NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

Not-for-Profit Organizations Conference

Edward Glaeser, Organizer

January 17-19, 2002

Cheeca Lodge

Islamorada, Florida Keys

THURSDAY, JANUARY 17:

7:00 PM Welcome Reception and Dinner

FRIDAY, JANUARY 18:

8:30 AM Continental Breakfast

9:00 AM Introductory Remarks:

EDWARD GLAESER, Harvard University and NBER

9:30 AM RAYMOND FISMAN, Columbia University

R. GLENN HUBBARD, Columbia University and NBER

Endowments, Governance, and the Nonprofit Form

Discussant: JERRY GREEN, Harvard University and NBER

10:45 AM JONATHAN NELSON, Syracuse University

RICHARD ZECKHAUSER, Harvard University and NBER

A Renaissance Instrument to Support Nonprofits:

The Sale of Private Chapels in Florentine Churches

Discussant: BRUCE WEINBERG, Ohio State University

12:00 PM Lunch

1:00 PM BURCAY ERUS and BURTON WEISBROD, Northwestern University

Compensation Structures Across Institutional Forms:

Responses to Exogenous Revenue Constraints in the Hospital Industry, 1992-1997

Discussant: SENDHIL MULLAINATHAN, MIT and NBER

2:15 PM HENRY HANSMANN, Yale University

DANIEL KESSLER, Stanford University and NBER

MARK MCCLELLAN, Stanford University and NBER

Ownership Form and Capacity Choice in the Hospital Industry

Discussant: DAVID CUTLER, Harvard University and NBER

3:30 PM Adjourn

7:00 PM Reception and Dinner

SATURDAY, JANUARY 19:

8:30 AM Continental Breakfast

9:00 AM WILLIAM GOETZMANN, Yale University and NBER

SHARON OSTER, Yale University

Does Governance Matter: The Case of Art Museums

Discussant: ANTOINETTE SCHOAR, MIT and NBER

10:15 AM Break

10:30 AM JASON BARRO, Harvard University and NBER

MICHAEL CHU, Harvard University

HMO Penetration, Ownership Status, and the Rise of Hospital

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Discussant: FIONA SCOTT MORTON, Yale University

11:45 AM GUY DAVID and ANUP MALANI, University of Chicago

TOMAS PHILIPSON, University of Chicago and NBER

Firm Behavior in the Non-Profit Sector: A Synthesis and Empirical Evaluation

Discussant: THOMAS HUBBARD, University of Chicago and NBER

1:00 PM Concluding Discussion

1:45 PM Lunch and Adjourn

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