These are 2008 AEA Conference Papers; please see also the full 2008 ASSA Preliminary Program Schedule.
Conference papers will be uploaded as they become available from the authors.

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Joseph P.H. Fan (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)

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Sunday, January 6, 10:15 AM
Session: Empirical Analyses of Organizations and Markets (AEA)
Presiding: Thomas Hubbard (Northwestern University)

The Return to Knowledge Hierarchies
Luis Garicano (University of Chicago)
Thomas Hubbard (Northwestern University)

Word-of-mouth in Movies with Platform Release: Theory and Evidence
Yijuan Chen (University of Pennsylvania)
Qiang Pan (University of Pennsylvania)

Do Lawyers Work for Clients? Using Timing of Dropped Cases to Estimate Incentive Misalignment
Yasutora Watanabe (Northwestern University)
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Institutional Determinants of Vertical Integration: Evidence from China
Joseph P.H. Fan (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Jun Huang (Shanghai University of Finance & Economics)
Randall Morck (University of Alberta)
Bernard Yeung (New York University)


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