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 (ModenaEconomics) & Francesco Parisi (Minnesota) Forgiving Overconfidence in Tort Law Adam Candeub (Michigan State) Robert Katz (IUIndianapolis) |
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 StateBusiness) |
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 (ModenaEconomics) & Francesco Parisi (Minnesota) Optimal Remedies for Bilateral Contracts Amitai Aviram (Illinois) Gerrit de Geest (Washington UniversitySt. Louis) |
Room 3140 Eck Hall of Law |
Panel B: Property II Moderator: Daniel Kelly (Notre Dame)Judith Fox (Notre Dame) & Richard Williams (Notre DameSociology) 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 Doesnt Pay: Some Realism about Taxing Marijuana Marcello Basili (SienaEconomic Policy), Simona Benedettini (SienaEconomics), and Antonio Nicita (SienaEconomics) 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) |