Past Conferences

	CESifo Conference on Law and Economics CESifo Conference Centre, Munich 2 - 3 December 2011 Programme

	Friday, 2 December 2011
09:00 - 09:15	Welcome & Introduction Bruno Deffains and Dominique Demougin
	Session 1
09:15 - 10:00	What's the Use of Marriage ALESSANDRO CIGNO Discussant: Mordechai Schwarz
10:00 - 10:45	Subgame Perfect Plea Bargaining in Biform Judicial Contests MORDECHAI E. SCHWARZ (The Open University of Israel) Discussant: Alessandro Cigno
10:45 - 11:00	Coffee Break
	Session 2
11:00 - 11:45	Legal Institutions, Innovation and Growth Luca Anderlini, Leonardo Felli, GIOVANNI IMMORDINO (University of Salerno) and Alessandro Riboni Discussant: Stefan Voigt
11:45 - 12:30	The Relevance of Judicial Procedure for Economic Growth Bernd Hayo and STEFAN VOIGT (University of Hamburg) Discussant: Giovanni Immordino
12:30 - 13:30	Lunch

	Session 3
13:30 - 14:15	Financing Litigation: A Comparative Analysis Bruno Deffains and CLAUDINE DESRIEUX (University of Paris II) Discussant: Claude Fluet
14:15 - 15:00	Third Party Financing of Litigation: Efficiency Implications in Different Legal Environments and a Formal Model DOMINIQUE DEMOUGIN (European Business School) and Felix Maultzsch Discussant: Claudine Desrieux
15:00 - 15:15	Coffe Break

	Session 4
15:15 - 16:00	Punishment as Defiance: Deterrence and Perverse Effects in the Case of Expressive Crime MARTIN A. LEROCH (Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz) Discussant: Carlos Bethencourt
16:00 - 16:45	Rational Suicides: Evidence from Changes in Inmates' Expected Sentence Length Giovanni Mastrobuoni and NADIA CAMPANIELLO (CERIS - CNR) Discussant:Martin Leroch
16:45 - 17:30	Crime and Social Expenditure: A Political Economic Approach CARLOS BETHENCOURT (University of La Laguna) Discussant: Nadia Campaniello
19:30	Conference Dinner

	Saturday, 3 December 2011
	Session 5
09:15 - 10:00	The Role of Stigma in the Design of Tort Regimes Bruno Deffains and CLAUDE FLUET (Université de Québec à Montréal) Discussant: Yolande Hiriart
10:00 - 10:45	Relative Performance of Liability Rules: Experimental Evidence Vera Angelova, Giuseppe Attanasi and YOLANDE HIRIART (Université de Franche-Comté) Discussant: Gérard Mondello
10:45 - 11:30	Lenders and Risky Activities: Strict Liability or Negligence Rule? GÉRARD MONDELLO (University of Nice Sophia Antipolis) Discussant: Brunce Deffains
11:30 - 11:45	Coffee Break
	Session 6
11:45 - 12:30	In Dubio Pro Reo Behavioural Explanations of Pro-Defendant Bias in Procedures Antonio Nicita and MATTEO RIZZOLLI (Free University of Bozen-Bolzano) Discussant: Sofia Amaral-Garcia
12:30 - 13:15	Civil and Administrative Litigation: Does it Make a Difference? The Case of Medical Malpractice in Spain, 2006-2009 SOFIA AMARAL-GARCIA (ETH Zurich) Discussant: Matteo Rizzolli
13:15 - 14:15	Lunch

	Session 7
14:15 - 15:00	Bottom-Up: A Law-Making Process ROMAIN ESPINOSA (Sciences Po) Discussant: Peter Cserne
15:00 - 15:45	Contracts and Morality in Ancient Rome: Lessons from and for Law and Economics PÈTER CSERNE (Tilburg Law School) and Gergely Deli Discussant: Romain Espinosa
15:45 - 16:00	Coffe Break

	Session 8
16:00 - 16:45	The Interrelationship between Formal and Informal Decentralization and its Impact on Sub-National Governance Performance THANH THUY VU (Paris X University), Messaoud Zouikri and Bruno Deffains Discussant: Petal Jean Hackett
16:45 - 17:30	Cutting Too Close? Design Protection and Innovation in Fashion Goods PETAL JEAN HACKETT (University of Edinburgh) Discussant:Thanh Thuy Vu
17:30	End of Conference

CESifo Conference on Law and Economics

CESifo Conference Centre, Munich 2 - 3 December 2011

Programme

Friday, 2 December 2011

Session 1

Session 2

Session 3

Session 4

Saturday, 3 December 2011

Session 5

Session 6

Session 7

Session 8

CESifo Conference Centre, Munich
2 - 3 December 2011