Detailed Program


Day 1 - Thursday, September 17, 2015

11:20 – 12:30 - Parallel Sessions 1

Parallel Sessions 1
Room
Chair
Paper
Discussant
Paper
Discussant
Family and Health
U 10
Laura Birg
Per-Olof Bjuggren, Louise Nordström, Johanna Palmberg
Laura Birg
U 11
Alfred Endres
Igor Shishlov
Igor Shishlov, Valentin Bellassen
Designing monitoring rules in climate policy: the uncertainty issue
Alfred Endres
Experimental Law and Economics - Short Paper Session
U 12
Stefania Ottone
see below
see below
U 13
Paul Fenn
Thomas Eger, Marc Scheufen, Daniel Meierrieks
Dominique Demougin
Andrew Griffiths
Crime; Punishment; Criminal Law
U 14
Bruno Deffains
Yehonatan Givati
U 15
Katarzyna Metelska-Szaniawska
U 21
Ben Depoorter
Guang Shen
Regulation of the Inter-Provincial Establishment of Companies: Applying the Economics of Federalism to China
Michael Faure
Ben Depoorter, Stephan Tontrup
Unenforced Laws: A Field Experiment
Guang Shen
International Law, International Trade and Immigration - Short Paper Session
U 22
Jerg Gutmann
see below
see below

Short Paper Sessions

Short Paper Sessions
Room
Chair
Paper
Paper
Paper
Experimental Law and Economics - Short Paper Session
U 12
Stefania Ottone
Laura Lyhs, Sven Hoeppner
Effects of Standard Vagueness: Legal Uncertainty in the Lab
Andreas Engert, Oliver Belitz, Andreas Michl
International Law, International Trade and Immigration - Short Paper Session
U 22
Jerg Gutmann
Wolfgang Alschner, Dmitriy Skougarevskiy
Nellie Munin
EU Guidelines Regarding Activities by Israel in the Occupied Territories: A Diplomatic Achievement
or a Pyrrhic Victory?
Jerg Gutmann and Stefan Voigt
Mapping the Road to Freedom – The Correlates and Roots of the Rule of Law

13:15-15:00 - Parallel Sessions 2

Parallel Sessions 2
Room
Chair
Paper
Discussant
Paper
Discussant
Paper
Discussant
Methodology and Regulatory issues
U 10
Rune Stenbacka
Environmental Law and Economics and Göran Skogh Memorial Session
U 11
Wolfgang Weigel
Chih-Ching Lan
Alfred Endres
Michael Faure
Göran Skogh on Environmental Policy
Wolfgang Weigel
U 12
Oren Gazal
Sven Hoeppner
Two Sides of a Coin? A Field Experiment on Framing of Incentive Structures
Tobias Hlobil
Tobias M. Hlobil
Why do Today's Judges Follow Yesterday's Rulings?
Sven Hoeppner
Oren Gazal
U 13
Adrien Hervouet
Adrien Hervouet
Jane Winn
Move Slow and Make Things: Regulating Innovative Solidarity
Marianna Succurro
Crime; Punishment; Criminal Law
U 14
Matteo Rizzolli
Libor Dusek
Eberhard Feess, Ansgar Wohlschlegel, Markus Schramm
The Impact of Fine Size and Uncertainty on Punishment and Deterrence: Theory and Evidence from the Laboratory
Elena Kantorowicz-Reznichenko
U 15
Thomas Gehrig
Niclas Berggren, Sven-Olov Daunfeldt, Jörgen Hellström
Hans Pitlik
Marc Sangnier, Thomas Bourveau, Renaud Coulomb
Political Connections and Insider Trading
Julia Reynolds
Asmaa Ezzat, Mona Fayed
Central Bank Independence and Democracy: Does Transparency Matter?
Thomas Gehrig
U 16
Dominique Demougin
Neil Rickman, Paul Fenn
Dominique Demougin
Margherita Saraceno, Giuseppe Dari-Mattiacci
Paul Fenn
Dominique Demougin, Bruno Deffains, Claudine Desrieux
ADR versus Litigation: A Cost Paradox
Margherita Saraceno
Crime, Deterrence and Criminal Law - Short Paper Session
U 21
Peter Grajzl
see below
see below
see below
U 22
Bodo Knoll
Stefania Ottone, Ferruccio Ponzano, Giulia Andrighetto, Nan Zhang, Sven Holger Steinmo
Oren Gazal
Adi Libson

Short Paper Session

Short Paper Session
Room
Chair
Paper
Paper
Paper
Paper
Paper
Crime, Deterrence and Criminal Law - Short Paper Session
U 21
Peter Grajzl
Pierpaolo Giannoccolo, Maurizio Lisciandra
Matteo Rizzolli, Edoardo Grillo
Adjudicative Procedures, Wrongful Convictions and Reference Dependent Preferences
Peter Grajzl, Andrzej Baniak
Private Enforcement, Corruption, and Antitrust Design

15:15-16:25 - Parallel Sessions 3

Parallel Sessions 3
Room
Chair
Paper
Paper
U 10
Per-Olof Bjuggren
Juan Jose Ganuza, Fernando Gomez
Georg von Wangenheim
U 12
Jaroslaw Beldowski
Jaroslaw Beldowski, Kamil Jonski, Daniel Mankowski
Economic Enforcement of International Law
Katharina Pfaff
Jaroslaw Beldowski
U 13
Alexander Kurdin
David Abrams, Ufuk Akcigit, Gokhan
The NPE: Benevolent Middleman or Stick-Up Artist?
Alexander Kurdin
U 14
Urs Schweizer
David Gomtsyan, Suren Gomtsyan
What Do the Decisions of the European Court of Human Rights Tell About Property Rights across Europe?
Jerg Gutmann
U 15
Monika Köppl Turyna
Martin Rode, Hans Pitlik
Do federal arrangements deter or spur secessionist movements? Empirical evidence from the European Union
Monika Köppl Turyna
U 16
Samantha Bielen
Antitrust and Regulation - Short Paper Session
U 21
Miriam Buiten
see below
see below
Psychology and Law & Economics - Short Paper Session
U 22
Yun-chien Chang
see below
see below

Short Paper Sessions

Short Paper Sessions
Room
Chair
Paper
Paper
Paper
Psychology and Law & Economics - Short Paper Session
U 22
Yun-chien Chang
Peng Peng, Augusto Preta
Discrimination and Neutrality on the Internet: the Zero Rating Case
Kevin Poel, Wim Marneffe, Willem Vanlaer
The cost savings, enablers and barriers of electronic invoicing in Belgium
Day 2 - Friday, September 18, 2015

9:00 - 10:45 - Parallel Sessions 1

Parallel Sessions 1
Room
Chair
Paper
Discussant
Paper
Discussant
Paper
Discussant
U 10
Rune Stenbacka
Eli Salzberger
Andreea Cosnita-Langlais
Andreea Cosnita-Langlais, Edmond Baranes, Thomas Cortade
Rune Stenbacka
U 11
Alon Klement
Johannes Paha, Samuel de Haas
Partial cross ownership and explicit collusion
Inés Pérez-Soba
U 12
Sven Hoeppner
Marco Fabbri, Paolo Nicola Barbieri, Maria Bigoni
Lotteries Against Free-riding: a Field Experiment
Sven Hoeppner
Matteo Rizzolli, James Tremewan
Wrongful convictions and non-monetary sanctions
Marco Fabbri
U 13
Ben Depoorter
Ben Depoorter
Enforcing Against Norms: Trial And Error In Copyright Law
Tanja Saxell
Crime; Punishment; Criminal Law
U 14
Alan Miller
Henrik Lando
Alan Miller
Linear Community Standards
Eric Langlais
U 15
Luigi Franzoni
Hadar Jabotinsky, Eyal Sagi
Moral rhetoric in the Basel Accords: A quantitative analysis.
Luigi Franzoni
U 16
Alice Guerra
Juan S. Mora-Sanguinetti, Miguel García-Posada
Judicial Enforcement Procedures and Credit: Lessons From The Last Decade In Spain
Alice Guerra
Alice Guerra, Claudio Tagliapietra
Judicial Turnover and the Duration of Trials
Juan S. Mora-Sanguinetti
Litigation, Dispute Resolution and the Legal Process - Short Paper Session
U 21
Benjamin Minhao Chen
see below
see below
see below
Political Economy and Public Choice/Extreme Conditions
U 22
Wolfgang Weigel

Short Paper Session

Short Paper Session
Room
Chair
Paper
Paper
Paper
Paper
Paper
Litigation, Dispute Resolution and the Legal Process - Short Paper Session
U 21
Benjamin Minhao Chen

13:25 - 14:25 - Parallel Sessions 2

Parallel Sessions 2
Room
Chair
Paper
Discussant
Paper
Discussant
U 10
Hans Pitlik
Hans Pitlik, Martin Rode
Individualistic Values, Institutional Trust, and Interventionist Attitudes
NACI MOCAN
U 11
Martin Gelter
Suren Gomtsyan
Interest (Share) Transfer Restrictions: Theory And Evidence From Business Organization Contracts
Martin Gelter
Martin Gelter
The Pension System and Convergence in Corporate Governance
Suren Gomtsyan
Fundamentals in Law and Economics
U 12
Fernando Gomez
Limor Riza
Versatility Rules: Rawlsian Right to be Taxed versus the Duty to be Taxed as Property versus Liability and Inalienability Rules
Alan Miller
Antitrust and Regulation - Short Paper Session
U 13
Nicola Giocoli
see below
see below
Crime, Deterrence and Criminal Law - Short Paper Session
U 14
Kai Hueschelrath
see below
see below
U 15
Marlene Haas
Thomas Gehrig, Caroline Fohlin, Marlene Haas
Marta Allegra Ronchetti
Marta Allegra Ronchetti
Credit Rating Agency, Preliminary Ratings and Contact Disclosure
Marlene Hass
U 16
Shay Lavie
Giuseppina Gianfreda, Giovanna Vallanti
On the causes of Courts’ delays: a supply-side story?
Shay Lavie
Shay Lavie, Avraham Tabbach
Judgment Contingent Settlement
Giuseppina Gianfreda
U 21
Agnes Strauß
Christoph Schinke, James R. Hines Jr., Niklas Potrafke, Marina Riem
Inter vivos transfers of ownership in family firms
Agnes Strauß
Agnes Strauß
The Influence Of Government Ideology On Arms Exports
Laura Birg
Political Economy and Public Choice/Extreme Conditions
U 22
Hans-Bernd Schäfer

Short Paper Sessions

Short Paper Sessions
Room
Chair
Paper
Paper
Paper
Antitrust and Regulation - Short Paper Session
U 13
Nicola Giocoli
Jens Frankenreiter
Judicial quality, workload and reversal rates — Determinants of appeals against decisions by the General Court of the European Union
Crime, Deterrence and Criminal Law - Short Paper Session
U 14
Kai Hueschelrath
Faiz Ur Rehman
Govern the Ungoverned through Monopolize Violence: Frontier Crimes Regulation of Pakistan

13:25 - 14:25 - Parallel Sessions 3

Parallel Sessions 3
Room
Chair
Paper
Discussant
Paper
Discussant
U 10
Emanuela Carbonara
Markus Reischmann
Creative Accounting and Electoral Motives: Evidence from OECD Countries
Niklas Potrafke
Niklas Potrafke, Björn Kauder, Markus Reischmann
Do politicians award discretionary grants to core supporters? Evidence from a German state
Emanuela Carbonara
U 13
Stephen Billion
Dorothee Mischkowski, Andreas Glöckner, Peter Lewisch
Information search, coherence shifts and their interplay in legal decision making
Oren Gazal
Comparative Law and Economics - Short Paper Session
U 14
Marie Obidzinski
see below
see below
U 21
Jiri Schwarz
Andrew Griffiths
Jiri Schwarz
Andrew Griffiths
Finance, Securities and Capital Market Regulation - Short Paper Session
U 21
Jaroslaw Beldowski
see below
see below

Short Paper Sessions

Short Paper Sessions
Room
Chair
Paper
Paper
Paper
Comparative Law and Economics - Short Paper Session
U 14
Marie Obidzinski
Eric Langlais, Marie Obidzinski
Antônio J. Maristrello Porto, Pedro Butelli
Overindebtedness and its causes

16:30 - 17:50 - Parallel Sessions 4

Parallel Sessions 4
Room
Chair
Paper
Discussant
Paper
Discussant
Christoph Kimmerle
Christoph Kimmerle
An empirical analysis on the relationship between a European Commission proposal design and the likelihood of national parliaments’ subsidiarity complaints.
Xiaofan Meng
U 11
Henrik Lando
Gabriel Doménech-Pascual
Gabriel Doménech, Miguel Puchades
Nuno Garoupa
U 12
Alon Klement
Yuval Procaccia, Assaf Jacob, Alon Klement
Tobias Pfrommer
Tort Law and Compensation Systems - Short Paper Session
U 13
Wing Man Wynne Lam
see below
see below
Political Economy and Public Choice - Short Paper Session
U 14
Emanuela Carbonara
see below
see below
Tax Competition - Short Paper Session
U 16
Amedeo Argentiero
see below
see below
Family and Health
U 20
Marc Scheufen
Sarah Bernhard, Stefan Bernhard
Do EU anti-discrimination provisions make a difference? The case of wage discrimination against EU foreigners in Germany
Per-Olof Bjuggren

Short Paper Sessions

Short Paper Sessions
Room
Chair
Paper
Paper
Paper
Tort Law and Compensation Systems - Short Paper Session
U 13
Wing Man Wynne Lam
Steffen Juranek
The determinants of investments in patent litigation
Alice Guerra, Tobias M. Hlobil
Tailoring Standards to Individual Risk-Type
Political Economy and Public Choice - Short Paper Session
U 14
Emanuela Carbonara
Jaroslaw Beldowski
Economic Enforcement of International Law. Are autocrats “better equipped” to survive adverse economic shocks?
Tax Competition - Short Paper Session
U 16
Amedeo Argentiero
Dirk Heine, Susanne Gaede, Goran Dominioni, Beatriz Martinez Romera, Arne Pieters
Amedeo Argentiero, Bruno Chiarini, Elisabetta Marzano
Tax Evasion and Economic Crime. Empirical evidence for Italy
Day 3 - Saturday, September 19, 2015

9:00 - 10:45 - Parallel Sessions 1

Parallel Sessions 1
Room
Chair
Paper
Paper
Paper
HS 07 (1. Floor)
Iacopo Grassi
Stefan Frübing, Willem Boshoff, Kai Hüschelrath
Information Exchange Through Non-binding Advance Price Announcements: An Antitrust Analysis
Yusuke IKUTA
Iacopo Grassi
Behavioral L&E; Law & Decision Theory; Experimental L&E
HS 08 (1. Floor)
Sergio Mittlaender
Roee Sarel, Eberhard Feess
Judicial effort and the appeal system: theory and experiment
Stefania Ottone
Stefania Ottone, Emanuele Lo Gerfo, Ferruccio Ponzano, Luca Zarri, Leonor Romero
Omer Kimhi
Sergio Rubens Mittlaender Leme de Souza
Roee Sarel
HS 09 (1. Floor)
Mitja Kovac
Crime; Punishment; Criminal Law
HS 10 (2. Floor)
Klara Keglevic
Guido Maretto, Tommaso Aquilante
Criminal Joint Ventures: Evidence from Organized Crime in Italy
Alexander Wulf
HS 12 (2. Floor)
Wolfgang Weigel
Chiara Dalle Nogare, Niklas Potrafke, Andrea Bonoldi
Voter turnout and inheritance rules: Evidence from a border region
Jerg Gutmann
Konstantinos Pilpilidis
The constitution of Eternity: An Economic Theory of Explicit Unamendability
Cristina Giorgiantonio
Cristina Giorgiantonio, Francesco D'Amuri
Mobility of Public Sector Workers in Italy
Wolfgang Weigel
HS 15 (2. Floor)
Alice Guerra
Alice Guerra, Barbara Luppi, Francesco Parisi
Presumption of Negligence
Ronen Avraham

12:10 - 13:30 - Parallel Sessions 2

Parallel Sessions 2
Room
Chair
Paper
Discussant
Paper
Discussant
Environmental Law and Economics - Short Paper Session
HS 08 (1. Floor)
Ilaria Solito
see below
see below
HS 09 (1. Floor)
Claudine Desrieux
Denes Kucsera
Dénes Kucsera, Michael Christl, Monika Köppl Turyna
Employment effects of minimum wages in Europe revisited
Claudine Desrieux
HS 10 (2. Floor)
Peter Lewisch
Peter Lewisch
Olivier Musy, Bruno Deffains, Bertrand Crettez
Adam Chilton
HS 12 (2. Floor)
Robert Miller
Ido Baum
Regulation through Competition: Calibrating Responses to Rapidly Evolving Markets
Robert Miller
HS 15 (2. Floor)
Niklas Potrafke
Jerg Gutmann
Pulling Leviathan's Teeth – The Political Economy of Death Penalty Abolition
Libor Dusek
Konstantinos Pilpilidis
Antitrust and Regulation - Short Paper Session
Remus Valsan
see below
see below

Short Paper Sessions

Short Paper Sessions
Room
Chair
Paper
Paper
Paper
Environmental Law and Economics - Short Paper Session
HS 08 (1. Floor)
Ilaria Solito
Yixin Xu
From Host to Investor: Enhancing the Sustainability of CDM Forest Projects
Giulia Barbanente, Emma Aisbett
International Environmental Agreements and Foreign Investment, a Cross-Country Analysis
Ilaria Solito, Nicoletta Corrocher, Grazia Cecere
Does EMAS improve environmental compliance? An empirical investigation