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 Harper Center Room 344 preceding the workshop.

Joyce Van Grondelle
Workshop Assistant
joyce@chicagogsb.edu
773.834.8171
Harper Center Room 344

Autumn 2007

September 24 (Week 1)

"Motivating Innovation" PDF

Gustavo Manso, MIT

October 1 (Week 2)

"A Learning Model of Dividend Smoothing" (with Peter DeMarzo) PDF

Yuliy Sannikov, Berkeley

October 8 (Week 3)

"Leadership, Trust, and Power" PDF

Roger Myerson, University of Chicago

October 15 (Week 4)

"On Optimal Legal Change, Past Behavior, and Grandfathering" PDF

Steve Shavell, Harvard

October 22 (Week 5)

"Preempting Preemption" PDF

Robert Novy-Marx, University of Chicago

October 29 (Week 6)

"Firm Value and Corporate Governance: Does the Former Cause the Later?" PDF

Ben Hermalin, Berkeley

November 5 (Week 7)

"Kludged" PDF

Jeff Ely, Northwestern

November 12 (Week 8)

"Exploiting Naivete about Self-Control in the Credit Market" (with Paul Heidhues)

Botond Koszegi, Berkeley

November 19 (Week 9)

"Judicial Discretion in Corporate Bankruptcy" (with Nicola Gennaioli)

Stefano Rossi, Stockholm School of Economics

November 26 (Week 10)

"Contract Pricing in Consumer Credit Markets" (with Liran Einav and Mark Jenkins)

Jon Levin, Stanford

December 3 (Week 11)

"Status, Market Power, and Veblen Effects" (with Miguel Diaz and Haresh Sapra) PDF

Luis Rayo, University of Chicago