WINIR 2024 - Sessions
The following sessions were submitted and accepted as such.
Posted on 7 June 2024.
S1 – Institutions and Innovation: Exploring Economic History through Power, Technology & Governance
Convenor: Colin Harris (St Olaf College, USA)
Colin Harris (St Olaf College, USA), “Institutional Mechanisms of the Protestant Reformation”
Jacob R. Hall (University of Pennsylvania, USA), “Itinerant Kings”
Peter K. Hazlett (New York University, USA), “The Economics of New England Witchcraft”
Patrick Fitzsimmons (George Mason University, USA), “Blood and Iron: Political Fragmentation in the Ancient Eastern Mediterranean”
S2 – A Long-Term View on Culture, Institutions & Development
Convenor: Nadia von Jacobi (University of Trento, Italy)
Enrico Spolaore (Tufts University, USA), Mickael Melki (Paris School of Business, France), Hillel Rapoport (Paris School of Economics, France) & Romain Wacziarg (UCLA, USA & NBER, USA), “Cultural Remittances and Modern Fertility”
Jonathan Schulz (George Mason University, USA & University of Nottingham, UK), Max Posch (University of Exeter, UK & Harvard University, USA) & Joseph Henrich (Harvard University, USA), “How Social Structure Drives Innovation: Surname Diversity and Patents in U.S. History”
Stefan Voigt (University of Harburg, Germany), Mahdi Khesali (University of Harburg, Germany) & Nadia von Jacobi (University of Trento, Italy), “Once Upon a Time: Introducing the Historical Values Survey”
S3 – Interdisciplinary Views on Interdependency
Convenor: Nadia von Jacobi (University of Trento, Italy)
Vlad Tarko (University of Arizona, USA), “Conflict and Cooperation Perspectives on Capitalism”
Jouni Paavola (University of Leeds, UK), “Institutional Interdependence and the Effectiveness of National Environmental Policy Interventions”
Sara Lorenzini (University of Milan, Italy), “A View on Interdependence: Indivisibility and the Limits of the Nature of Goods”
Bryan Bruns (Independent, USA), “Navigating Interdependence: Cooperation in a Landscape of Changing Games”
S4 – Institutional Perspectives on Post-Industrial Cities
Convenor: Michael Madison (University of Pittsburgh, USA)
Michael Madison (University of Pittsburgh, USA), “Commons in the City: The Origins, Evolution, and Challenges of Communal Identity”
Michael Glass (University of Pittsburgh, USA), “Inclusive Innovation in (Post-)Industrial Cities”
Sabina Dietrick (University of Pittsburgh, USA), “Cultural Regeneration Policies After Crisis”
Chris Briem (University of Pittsburgh, USA), “Facing the Abyss: The Allegheny Conference and the Challenge of Deindustrialization”
S5 – Governing Corporate Knowledge Commons
Convenor: David Gindis (University of Warwick, UK)
Ilia Murtazashvili (University of Pittsburgh, USA) & Michael Madison (University of Pittsburgh, USA), “The Autonomous Corporation as Knowledge Commons”
David Gindis (University of Warwick, UK), Pavel Kuchar (Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic) & Dan Cole (Indiana University, USA), “Toward a Knowledge Commons Perspective on the Corporate Form”
Brett Frischmann (Villanova University, USA), “Comments on the Governing Corporate Knowledge Commons Project”
S6 – Exploring New Perspectives on Social Inequality, Community Well-being & Quality of Life
Convenor: Patsy Kraeger (Chatham University, USA)
Patsy Kraeger (Chatham University, USA) & Rhonda Phillips (Chatham University, USA), “Participatory Community Philanthropy: A pathway for Reducing Social (In)Equalities”
Cornelia Walther (University of Pennsylvania, USA), “A Holistic Perspective to Nurture Quality of Life and Social Equity”
Maria Olivella Rizza (University of Catania, Italy), “Rights Through Development Policies: Inequalities in Siracusa from Industrialization to New Urban Paradises”
Dashiell Elliott (Grantmakers of Oregon and Southwest Washington, USA) & Frank Ridzi (Central New York Community Foundation & LeMoyne College, USA), “Launching a Black Equity and Excellence Fund: Improving Community Well-Being through Black-Led Social Change”
S7 – Business Corporations: Institutional & Public Dimensions
Convenor: Sergio Alberto Gramitto Ricci (University of Missouri Kansas City & Brooklyn Law School, USA)
David Gindis (University of Warwick, UK) & Eva Micheler (London School of Economics, UK), “Institutional Theory for Corporate Law”
Daniel J. Greenwood (Hofstra University, USA) & Sergio Alberto Gramitto Ricci (University of Missouri Kansas City & Brooklyn Law School, USA), “Total Governance”
Christina Sautter (Southern Methodist University, USA), Sergio Alberto Gramitto Ricci (University of Missouri Kansas City & Brooklyn Law School, USA) & Daniel J. Greenwood (Hofstra University, USA), “Shareholder Democracy Failure”
Sergio Alberto Gramitto Ricci (University of Missouri Kansas City & Brooklyn Law School, USA), “Corporate Governance and Public Opinion”
S8 – Incompatibilities
Convenor: Nadia von Jacobi (University of Trento, Italy)
Paul Dragos Aligica (George Mason University, USA & University of Bucharest, Romania), “The Three Cities Trilemma: Navigating the Challenges of Pluralism in the 21st Century”
Stefan Voigt (University of Hamburg, Germany) & Nadia von Jacobi (University of Trento, Italy), “Incompatibilities: When Formal and Informal Institutions Do Not Align”
Robert Gabriel Ciobanu (niversity of Bucharest, Romania), “The Global Economic Integration Dilemma: Functionalist Efficient Stability vs. Geoeconomic Vulnerability Risks”