March 7-9, 2024
Snowbird Resort
The Utah Winter Organizational and Political Economics conference is sponsored by the Marriner S. Eccles Institute for Economics and Quantitative Analysis at the University of Utah, Columbia University, the London School of Economics and Political Science, Kellogg School of Management, and MIT. The aim of the conference is to stimulate theoretical and empirical connections between the fields of Organizational Economics and Political Economy. The program includes formal presentations, informal discussion, and skiing.
Organizers: Rafaella Sadun (Harvard University), Bob Gibbons (MIT), Adam Meirowitz (Princeton University),
and Erik Snowberg (University of Utah)
Dates:
March 7-9, 2024
2024 Agenda
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2024 Agenda
Thursday, March 7
6:30 pm – 8:00 pm Welcome Reception (Primrose A)
Friday, March 8
6:15 am – 7:00 am Breakfast (Primrose A)
7:00 am – 9:00 am Session One (Primrose B)
Research Waves, Gilat Levy, London School of Economics
Discussant: Ken Shotts, Stanford Graduate School of Business
Innovation Adoption by Committee: An Empirical Analysis of Deliberations in FDA Advisory Committees, Matias Iaryczower, Princeton University
Discussant: Namrata Kala, MIT Sloan
9:00 am – 4:45 pm Skiing and Spa Activities
4:45 pm – 5:30 pm Après Ski (Primrose B)
5:30 pm – 7:30 pm Session Two (Primrose B)
Ethnic Bias in the State: Experimental Evidence from Peru, Michael Best, Columbia University
Discussant: Silvia Vannutelli, Northwestern University
State Paralysis: The Impacts of Procurement Risk on Government Effectiveness, Diana Moreira, University of California, Davis
Discussant: Maria Titova, Vanderbilt University
7:30 pm – 9:00 pm Dinner (Primrose A)
Saturday, March 9
6:15 am – 7:00 am Breakfast (Primrose A)
7:00 am – 9:00 am Session Three (Primrose B)
Bureaucratic Deliberation and Performance: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Benin, Shan Aman-Rana, University of Virginia
Discussant: Virginia Minni, Chicago Booth School of Business
Sharing Models to Interpret Data, Josh Schwartzstein, Harvard Business School
Discussant: Florian Ederer, Boston University
9:00 am – 4:45 pm Skiing and Spa Activities
4:45 pm – 5:30 pm Après Ski (Primrose B)
5:30 pm – 7:30 pm Session Four (Primrose B)
Bourbon Reforms and State Capacity in the Spanish Empire, Luis Martinez, University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy
Discussant: Charles Angelucci, MIT Sloan
Conservation by Lending, Bard Harstad, Stanford Graduate School of Business
Discussant: Guido Friebel, Goethe University
7:30 pm – 9:00 pm Dinner and Conference Conclusion (Primrose A)
2024 Organizers: Rafaella Sadun (Harvard University), Bob Gibbons (MIT), Adam Meirowitz (Princeton University), and Erik Snowberg (University of Utah)
Archives
2023 Utah Winter Organizational and Political Economics Conference
Thursday, January 26
6:30 pm – 8:00 pm Welcome Reception Magpie A (Floor L1)
Friday, January 27
6:15 am – 7:00 am Breakfast Superior (Floor L)
7:00 am –9:00 am Session One Superior (Floor L)
From Lapdogs to Watchdogs: Random Auditor Assignment and Municipal Fiscal Performance in Italy
Presenter: Silvia Vannutelli, Northwestern University
Discussant: Rafaella Sadun, Harvard Business School
Accountability in Governing Hierarchies
Presenter: Christopher Li, Vanderbilt University
Discussant: Michael Powell, Northwestern University
9:00 am – 4:45 pm Skiing and Spa Activities
4:45 pm – 5:30 pm Après Ski Superior (Floor L)
5:30 pm – 7:30 pm Session Two Superior (Floor L)
Simon Says? Equilibrium Obedience and the Limits of Authority
Presenter: Heikki Rantakari, University of Rochester
Discussant: Christopher Li, Vanderbilt University
Ancestral Livelihoods and Moral Universalism: Evidence from Transhumant Pastoralism
Presenter: Sara Lowes, University of California, San Diego
Discussant: Jon Bendor, Stanford University (via Zoom)
7:30 pm –9:00 pm Dinner Maybird (Floor L)
Saturday, January 28
6:15 am – 7:00 am Breakfast Superior (Floor L)
7:00 am – 9:00 am Session Three Superior (Floor L)
Organizing and Kingdom
Presenter: Charles Angelucci, MIT
Discussant: Michael Ting, Columbia University
Organizational Capacity and Project Dynamics
Presenter: Dana Foarta, Stanford University
Discussant: Wouter Dessein, Columbia University
9:00 am – 4:45 pm Skiing and Spa Activities
4:45 pm – 5:30 pm Après Ski Superior (Floor L)
5:30 pm – 7:30 pm Session Four Superior (Floor L)
Collective Screening
Presenter: Peter Buisseret, Harvard University
Discussant: Daniel Barron, Northwestern University
Strengthening State Capacity: Civil Service Reform and Public Service Delivery During the Gilded Age
Presenter: Guo Xu, University of California, Berkeley
Discussant: Steve Callander, Stanford University
7:30 pm –9:00 pm Dinner and Conference Conclusion Maybird (Floor L)
2022 Utah Winter Organizational and Political Economics Conference
Thursday, February 10
5:00 pm – 7:00 pm Welcome Reception
Friday, February 11
6:15 am – 7:00 am Breakfast
7:00 am –9:00 am Session One
An Organizational Theory of State Capacity
Presenter: Mike Ting, Columbia University
Discussant: Charles Angelucci, MIT
Inside the Real State: Corruption in the Hierarchy of the Traffic Police Agency of Kinshasa
Presenter: Raul Sanchez, University of Chicago
Discussant: Allison Stashko University of Utah
9:00 am – 4:45 pm Skiing and Spa Activities
4:45 pm – 5:30 pm Après Ski
5:30 pm – 7:30 pm Session Two
Optimal Political Career Dynamics
Presenter: Elliot Lipnowski, Columbia University
Discussant: Ravideep Sethi, University of Utah
Endogenous Contribution Cycles
Presenter: Mattias Iaryczower, Princeton University
Discussant: Joseph McMurray, Brigham Young University
7:30 pm – 9:00 pm Dinner
Saturday, February 12
6:15 am – 7:00 am Breakfast
7:00 am – 9:00 am Session Three
Task Allocation and On-the-Job Training
Presenter: Leeat Yariv, Princeton University
Discussant: Avidit Acharya, Stanford University
The Impacts of Managerial Autonomy on Firm Outcomes
Presenter: Namrata Kala, MIT
Discussant: Wouter Dessein, Columbia University
9:00 am – 4:45 pm Skiing and Spa Activities
4:45 pm – 5:30 pm Après Ski
5:30 pm – 7:30 pm Session Four
Union Leaders: Experimental Evidence from Myanmar
Presenter: Laura Boudreau, Columbia University
Discussant: Dana Foarta, Stanford University
Conference Summary and Discussion
7:30 pm –9:00 pm Dinner and Conference Conclusion
2020 Utah Winter Organizational and Political Economics Conference
Thursday, January 30
5:00 pm – 7:00 pm Welcome Reception (Magpie A)
Friday, January 31
6:30 a.m. – 7:30 a.m. Breakfast (Magpie A)
7:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Session 1 (Magpie B)
Achieving Scale Collectively
Presenter: Vittorio Bassi, University of Southern California
Discussant: Guo Xu, University of California Berkeley
Policy Decay and Political Competition
Presenter: Steve Callander, Stanford University
Discussant: Nicola Persico, Northwestern University
9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Ski or Spa
4:45 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Après Ski (Magpie A)
5:30 pm – 7:30 pm Session 2 (Magpie B)
The Politics of Asymmetric Extremism
Presenter: Alexander V. Hirsch, California Institute of Technology
Discussant: Allison Stashko, University of Utah
What Prevents Firms from Improving their Management Practices? Experimental Evidence on the Role of Managers’ Turn over from Middle and Large Ethiopian Firms
Presenter: Stefano Caria, University of Bristol
Discussant: Charles Angelucci, Columbia University
7:30 pm – 9:00 pm Dinner (Magpie A)
Saturday, February 1
6:30 a.m. – 7:30 a.m. Breakfast (Magpie A)
7:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Session 3 (Magpie B)
Endogenous Experimentation in Organizations
Presenter: Germán Gieczewksi, Princeton University
Discussant: Avidit Acharya, Stanford University
Aid Crowd-Out: The Effect of NGOs on Government-Provided Public Services
Presenter: Erika Deserranno, Northwestern University
Discussant: Laura Boudreau, Columbia University
9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Ski or Spa
4:45 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Après Ski (Magpie A)
5:30 pm – 7:30 pm Session 4 (Magpie B)
Ownership Changes, Management and Efficiency: Evidence from Rwanda’s Coffee Industry
Presenter: Ameet Morjaria, Northwestern University
Discussant: Michael Best, Columbia University
Wait and See or Step In? Dynamics of Interventions
Presenter: Dana Foarta, Stanford University
Discussant: Ravideep Sethi, University of Utah
7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Dinner (Magpie A)