Programme

Catherine de Fontenay (Productivity Commission), Guido Friebel (Frankfurt), Maria Guadalupe (INSEAD), Andrea Prat (Columbia).
Chair: Richard Holden (UNSW)

Panel 2: “Autocracy and Conflict in the Age of Trump” Colombo LG04 - Theatre B

Gérard Roland (UC Berkeley), Konstantin Sonin (University of Chicago), Scott Gehlbach (University of Chicago).
Chair: Pauline Grosjean (UNSW)

Panel 3: “Workplace Mental Health” Colombo LG05 - Theatre C

Sam Harvey (Black Dog Institute, UNSW), Daniela Scur (Cornell), Elizabeth Seeley (Northern and Western Sydney Psychology Clinics and University of Sydney), Andrew Wait (University of Sydney).
Chair: Kieron Meagher (ANU)

2.30 pm to 3.00

Coffee Break

3.00 pm to 4.15 pm

Keynote

Keynote #3: Presidential address - Colombo LG03 - Theatre A

Scott Gehlbach (Chicago): “How Is a Dictatorship (Not) Like a Firm?”

4:15 pm – 4:45

Business meeting and awards ceremony

5.00 pm

Public Transportation to Circular Quay

Tramway L3 from ANZAC Parade to Circular Quay or L2 line from High Street – we will give more detail.

6:00 - 10 pm

Gala Reception

Harbourside Room of the Museum of Contemporary Art (Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Tallawoladah, Gadigal Country, 140 George Street, The Rocks, Sydney NSW 2000)

Programme

Sunday, August 24

Social outdoor activities

Registration

UNSW Business School 6th floor Lounge

Welcome

Keynote #1 - Colombo LG03 - Theatre A

Reception

Adjourn

Monday, August 25

Breakfast

Parallel A

A1 Corruption

Apex Corruption Erodes Democratic Values

Oligarchic Networks of Influence and Legislatures in Developing Democracies: Evidence from Ukraine

Once Upon a Time in America: the Mafia and the Unions

A2 Environmental Governance and Policy

Adapting to climate change with (in)complete land property rights: Evidence from the Greece land registry reform

Greener Thy Neighbor? On the Welfare Effects of Protectionist Climate Policies

Beyond the Canopy: How Satellite Data Resolution Influences Policy Evaluation and Deforestation Behavior

Rethinking the Value and Emission Implications of Green Bonds

A3 Measurement, Incentives, and Methodological Innovation

The Streetlight Effect in Data-Driven Exploration

Forecast Elicitation and Frequency Control

Endogenous Sample Selection

A4 Information and People Flows in History

International Migration, Exchange Rate Shocks, and Education Investment

The Money is in the Mail: The evolution of the global Postal Money Order network

Media and Assimilation: Evidence from the Golden Age of Radio

A5 Gender Norms in and across Organizations

Masculinity Around The World

Managers and the Cultural Transmission of Gender Norms

Gender Composition and University Climate

Norms at Work: Well-being, Performance and Hyper-Competition in Academia

A6 Externalities Across International Borders

Cross-border Spillover Effects of Dams along International Rivers

A Framework for Evaluating Border Configurations: Applications to Africa

Governance of Cross-border Trade by Small World Network: The Case of Informal Trades between Sinuiju-Dandong in the North Korean and Chinese Border Region

A7 Organizational Culture

Dismantling Workplace Norms: Strategies for Cultural Diffusion

Specialists And Generalists In Adaptive Organizations

Managing Loyalty in Hierarchical Organisations

A8 Political Institutions and Governance

The market for extortion and protection

Politics of Food: An Experiment on Trust in Expert Regulation and Economic Costs of Political Polarization

The Polarization Paradox: Why More Connections Can Divide Us

Coffee Break

Parallel B

B1 Media, Social Media, and Politics I

Breaking the Spiral of Silence

Article-Level Slant and Polarization of News Consumption on Social Media

Strategic Use of Social Media by Political Parties: Evidence from Italy

B2 Political Protests I

Focal Points and Salience in Protest Coordination

Group (Mis)Perception and Strategic Behavior in Protests: Evidence from Women’s March in Chile

B3 Environmental Cooperation and Collective Action

NEGOTIATING WITH ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISTS IN THE SHADOW OF REGULATION

Cooperation and asymmetries in common-pool resources

Strengthening accountability for climate change: Experimental evidence on grassroots demand for government action in Mexico

B4 Historical Socioeconomics

Marriage Market and Assortative Matching in Colonial Tasmania

The persistent health effects of defoliating Vietnam

Slave trade and the spread of Islam in Africa

B5 Labor Market Policies

The labour market effects of cash transfers to the unemployed: Evidence from South Africa

Estimating the Educational Impact of Prohibition Laws: A Natural Experiment in India

Firm and Worker Effects of Employment Equity Legislation: Evidence from South Africa

B6 Pay and Incentives

Pay transparency, fairness perceptions and work effort: Experimental evidence from China

Competing Motivations: When More Incentives Lead To Less Effort

Equal Pay for Equal Work for Equal Pay

B7 Knowledge and Communication

Why Are We Conscious? A Social Scientific Explanation

Beyond Words: Non-Verbal Cues in Virtual Collaborations

Getting the Picture

B8 Adaptive Organizations

Authority, Risk Aversion, and Adaptation to Unforeseen Disturbances

Optimal Rule Enforcement

The Allocation of Decision Authority Revisited: A Simple Analysis of Three-Stage Decision Processes

B9 Post-Conflict Politics & Transitions