Organizational Economics Seminar

The Organizational Economics Seminar meets Tuesdays 2:30-4:00pm in E62-650 unless noted otherwise. For further details, please e-mail Sam Reisman at reisman@mit.edu. 

Spring 2025 Schedule

  • February 11, 2025

    Zhaotian Luo (UChicago)

    "Governing Local Bureaucracy in a Centralized State" (w/ Z. Liu, Y. Qiu, T. Xi, & H. Zhu)

  • February 25, 2025

    Alessandra Fenizia (GWU)

    "Not Incentivized yet Efficient: Working from Home in the Public Sector"

  • March 4, 2025

    Silke Forbes (Tufts)

    "Supply Shocks and Emissions When Firms Can Adapt"

  • March 11, 2025

    Jorge Tamayo (HBS)

    "Reorganizing Work: Technology Adaptation in a Bank"

  • March 18, 2025

    Andrea Prat (Columbia)

    "Measuring Organizational Narratives"

  • April 1, 2025

    Holger Herz (Fribourg)

    "Who Values Power for Its Own Sake?"

  • April 8, 2025

    Trang Nguyen (Northwestern Kellogg)

    "Managers and the Cultural Transmission of Gender Norms"

  • April 15, 2025

    Robby Akerlof (Warwick)

    "Getting the Picture" (w/ R. Holden & H. Li)

  • April 22, 2025

    Namrata Kala (MIT Sloan)

    "The Impacts of Employee Recognition Programs on Workers and Firms: The Role of Managerial Discretion vs. Worker Voting" (w/ M. McKelway)

  • April 29, 2025

    Anna Sanktjohanser (Toulouse)

    “On the Role of Outside Options in Buyer-Seller Relationships” (w/ J Hörner)