Oliver E. Williamson Best Conference Paper Award

"From Connections to Persistence" - a worthy Williamson Award Best Conference Paper Winner

Pierre-Guillaume Méon after receiving the Williamson Award 2023

By the members of the SIOE 2023 executive program committee and Scott Gehlbach, Bob Gibbons, and Pauline Grosjean

For the Oliver Williamson Award for the Best Conference Paper at SIOE's 2023 annual meeting in Frankfurt, the committee unanimously selected one runner-up and one winner....

Oliver E. Williamson Best Conference Paper Award 2022

By Guido Friebel, for the committee (Bob Gibbons and Gillian Hadfield)

The Oliver E. Williamson Best Conference Paper award is given annually in recognition of the excellent work presented at our conference. In past years award winners have gone on to publication in top journals such as...

Oliver E. Williamson Best Conference Paper to Gabriele Gratton & Barton Lee

Gabriele Gratton and Barton Lee

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...

The Oliver E. Williamson Best Conference Paper Award 2020

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...

Oliver Williamson Best Conference Paper Award 2019 to Paper on Sweden’s Radical Right

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...

Best Paper Award at Montreal Conference is on Peruvian Fishmeal Manufacturing Industry

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 (...

Exit, Voice and Political Change: Evidence from Swedish Mass Migration to the United States

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...