. K. Eraslan)
Bilge Yilmaz, Wharton

May 7 (Week 7)

Learning How to Cooperate when Contingencies Are Ambiguous (PDF )
Sylvain Chassang, MIT (Ph.D. student)

May 14 (Week 8)

Internet Advertising and the Generalized Second-Price Auction: Selling Billions of Dollars Worth of Keywords (PDF ) (with Benjamin Edelman and Michael Schwarz)
Michael Ostrovsky

May 21 (Week 9)

Can Contract Theory Explain Social Preferences? (1st paper) (PDF ); Employment Protection, Bonus Pay, and Labor Market Performance (with Armin Falk and David Huffman) (2nd paper) (PDF )
W. Bentley Macleod

May 28 (Week 10)

No Workshop -- Memorial Day

June 4 (Week 11)

Conflict and Compromise in Hard and Turbulent Times (with Robert Powell)
Ernesto Dal Bó