SOCIETÀ ITALIANA DI DIRITTO ED ECONOMIA

2022 Conference Program - Palermo

Practicalities

  • For each paper in a parallel session there is a 30-minute slot. Then, it implies a presentation of about 20 minutes in order to leave 10 minutes for questions and comments from the audience.
  • It is possible (and recommended) to use slides. Please have both a ppt and pdf version uploaded to your USB stick.
  • The presentation might be made by all authors, but within the rule of maximum 20 minutes per presentation.
  • For other info, cf. FAQs.

Dec 14, Wednesday

Villa Malfitano (Fondazione Whitaker),
Via Dante 167, Palermo (7 min. walk from the LUMSA campus)

18:30-20:00 Welcome aperitif and registration

Dec 15, Thursday

LUMSA University, Via Filippo Parlatore, 65, Palermo.

Parallel session A09:30-11:00

A1 Litigation, growth and judicial decision-making

Aula 11 "Tincani" (Room 11 - external ground floor)

Session chair: Caserta, Maurizio

1
Why is litigation so costly to growth?
Rok Spruk (University of Ljubljana); Giovanni B. Ramello (University of Torino); Alessandro Melcarne (University of Paris-Nanterre)
2
Judicial decision-making in criminal courts: the impact of the UPP
Maurizio Caserta (University of Catania); Massimiliano Marletta (University of Catania)

A2 Policies, Behaviours and Pandemics

Aula 5 (Room 5 - first floor)

Session chair: Kanzola, Anna-Maria

1
Social Influence on Individuals’ Vaccination Decision - A theoretical Approach
Fayrouz Fliou (University of Turin)
2
Compliance and Behavioral Shifts Under Crisis
Anna-Maria Kanzola (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens); Nikolaos Chantzis (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens); Anastasia Petroulia (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens); Panagiotis Petrakis (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens); Konstantina Papaioannou (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens)

A3 Digital L&E

Aula 4 (Room 4 - first floor)

Session chair: Martino, Edoardo

1
Let the digital euro circulate: introducing a retail CBDC in the Eurozone with unlimited holdings by users
Mark Warren (Central European University)
2
Regulating Stablecoins as Private Money. A Critical Take on the EU Proposal between Liquidity and Safety
Edoardo Martino (University of Amsterdam)

A4 Environmental L&E I

Aula 2 (Room 2 - ground floor)

Session chair: Battocletti, Vittoria

1
Curbing energy consumption through voluntary quotas: experimental evidence
Nicola Campigotto (University of Pisa); Marco Catola (Maastricht University); Simone D'Alessandro (University of Pisa); Pietro Guarnieri (University of Pisa); Lorenzo Spadoni (University of Cassino and Southern Lazio)
2
Pro-environmental choices and energy poverty: an experimental study on the combined effect of financial incentives and behavioral boosts.
Marco Faillo (University of Trento); Nives Della Valle (JRC, European Commission); Chiara D'Arcangelo (University of Chieti)
3
The Voluntary Carbon Market - Why it is broken and how to fix it
Vittoria Battocletti (Bocconi University); Luca Enriques (Oxford University); Alessandro Romano (Bocconi University)

A5 Public L&E

Aula 13 "Lo Presti" (Room 13 - external ground floor)

Session chair: Voigt, Stefan

1
The administrative justice in Italy at time of Covid-19. Lights and shadows
Giuseppe Di Vita (University of Catania, Department of Economics and Business)
2
Municipal budget cycle in Italy: Evidence of mayors’ opportunistic behavior
Maurizio Lisciandra (Università di Roma LUMSA); Emanuele Bracco (University of Verona); Marco Alberto De Benedetto (University of Calabria)
3
Non-Majoritarian Institutions – A Menace to Constitutional Democracy?
Stefan Voigt (Hamburg)

A6 Philosophy of Law and Economics I

Aula 9 (Room 9 - first floor)

Session chair: Tuzet, Giovanni

1
Better Regulation, Cost-Benefit Analysis and Evidence Based Legal Design: A Critical Inquiry
Silvia Zorzetto (Milan)
2
The interdependence between the definition of the economic good and actor’s legal position
Stefano Solari (Padova)
3
Economic accounts for repugnance: reduction, romance, and rationality
Peter Cserne (University of Aberdeen)
11:00-11:30 Coffee break

Parallel session B11:30-13:00

B1 Competition L&E

Aula 11 "Tincani" (Room 11 - external ground floor)

Session chair: Tzanaki, Anna

1
A Comparative Analysis of the Arbitrability of Tort Claims and the Demand for Adjudication
Paul Aubrecht (Erasmus University Rotterdam, University of Hamburg, University of Bologna)
2
Globalized Competition Agenicification: The Story of Egypt’s Competition Authority
Eslam Mostafa Mohamed Saleh Soliman (Mansoura University; The American University in Cairo)
3
Common Ownership and Merger Control Enforcement
Anna Tzanaki (Lund University); José Azar (University of Navarra, IESE Business School)

B2 Institutions and rules for a sustainable development

Aula 5 (Room 5 - first floor)

Session chair: Porrini, Donatella

1
Institutions and the Image of Limited Good: Did past institutional frameworks influence the spread of the belief in a zero-sum game?
Simone Sarti (University of Turin)
2
An experiment on ecological restoration
Eleonora Ciscato (University of Milan); Virginia Cecchini Manara (University of Milan); Pietro Guarnieri (University of Pisa); Lorenzo Spadoni (University of Cassino and Southern Lazio)
3
The role of biodiversity as insurance against climate change: a law and economics perspective
Donatella Porrini (Università del Salento)

B3 Crimes and corruption I

Aula 4 (Room 4 - first floor)

Session chair: Gutiérrez Urtiaga, María

1
Examining Geopolitical Risks and Crime Relationship: Insights from Europe
S. Tolga Er (University of Hamburg)
2
Bribes and audit fees
María Gutiérrez Urtiaga (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid); Stavriana Hadjigavriel (CUNEF University); Susana Susana Gago Rodríguez (ICADE Universidad Pontificia de Comillas)

B4 Environmental L&E II

Aula 2 (Room 2 - ground floor)

Session chair: Lorenzini, Sara

1
Trade in Environmental Services and Environmental Performance
Nada Maamoun (Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel); Adriana Espes Pizarro (University of Hamburg)
2
Stranded Fossil Fuel Assets in International Investment Law: Socialising Losses by “Politicising” Commercial Risk?
Paolo Mazzotti (Max-Planck-Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law)
3
Forests as Collective Goods: from conflict to polycentricity
Sara Lorenzini (University of MilaN); Nadia Von Jacobi (University of Trento)

B5 Public Law and Human Rights

Aula 13 "Lo Presti" (Room 13 - external ground floor)

Session chair: Tortorici, Giorgio

1
The success and failure of United Nations human rights system to protect human rights worldwide
Mahfuzur Rahman (Supreme Court of Bangladesh)
2
Law and Economics of Eminent Domain: The Contributions of Behavioral Economics and Prospects Theory to the Definition of Just Compensation
Paulo Franco (Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV DIREITO RIO)); Antonio Maristrello Porto (Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV Direito Rio)); Thiago Cardoso Araújo (Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV Direito Rio))
3
The Impact of Ratification of Human Rights Treaties on Economic Inequality
Giorgio Tortorici (University of Palermo); Mario Lavezzi (University of Palermo); Samantha Ajovalasit (University of Palermo)

B6 Philosophy of Law and Economics II

Aula 9 (Room 9 - first floor)

Session chair: Cserne, Peter

1
Extended reality and unfair commercial practices: combining legal, economic, and philosophical perspectives
Cecilia Isola (Università di Genova)
2
Conflicts of Norms: The Dynamics of Deviant Behavior When Deciding Which Rule to Follow
Alessandro Tacconelli (ETH Zurich); Jessie Janny Thenarianto (University of Pennsylvania); Diyang Chu (Yale University, Law School)
3
Rights as Synthetic Molecular Indices: An Empirical Approach to Law and Economics
Alessio Sardo (Genova)

B7 Labour L&E

Aula 8 (Room 8 - first floor)

Session chair: Boeri, Tito

1
Maternity benefits in labor law: Bangladesh perspective
Md Tauhedul Islam (Supreme Court of Bangladesh); Md. Zahidul Islam (Manarat International University); Rifat Chowdhury (Dhaka Judge Court)
2
The use of non-compete agreements in the Italian labour market
Lorenzo Giovanni Luisetto (University of Michigan Law School ); TIto Boeri (Bocconi University, CEPR, IZA and fRDB); Andrea Garnero (OECD and IZA)
3
Judicial Performance as A Worker Discipline Device
Alessandro Melcarne (Université Paris Nanterre); Stefano Dughera (Università di Torino)
13:00-14:30 Lunch

Parallel session14:30-16:00

C1 Tort and liability

Aula 11 "Tincani" (Room 11 - external ground floor)

Session chair: Saraceno, Margherita

1
Lost Profits and Unjust Enrichment damages for the misappropriation of trade secrets
Luigi Alberto Franzoni (University of Bologna); Arun Kaushik (Jindal Global University)
2
The Regulatory Role of Tort Law: A Further Economics Analysis of Civil Liability and the Molecularization of Jurisdictional Protection in Brazilian Consumer Law
Paulo Franco (Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV DIREITO RIO))

C2 Environmental L&E III

Aula 5 (Room 5 - first floor)

Session chair: Dini, Giorgio

1
Should we use taxes or public debt to finance the ecological transition? Fiscal illusion and Constitution in the climate change challenge.
Michele Lemme (Università degli Studi di Torino)
2
The EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism: an overview of its legality and equity under international climate and trade law
Pierfrancesco Mattiolo (University of Antwerp)
3
A field experiment on norms and information about food choice visibility
Giorgio Dini (Università di Bologna); Astrid Dannenberg (University of Kassel); Alessandro Tavoni (Università di Bologna); Eva Weingartner (University of Kassel)

C3 Economics of social norms and non-egoistic motivation

Aula 4 (Room 4 - first floor)

Session chair: Sacchetti, Silvia

1
Spontaneous norms in law and economics: a sketch typology
Karol Zdybel (University of Hamburg)
2
Folklore and Moral Foundations
Nadia von Jacobi (University of Trento); Stefan Voigt (University of Hamburg); Mahdi Khesali (University of Hamburg)
3
Musicians' work preferences: teaching or playing?
Silvia Sacchetti (University of Trento); Andrea Salustri (Sapienza University, Rome)

C4 Business law and corporate governance I

Aula 2 (Room 2 - ground floor)

Session chair: Palas, Rimona

1
The “dilemma of the (shareholder) prisoner”
Riccardo Rao (Trieste and Udine)
2
Fresh start policies and small business activity: evidence from a natural experiment
Miguel Garcia-Posada (Banco de España); Marco Celentani (Universidad Carlos III); Fernando Gómez (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)
3
Does wedge size matter? Financial reporting quality and effective regulation of dual-class firms
Ido Baum (College of Magement - Striks Faculty of Law); Rimona Palas (College of Law & Business); Dov Solomon (College of Law & Business); Dalit Gafni (College of Management )

C5 Special track: Disclosure and labeling regulation in the food industry

Aula 13 "Lo Presti" (Room 13 - external ground floor)

Session chair: Cecchini Manara, Virginia

1
A literature review on Front-of-Pack labels in Europe
Flavia Pucillo (Università degli Studi di Milano); Alessia Cavaliere (Università degli Studi di Milano); Elisa De Marchi (Università degli Studi di Milano); Rodolfo M. Nayga (Texas A&M University); Alessandro Banterle (Università degli Studi di Milano)
2
What do consumers want to know? An experimental study on consumers' preferences over labels content for food products and its effect on purchasing behavior.
Giacomo Degli Antoni (University of Parma); Marco Faillo (University of Trento); Virginia Cecchini Manara (University of Milan)

C6 Books launch session

Aula 9 (Room 9 - first floor)

Session chair: Rizzolli, Matteo

  • Sarzana, Fulvio: The Law of the Metaverse. NFT, DeFI, GameFi and Privacy (Giappichelli publishing House)
    Discussants: Antonio Manganelli; Giambattista Dagnino
  • Esposito, Fabrizio: The Consumer Welfare Hypothesis in Law and Economics (Elgar Publishing)
    Discussants: Anna Tzanaki; Ugo Pagano
16:00-16:30 Coffee break

Plenary session 1 16:30-18:00

Aula 11 (Room 11 - external ground floor)

  • Chair : Giovanni B. Ramello
    Welcome address
  • Keynote speech : Jeffrey John Rachlinski
  • What Replication Crisis in the Social Sciences Means for Empirical Legal Studies
18:00-19:00 General Assembly

Aula 11 (Room 11 - external ground floor)

The general assembly (ordinary meeting): beyond the usual communications of the president and treasurer, we will discuss a partial turnover of the SIDE board (“Consiglio Direttivo”). All SIDE members (“Soci”) are invited to the meeting.[1]

First call: 18:00, December 15, 2022.
Second call: 18:10, December 15, 2022.

Agenda (Chair: Giovanni Ramello)

  • Welcome by the President.
  • Communications of the President.
  • Report of the Treasurer.
  • Discussion on the partial replacement of the Board (“Consiglio Direttivo”).
  • Forthcoming conference candidates.
  • Any other business.

Dec 16, Friday

LUMSA University, Via Filippo Parlatore, 65, Palermo.

Parallel session D09:30-11:00

D1 Public Choice

Aula 11 "Tincani" (Room 11 - external ground floor)

Session chair: Ronza, Carla

1
Fidelio: not opening the doors to rebellious t̶e̶e̶n̶s̶ parliamentarians
Umberto Nizza (University of Verona)
2
Taking Reasons Seriously: Containing Arbitrary Power by Cheap Talk
Vesco Paskalev (Brunel University London)
3
The stability effect of female political leaders
Antonio Acconcia (University of Naples Federico II); Carla Ronza (University of Naples Federico II)

D2 International and comparative L&E

Aula 8 (Room 8 - first floor)

Session chair: Bellantuono, Giuseppe

1
Before the hammer falls: An empirical analysis of the market reaction to art thefts
Francesco Angelini (University of Bologna); Massimiliano Castellani (University of Bologna); Naomi Oosterman (Erasmus University Rotterdam)
2
Cicero's equilibrium, the network of narratives in comparative law
Mitja Kovac (University of Ljubljana School of Economics and Business); Margot Callewaert (KU Leuven, Department of Management, Strategy and Innovation)
3
Cracks in the Cathedral: Legal Remedies in Common Law and Civil Law
Giuseppe Bellantuono (Università degli studi di Trento)

D3 Crimes and corruption II

Aula 3 (Room 3 - ground floor)

Session chair: Germani, Anna Rita

1
Search and Matching in Political Corruption
Fabio Monteforte (University of Messina); Maurizio Lisciandra (LUMSA); Antonio Miralles Asensio (University of Messina)
2
Optimal Imprisonment with General Enforcement of Law
Massimo D'Antoni (Università di Siena); Tim Friehe (University of Marburg); Avraham Tabbach (Tel-Aviv University)
3
Sticks, Carrots, and Environmental Crime
Anna Rita Germani (Sapienza University of Rome); Angelo Castaldo (Sapienza University of Rome); Alan P. Ker (University of Guelph)

D4 Data governance and cybersecurity

Aula 9 (Room 9 - first floor)

Session chair: Borgogno, Oscar

1
An Analysis of Changing Transparency regarding Cybersecurity in Annual Reports
Bernold Nieuwesteeg (Erasmus University Rotterdam); Eva Eijkelenboom (Erasmus University Rotterdam)
2
“Commodification bets” and competing legal futures
Marco Giraudo (University of Turin)
3
Making DAOs Fit for Legal Life: Mind the Gap
Oscar Borgogno (Banca d'Italia)

D5 Special track: Disclosure and labeling regulation in the food industry

Aula 4 (Room 4 - first floor)

Session chair: Faillo, Marco

1
The use of blockchain and smart contracts in the agri-food industry
Erica Adamo (Università di Parma); Emanuela Maio (Università di Parma)
2
Mandatory ecolabeling policy design: a case study of Brazil
Lucas Vispico (University of São Paulo, Brazil.); Arthur Sadami (University of São Paulo, Brazil.)
3
The influence of ecolabels and environmental information on fishery and acquaculture consumption
Stefano Fricano (Unipa); Marco Ciziceno (Unipa); Gioacchino Fazio (Unipa); Claudio Pirrone (Unipa)

D6 Philosophy of Law and Economics III

Aula 13 "Lo Presti" (Room 13 - external ground floor)

Session chair: Solari, Stefano

1
Liberty and Good Government in Adam Smith
Paolo Silvestri (Catania); Benoit Walraevens (Caen)
2
Effectiveness, Efficacy, Efficiency
Giovanni Tuzet (Bocconi)
11:00-11:30 Coffee break

Parallel session E11:30-13:00

E1 Litigation process and judicial efficiency I

Aula 11 "Tincani" (Room 11 - external ground floor)

Session chair: Gomez, Fernando

1
Justice delayed is growth denied: Evidence from a comparative perspective
Alessandro Melcarne (Université Paris Nanterre); Giovanni Ramello (Università di Torino); Rok Spruk (University of Ljubljana)
2
Bargaining with the judge: exploding terms in pre-trial settlements
Shay Lavie (Tel Aviv University); Avraham Tabbach (Tel Aviv University)
3
Judicial Quality and the Credit Market: The Case of Spanish Mortgages
Fernando Gomez (Pompeu Fabra Barcelona); Virgina Rosales (University of Granada); Adrian Segura (Pompeu Fabra Barcelona); Rok Spruk (University of Ljubljana)

E2 Public Law and Public Finance

Aula 8 (Room 8 - first floor)

Session chair: Bhatt, Jeet

1
Tax Evasion, Quality of Public Expenditure and Deterrence: A Theoretical Model.
Elena D'Agostino (University of Messina); Marco Alberto De Benedetto (University of Calabria); Giuseppe Sobbrio (University of Messina)
2
Third parties’ opportunism and renegotiations in public contracts: evidence from manipulation in Italian procurement
Alessandro Cavalieri (University of Turin)
3
Role of law and legal institutions in emerging economy: the Indian perspective
Jeet Bhatt (Gujarat National Law University))

E3 Behavioural L&E I

Aula 3 (Room 3 - ground floor)

Session chair: Danciu, Diana

1
Priming anti-coordination with social expectations
Pietro Guarnieri (University of Pisa); Lorenzo Spadoni (University of Cassino and Southern Lazio)
2
How much do initial positions matter in drawing fairness? Evidence from a “symmetrized” Ultimatum Game
Massimiliano Vatiero (University of Trento, and Università della Svizzera italiana); Francesco Guala (University of Milan "La Statale"); Luigi Mittone (University of Trento)
3
The impact of information framing during EU public consultations
Diana Danciu (Hasselt University); Wim Marneffe (Hasselt University)

E4 Intellectual Property Rights

Aula 9 (Room 9 - first floor)

Session chair: Granieri, Massimiliano

1
Decomposition of ownership: what makes people ready to give up their property?
Bartłomiej Biga (Cracow University of Economics)
2
Economic analysis of CDSM Article 17: two arguments in support and two arguments against
Ondřej Woznica (Masaryk University)
3
The law and economics of NFTs as decentralized digital property
Massimiliano Granieri (Università degli Studi di Brescia); Roberto Pardolesi (LUISS Guido Carli)

E5 Philosophy of Law and Economics IV

Aula 4 (Room 4 - first floor)

Session chair: Silvestri, Paolo

1
Legal rules as common goods: a civil economy perspective
Giorgia Lucchini (LUMSA)
2
Is the surveillance society the last stage of State sovereignty? A philosophical-economic perspective
Andrea Favaro (Verona)
3
Hate speech: from speech acts to economic behaviour
Francesco Ferraro (Università degli Studi di Milano)
13:00-14:30 Lunch

Parallel session F14:30-16:00

F1 Litigation process and judicial efficiency II

Aula 11 "Tincani" (Room 11 - external ground floor)

Session chair: Saraceno, Margherita

1
The opt-out collective damages action as a means of claiming redress for infringements of competition law: the story so far and the potential challenges going forward.
Grant Stirling (Edinburgh Napier University)
2
Justice without Lawyers? Insights from Italian Mediation
Giovanni Ramello (Università del Piemonte Orientale); Alessandro Melcarne (Unversité Paris Nanterre); Svitlana Zadorozhna (Università di Torino)
3
On the propensity to settle or litigate in laboratory disputes
Margherita Saraceno (Università degli Studi di Pavia); Matteo Migheli (University of Torino)

F2 Corporate Law and Governance

Aula 8 (Room 8 - first floor)

Session chair: Saez Lacave, Maribel

1
Venture Capital and European Corporate Laws: Bargaining in the Shadow of Regulatory Constraints
Casimiro Nigro (Goethe University, LawFin); Luca Enriques (Oxford, Faculty of LawTobias Troeger); Tobias Troeger (Goethe University, LawFin)
2
Fiduciary Disclosure and Informed Consent: A Behavioural Law and Economics Approach
Remus Valsan (University of Edinburgh)
3
Determinants and Impact of Corporate Directors’ Tenure: Evidence from Spain
Maribel Saez Lacave (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid); Maria Gutierrez (Carlos III)

F3 Policy impact evaluations

Aula 3 (Room 3 - ground floor)

Session chair: Castaldo, Angelo

1
Economic Efficiency of the legal position of Employment Bonds in India
Hiteshkumar Thakkar (GNLU Centre for Law & Economics, Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar, INDIA); Niharika Agarwal, (GNLU Centre for Law & Economics, Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar, INDIA); Chaitanya Acharya (Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar, INDIA)
2
Did Unilateral Divorce raise house prices in Europe?
Rafael González-Val (Universidad de Zaragoza); Miriam Marcén (Universidad de Zaragoza)
3
Evaluating the impact of direct incentives policy measures on occupational safety and health in Italy: a difference-in-difference design approach
Angelo Castaldo (Sapienza University of Rome); Alessia Marrocco (Sapienza University of Rome); Anna Rita Germani (Sapienza University of Rome); Marco Forti (Sapienza University of Rome); Andrea Salustri (Sapienza University of Rome)

F4 Experiments and public choice

Aula 9 (Room 9 - first floor)

Session chair: Lorenzo Spadoni

1
Enfranchising children through proxy voting: welfare and demographic implications
Matteo Rizzolli (LUMSA University in Rome); Federico Trombetta (Università Cattolica di Milano); Federico Boffa (Università di Bolzano); Tommaso Reggiani (Cardiff University)
2
Voluntary Partnerships For Equally Sharing Contribution Costs
Lorenzo Spadoni (Università di Cassino); Irene Buso (Ca' Foscari); Daniela Di Cagno (Luiss); Werner Guth (Max–Planck-Institute for Research on Collective Goods)

F5 Apps and platforms

Aula 4 (Room 4 - first floor)

Session chair: Ghirlanda, Pietro

1
Demand for in-app purchases in mobile apps -- A difference-in-difference approach
Andreea Enache (Stockholm School of Economics); Richard Friberg (Stockholm School of Economics); Magnus Wiklander (MAG)
2
Collaborative platforms and market access in the EU law – in search of balance between liberalisation and protection of public interests
Monika Szwarc (Institute of Law Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences)
3
A Two-tier Social Contract Informed by the Capability Approach as the Framework of an Extended and Alternative Model of Corporate Governance for the Digital Economy
Pietro Ghirlanda (University of Milan)

F6 Inequality, Law and Social Justice

Aula 13 "Lo Presti" (Room 13 - external ground floor)

Session chair: Bertelli, Francesca

1
Inequalities, corporate governance and the idea of Justice: legal liberties not propeprty rights is the basic notion
Lorenzo Sacconi (University of Milan)
2
Market Citizenship: Fostering the Green Transition through European Private Law
Francesca Bertelli (Università degli Studi di Brescia)
16:00-16:30 Coffee Break

Plenary session 2 16:30-18:00

Aula 11 (Room 11 - external ground floor)

20:30 Social Dinner, Villa Malfitano (Fondazione Whitaker) Via Dante 167, Palermo (7 min. walk from the LUMSA campus)


[1] All participants of 2022 SIDE annual conference that have paid conference fees are SIDE members (“Soci”).