Past Conferences

	Do We Need National or European Champions? CESifo Conference Centre, Munich 16-17 November 2007 Programme
	Friday, 16 November 2007
12:00 -12:10	Welcome & Introduction
	Session I Chair: Christian Gollier (University of Toulouse)
12:10 -13:10	Keynote Lecture Competition, Industrial Policy and Economic Growth PHILIPPE AGHION (Harvard University) Discussant: Monika Schnitzer (University of Munich)
13:10-14:00	Lunch
	Session II Chair: Philippe Aghion (Harvard University)
14:00-15:00	Mergers and National Champions MASSIMO MOTTA (European University Institute Florence and University of Bologna) and Michele Ruta (European University Institute) Discussant: Régis Renault (Universite de Cergy Pontoise)
15:00-16:00	Keynote Lecture Countries in Competition for Corporate Headquarters: Is There a Need to Adjust the Rules of Corporate Control? MARTIN HELLWIG (Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods Bonn) Disussant: Adriaan Dierx (European Commission)
16:00-16:30	Coffee
	Session III Chair: Massimo Motta (European University Institute, Florence and University of Bologna)
16:30-17:30	National Champions Under Credit Rationing Christian Gollier (University of Toulouse) and BRUNO JULLIEN (University of Toulouse) Discussant: Werner Bönte (Max Planck Institute of Economics)
	Saturday, 17 November 2007
	Session IV Chair: Ludger Wößmann (University of Munich and Ifo Institute)
09:00-10:00	National Champion Versus Foreign Takeover JENS SUEDEKUM (University of Konstanz) Discussant: Michele Ruta (European University Institute)
10:00 - 11:00	Market Integration with Regulated Firms Winners, Losers and Cooperation SARA BIANCINI (European University Institute) Discussant: Valerie Rabassa (Direction de la Concurrence, Paris)
11:00 - 11:15	Coffee Break
	Session V Chair: Paul Seabright (University of Toulouse)
11:15 - 12:15	Big Business Stability and Economic Growth: Is What's Good for General Motors Good for America? KATHY FOGEL (Northern Kentucky University), Randall Morck (University of Alberta) and Bernard Yeung (New York University) Discussant: Oliver Falck (Ifo Institute for Economic Research)
12:15-13:15	Lunch
13:15-14:15	Do We Need National Champions? If So, Do We Need a Champions-Related Industrial Policy? An Evolutionary Perspective Oliver Falck (Ifo Institute) and STEPHAN HEBLICH (Max Planck Institute of Economics Jena) Discussant: Cecile Aubert (University of Bordeaux)
	Session VI Chair: Christian Gollier (University of Toulouse)
14:15 - 15:15	Keynote Lecture The Hidden Costs of Political Sponsorship on Industrial Firms PAUL SEABRIGHT (University of Toulouse) Discussant: Tobias Kretschmer (University of Munich)
19:00	Conference Dinner at the Seehaus Restaurant in the English Garden

Do We Need National or European Champions?

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