Past Conferences

	Conference on Ethics and Economics CESifo Conference Centre, Munich 7-9 February 2008 Programme
	Thursday, 7 February 2008
16:00 - 16:15	Welcome & Introduction by the conference organisers Manfred J. Holler and Vesa Kanniainen
	Session I Chair: Vesa Kanniainen
16:15 - 17:00	Keynote Lecture The Origins of Fair Play KEN BINMORE (University College London)
17:00 - 17:15	General discussion
17:15 – 17:30	Coffee
	Session II Chair: Arye Hillmann
17:30 - 18:15	An evolutionary theory of social justice: Choosing the right game LUCIANO ANDREOZZI (Universita degli Studi di Trento) Discussant: Georg von Wangenheim (University of Kassel)
18:15 - 19:00	Honor among Thieves: Cooperation as a Strategic Response to Functional Unpleasantness William B., Heller (Binghamton University) and KATRI K. SIEBERG (University of Tampere) Discussant: Manfred J. Holler (University of Hamburg)
	Friday, 8 February 2008
	Session III Chair: Gebhard Kirchgässner
09:30 - 10:15	Keynote Lecture The Analysis of Freedom MARTIN VAN HEES (University of Groningen)
10:15 - 10:30	General discussion
10:30 – 10:45	Coffee Break
	Session IV Chair: Barbara Klose-Ullmann
10:45 - 11:30	How Ethics May Influence the Provision of Public Goods MICHAEL PICKHARDT (Chemnitz University of Technology) Discussant: Daniel Eckert (University of Graz)
11:30 - 12:15	On Minimal Morals GEBHARD KIRCHGÄSSNER (University of St.Gallen) Discussant: Vikas Kumar (University of Hamburg)
12:15 - 13:00	Lunch
	Session V Chair: Shanti Chakravarty
13:00 - 13:45	An equity-efficiency trade-off in a geometric approach to committee selection Daniel Eckert (University of Graz) and CHRISTIAN KLAMLER (University of Graz) Discussant: Marlies Ahlert (Martin-Luther-University, Halle-Wittenberg)
13:45 - 14:30	What can facilitate cooperation: Reciprocity, fairness, norms, trust or punishment? URS STEINER BRANDT (University of Southern Denmark) Discussant: Arye Hillmann (Bar-Ilan University)
14:30 – 15:00	Coffee Break
15:00 - 15:45	Corporate Virtue: Motives for Whistle Blowing and the Proportionality of Punishment for Violators DANIEL G ARCE (University of Texas at Dallas) Discussant: Shanti Chakravarty (Bangor University)
15:45 – 16:30	The Scope of the Market and Economic Ethics ALESSANDRO LANTERI (Erasmus University Rotterdam) Discussant: Matthew Braham (University of Groningen)
16:30 - 17:00	Coffee Break
17:00 - 17:45	Discounting and welfare analysis over time: Choosing the ŋ WOLFGANG BUCHHOLZ (University of Regensburg) and Jan Schumacher (University of Regensburg) Discussant: Mariusz K. Krawczyk (Ryukoku University)
17:45 - 18:30	On the relation between income inequality and happiness do fairness perceptions matter? Christian Bjornskov (Aarhus School of Business ), Axel Dreher (ETH Zurich) and JUSTINA A.V. FISCHER (Stockholm School of Economics) Discussant: Jan Schumacher (University of Regensburg)
19:30	Conference Dinner at the Seehaus Restaurant in the English Garden
	Saturday, 9 February 2008
	Session VI Chair: Katri K. Sieberg
09:30 - 10:15	Keynote Lecture What Ethics Can Learn From Experimental Economics – If Anything WERNER GÜTH (Max Plank Institute of Economics) and HARTMUT KLIEMT (Frankfurt School of Finance & Management)
10:15 - 10:30	General discussion
10:30 – 10:45	Coffee Break
	Session VII Chair: Daniel Arce
10:45 - 11:30	The Samaritan's Paradox. Cooperation and exploitation in interactions with strangers ALAIN MARCIANO (Universite de Re ims Champagne Ardenne (OMI-EDJ) and GREQM) Discussant: Ray Rees (University of Munich)
11:30 - 12:15	Firms’ Ethics, Consumer Boycotts, and Signalling Amihai Glazer (University of California, Irvine), VESA KANNIAINEN (University of Helsinki) and Panu Poutvaara (University of Helsinki) Discussant: Werner Güth (Max Plank Institute of Economics)
12:15 - 12:45	Lunch
12:45	End of Conference

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