ACOE Conferences – The Organizational Economics Group at HKU
2st Asian Conference on Organizational Economics
March 12-14 2026, University of Hong Kong
We are pleased to announce the 2nd Asian Conference on Organizational Economics, which will take place at the Hong Kong University Business School from March 12-14, 2026.
The conference is co-organized by the HKU Centre for AI, Management and Organization (CAMO). We invite submissions of empirical, experimental, and theoretical papers in Organizational Economics, with a special interest in research at the intersection of AI and organizations.
The submission deadline is December 15. The full Call for Papers can be found here.
The local organizing committee consists of Matthias Fahn, Jie Gong, Jin Li, and Michael Wong.
Please reach out ot orgecon@hku.hk if you have any questions. We look forward to receiving your submissions and to welcoming you in Hong Kong!
1st Asian Conference on Organizational Economics
March 12-14 2025, University of Hong Kong
Conference Program
Day 1 – March 12, 2025
15:00 – 18:00: PhD Symposium
Yunchou Zhang, University of Hong Kong
Optimal Rule Enforcement
David Cai, London School of Economics
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
Day 2 – March 13, 2025
Research Sessions & Keynote
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
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?
14:00 – 16:30 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
16:45 – 17:45: Keynote 1
Alfonso Gambardella, Bocconi University
AI and Decision Making in Organizations
Day 3 – March 14, 2025
Final Sessions & Keynote
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
11:30 – 12:30: Keynote 2
Daniel Ferreira, LSE
Promotions as Lotteries
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