1st Asian Conference on Organizational Economics
The University of Hong Kong
1st Asian Conference on Organizational Economics
University of Hong Kong, March 13-14, 2025
We are excited to announce the inaugural Asian Conference on Organizational Economics, which will be held at the Hong Kong University Business School on March 12th to 14th, 2025. This workshop presents a platform for researchers from Asia and other regions to share recent work and discuss future trends in Organizational Economics. You may find the program below,
| Wednesday – March 12 | |
| 14:30 – 15:00 | Welcome and coffee |
| 15:00 – 18:00 | PhD Symposium |
| Yunchou Zhang, University of Hong Kong “Optimal Rule Enforcement” | |
| David Cai, London School of Economics and Management “The Vertical Transmission of Policy Preference: Evidence from China” | |
| Jinci Liu, Stockholm University “How does the Division of Labor affect Team Productivity?” | |
| Arna Woemmel, University of Hamburg “Algorithmic Fairness: The Role of Beliefs” | |
| Kohei Takahashi, Waseda University “Specialists And Generalists In Adaptive Organizations” | |
| 18:30~ | Conference Dinner |
| Thursday – March 13 | |
| 9:00 – 10:30 | Session 1: Organization of the Public Sector |
| Florian Englmaier, LMU Munich “Management and Performance in the Public Sector: Evidence from German Municipalities” | |
| Yanhui Wu, University of Hong Kong “The Neighborhood Effect of Watchdogs on Government Accountability in China” | |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Coffee break |
| 11:00 – 12:30 | Session 2: Leadership in Organizations |
| Chen Cheng, Johns Hopkins University “Policy Vagueness and Reputational Concern” | |
| Anik Ashraf, LMU Munich “What Do Middle Managers Do?” | |
| 12:30 – 14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00 – 15:30 | Session 3: AI & Organization |
| Eduard Talamas, IESE Business School “Artificial Intelligence in the Knowledge Economy” | |
| Jie Gong, University of Hong Kong “AI and Creative Process” | |
| 15:30 – 16:00 | Coffee break |
| 16:00 – 17:00 | Keynote 1 |
| Alfonso Gambardella, Bocconi University “AI and Decision Making in Organizations” | |
| Friday – March 14 | |
| 9:30 – 11:00 | Session 4: People Management in Organizations |
| Wing Suen, University of Hong Kong “Signaling in Repeated Delegation” | |
| Hideo Owan, Waseda University “Gender Bias in Evaluation and Promotion” | |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | Coffee break |
| 11:30 – 12:30 | Keynote 2 |
| Daniel Ferreira, London School of Economics and Political Science “Promotions as Lotteries” | |
| 12:30 – 13:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30 – 16:00 | Session 5: Dynamic Incentives in Organizations |
| Zhaotian Luo, University of Chicago “Governing Local Bureaucracy in a Centralized State” | |
| Jangwoo Lee, Chinese University of Hong Kong “Exploitation Payoffs and Incentives for Exploration | |
| Zhuoran Lu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University “Data-Driven Hold-Up and Relational Contracts” | |
If you are interested in participating, please sign up using this this form until March 2nd: https://forms.gle/RSLyn6SEJD4tv4Xy7
Please reach out to orgecon@hku.hk if you have any questions, we are looking forward to seeing you in Hong Kong!
