Midwestern Law & Economics Association Annual Meeting - Day One
The Ninth Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Law & Economics Association will be held on October 4-5 at Notre Dame Law School. Program after the break.
| Session I | ||
| 9:00 am – 10:30 am | Panel A: Torts & Health Care Moderator: O. Carter Snead (Notre Dame)Barbara Luppi (Modena—Economics) & Francesco Parisi (Minnesota) “Forgiving Overconfidence in Tort Law” Adam Candeub (Michigan State) Robert Katz (IU—Indianapolis) |
Room 3108 Eck Hall of Law |
| Panel B: Procedure Moderator: Joseph Bauer (Notre Dame)David Hyman (Illinois), Bernard Black (Texas), and Charles Silver (Texas) “Waiting for the Big One: The Economics of Plaintiff-Side Personal Injury Litigation” Paul Stancil (Illinois) Royce Barondes (Missouri) |
Room 2171 Eck Hall of Law | |
| 10:30 am – 10:45 am | Break | Room 2130 Eck Hall of Law |
| Session Il | ||
| 10:45 am – 12:15 pm | Panel A: Corporate I Moderator: Margaret Brinig (Notre Dame)Robert Rhee (Maryland) “Bonding Limited Liability” Brian Broughman (IU-Bloomington) & Jesse Fried (Harvard) Elizabeth Brown (Georgia State—Business) |
Room 3108 Eck Hall of Law |
| Panel B: Property I Moderator: Nicole Garnett (Notre Dame)Jeffrey Stake (IU-Bloomington) “Just Compensation” Brian Lee (Brooklyn) Daniel Kelly (Notre Dame) |
Room 2171 Eck Hall of Law | |
| 12:15 pm – 1:30 pm | Lunch | Room 2130 Eck Hall of Law |
| Session Ill | ||
| 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm | Panel A: Contracts Moderator: Lisa Casey (Notre Dame)Barbara Luppi (Modena—Economics) & Francesco Parisi (Minnesota) “Optimal Remedies for Bilateral Contracts” Amitai Aviram (Illinois) Gerrit de Geest (Washington University—St. Louis) |
Room 3140 Eck Hall of Law |
| Panel B: Property II Moderator: Daniel Kelly (Notre Dame)Judith Fox (Notre Dame) & Richard Williams (Notre Dame—Sociology) “Foreclosures in St. Joseph County, Indiana, 2001-2007” Margaret Brinig (Notre Dame) & Nicole Garnett (Notre Dame) |
Room 3108 Eck Hall of Law | |
| 3:00 pm – 3:15 pm | Break | Room 2130 Eck Hall of Law |
| Session IV | ||
| 3:15 pm – 4:45 pm | Panel A: Criminal Law and Welfare Economics Moderator: Robert Blakey (Notre Dame)Robert Mikos (Vanderbilt) “Crime Doesn’t Pay: Some Realism about Taxing Marijuana” Marcello Basili (Siena—Economic Policy), Simona Benedettini (Siena—Economics), and Antonio Nicita (Siena—Economics) John Bronsteen (Loyola), Christopher Buccafusco (Illinois), and Jonathan Masur (Chicago) |
Room 3140 Eck Hall of Law |
| Panel B: Intellectual Property and Competition Law Moderator: Mark McKenna (Notre Dame)Ted Sichelman (San Diego) “Quantum Game Theory and Cooperation in Intellectual Property” Dave Schwartz (Chicago-Kent) Shahar Dillbary (Alabama) |
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