By Gillian Hadfield
The Oliver E. Williamson Best Conference Paper award is given annually in recognition of the great work we see at the conference. In past years award winners have gone on to publication in top journals such as the JPE and the Review of Financial Studies. The award is...
By Tore Ellingsen
As is customary, the winner of the Williamson Award is chosen by the President (Tore Ellingsen), the President Elect (Robert Gibbons), and the 1.st Vice President (Gillian Hadfield). We are most grateful to the members of the Program Committee for performing the first...
Torsten Persson (center) accepts the Williamson Award from SIOE President-Elect Tore Ellingsen and President Francine Lafontaine
By Francine Lafontaine
Background: The Oliver Williamson Best Conference Paper Award is open to all papers accepted for presentation and given at SIOE’s annual meeting. A sub-group of members of the Program Committee, chosen by the program chair Tore Ellingsen, shortlisted a small set...
By Francine Lafontaine
At the SIOE 2018 conference in Montreal, the Oliver Williamson Best Conference Paper Award for the best paper delivered at the conference was awarded to "Vertical Integration, Supplier Behavior, and Quality Upgrading Among Exporters," by Christopher Hansman (...
By Bentley MacLeod
Oliver E. Williamson Best Conference Paper Award
The finalists for the 2017 Williamsom Award were:
" Competing for Relationships: Markets and Informal Institutions in Sierra Leone ," by Tarek Ghani (WUSTL) and Tristen Reed (World Bank) “ Common Ownership...By Sergei Guriev
Every year, the Society awards the Oliver E. Williamson Best Conference Paper Award to the best paper presented in the SIOE’s Annual Conference. The paper is chosen by an Award Committee made of several members of the conference’s Program Committee and is chaired by the...