2023 Conference Program - Brescia

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.
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  • The presentation might be made by all authors, but within the rule of maximum 20 minutes per presentation.
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Venue: Via San Faustino 74/B, Department of Economics, University of Brescia

Dec 13, Wednesday

17:00-19:45 Registration

Plenary session 1 18:00-19:00

Aula Magna

  • Welcome address
    Massimiliano Granieri (Università degli Studi di Brescia)
    Francesco Castelli (Rettore, Università degli Studi di Brescia)

  • Roundtable on "Richard Posner’s Economic Analysis of Law at fifty"
    Chair: Massimiliano Vatiero
    Alan Marciano, Roberto Pardolesi, Donatella Porrini, Hans-Bernd Schäfer
19:00-19:45 Aperitif

Dec 14, Thursday

Parallel session A09:00-10:30

A1 Competion and corporation

Room: A1

Session chair: Roberta Lombardi

1
Taxing Anticompetitive Mergers
Edward Iacobucci (Faculty of Law, University of Toronto)
2
Killer Acquisitions: Evidence from European Merger Cases
Selçukhan Ünekbaş (European University Institute); Marc Ivaldi (Toulouse School of Economics); Nicolas Petit (European University Institute)
3
Monopsony in Labour Markets: The Corporate Law Contribution
DAVID CABRELLI (Edinburgh); Ewa Kruszewska (University of Essex)

A2 Market for data and news

Room: A3

Session chair: Anna Licastro

1
Fake news and sharing limits
Marco Giraudo (University of Turin); Stefano Dughera (University of Turin)
2
Property rights theory, bundles of rights on IoT data, and the Data Act
Wolfgang Kerber (University of Marburg); Martina Eckardt (Andrássy University Budapest)

A3 L&E at the municipal level

Room: B2

Session chair: Anna Baraldi

3
Women in Politics and Wast Management. Evidence from Italian Municipalities
anna laura baraldi (università della campania L. Vanvitelli); claudia cantabene (università della campania L. Vanvitelli); Alessandro De Iudicibus (università della campania L. Vanvitelli)

A4 Measuring formal and informal institutions

Room: B3

Session chair: Mitja Kovac

2
Have autocrats governed for the long term?
Fabio Monteforte (University of Messina); Jonathan Temple (independent, UK); Emanuele Millemaci (University of Messina)
3
Institutional integration and the enlargement of the European Union: evidence from Ukraine
Mitja Kovac (University of Ljubljana School of Economics and Business); Chiarra Foccaci (HEC Liège); Rok Spruk (School of Economics and Business University of Ljubljana)

A5 Antitrust

Room: B4

Session chair: Gianluca Faella

2
GAME THEORY APPLIED TO THE BRAZILIAN ANTITRUST LENIENCY PROGRAM
Douglas Sabino (Federal University of Minas Gerais); Fabiano Lara (Federal University of Minas Gerais); Elisa Sarto (Federal University of Minas Gerais)

A6 Criminal L&E

Room: B5

Session chair: Maurizio Lisciandra

1
A Theory of Cyclic Bribery
Maurizio Lisciandra (Università di Roma LUMSA); Antonio Miralles (University of Messina); Fabio Monteforte (University of Messina)
3
Exploring Inmates’ Perceptions: Evidence from Czech Prisons
Michal Šoltés (Charles University); Daniel L. Chen (Toulouse School of Economics); Lubomír Cingl (Prague University of Economics and Business ); Arnaud Philippe (Bristol University)
10:30-11:00 Coffee break

Parallel session B11:00-12:30

B1 Business L&E

Room: A1

Session chair: Maribel Saez Lacave

2
Startup Corporate Law: A Leximetrics Approach
Alvaro Pereira (Georgia State University)
3
Corporate Groups: Corporate Law, Private Contracting and Equal Ownership
Maribel Saez Lacave (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid); Maria Gutierrez Urtiaga (Universidad Carlos III)

B2 Governance, tort and property in the digital era

Room: A3

Session chair: Oscar Borgogno

1
ALGORITHMIC NEGOTIATION AND PARTIES WILL
Erica Adamo (Università degli studi di Parma)
2
Tokenising property
Veronica Zerba (University of Trento); Edoardo D. Martino (University of Amsterdam)

B3 Taxation

Room: B2

Session chair: Fabiano Lara

2
Fair taxation in the digital economy era
GIULIA GIAIMIS (Università degli Studi di Brescia)
3
IMPACT OF TAX TRANSACTIONS AND TAX LITIGATION ON TAX DISOBEDIENCE
FABIANO LARA (UFMG); ANTONIO PAULO MACHADO GOMES (IBMEC); Jacqueline Veneroso Alves da Cunha (UFMG)

B4 Constitutional L&E

Room: B3

Session chair: Theo Simon

B5 Environmental L&E

Room: B4

Session chair: Alessandra Prandi

2
‘Sustainable Public Order’ and Private Contract Law
Alessandra Prandi (Università degli Studi di Brescia); Giovanni Fappiano (Università degli Studi di Brescia)

B6 Sustainable governance and institutions

Room: B5

Session chair: Lorenzo Sacconi

1
Effective governance of Protected Areas: an analysis of stakeholder’s perspectives
donatella porrini (università del salento); benedetta coluccia (università del salento)
2
Sen’s capabilities and stakeholders’ entitlements in the firm: A new foundation of corporate governance
Massimiliano Vatiero (Università degli Studi di Trento, and Università della Svizzera italiana); Magalì Fia (University of Bologna); Lorenzo Sacconi (Università degli Studi di Milano Statale)
3
Sustainable Corporate Governance and New Law & Economics
Lorenzo Sacconi (Università degli Studi di Milano Statale); Virginia Cecchini Manara (Department of Public National and Supranational Law, University of Milan)
12:30-13:30 Lunch

Plenary session 2 13:30-15:00

Aula Magna

  • Chair : Giovanni B. Ramello
  • Brenno Galli award
    Committee: Elena Verdolini (UniBS), Massimiliano Granieri (UniBS), and Massimiliano Vatiero (UniTn & USI)
  • Keynote speech
    Hans-Bernd Schäfer, Professor of Economics, Bucerius Law School and University of Hamburg:
    Civil law as a common heritage, challenges for law and economics and comparative law

Parallel session15:00-16:30

C1 Corporate L&E

Room: A1

Session chair: Sergio Alberto Gramitto Ricci

1
Off the Record Communications at Shareholders Meetings
Christina Sautter (Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law); Sergio Alberto Gramitto Ricci (University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law)
3
The Vitruvian Shareholder
Sergio Alberto Gramitto Ricci (UMKC School of Law)

C2 Governance, tort and property in the digital era

Room: A3

Session chair: Edoardo Martino

2
Autonomous AI, private actors and hybrid modes of technology regulation: some firm level evidence
Mitja Kovac (University of Ljubljana School of Economics and Business); Katarina Jevsjak (Metronik Corporation); Svjetlana Maksimovic (Gebrüder Weiss company)

C3 Issues on properties

Room: B2

Session chair: Bartłomiej Biga

1
Club classification of foreclosure rates in Spain
Rafael González-Val (Universidad de Zaragoza)
2
University Technology Transfer in Argentina, Italy and Colombia and its positive impact in the regions: The role of IP in these successful processes
Juan Vinasco (University of Turin); Maricel Mengoni (University of Turin); Beatrice Dalla-Verita (University of Turin)
3
Public policies expectations and personal readiness to relinquish ownership
Bartłomiej Biga (Cracow University of Economics)

C4 Measuring formal and informal institutions

Room: B3

Session chair: Stefan Voigt

1
Someone will be left out in the cold: Exploring the impact of prosecutors’ turnover on statute-barred crimes
Umberto Nizza (University of Verona); Angelo Zago (University of Verona )
2
The Best View over Others' Misery: Positional Housing in Italian Municipalities
Nadia von Jacobi (University of Trento); Massimiliano Vatiero (University of Trento)
3
Eliciting Values and Social Norms from Folktales - Insights From a Novel Folktale Database
Stefan Voigt (Hamburg); Nadia von Jacobi (Trento); Mahdi Khesali (Hamburg)

C5 Green and digital transitions

Room: B4

Session chair: Giuseppe Bellantuono

1
Climate Change? L'Addition, s'il vous plaît!
Francesca Leucci (Bologna/Rotterdam/Hamburg Universities)
3
Joint-Liability in Environmental Law: A Game Theory Approach
carlo carrera (MILAN); Virginia Cecchini Manara (Milan)

C6 Equity and social norms

Room: B5

Session chair: Margherita Saraceno

1
The Complementary Role of Distributive and Criminal Equity
Massimo D'Antoni (Università di Siena); Avraham Tabbach (Tel-Aviv University)
3
How hard it is scoring a bullseye: Public policies and compliance hesitancy in heterogeneous populations
Margherita Saraceno (Università degli Studi di Pavia); Giorgio Rampa (University of Pavia)

C7 Philosophy of L&E

Room: A2

Session chair: Fabrizio Esposito

2
The Indeterminacy of Legal Rules
Daniel Pi (University of New Hampshire)
3
AI and Increased Medical Liability?
Alessandro Tacconelli (ETH Zurich); Alexander Stremitzer (ETH Zurich); Jakob Merane (ETH Zurich); Aileen Nielsen (ETH Zurich); Karol Jan Rutkowski (ETH Zurich)
16:30-17:00 Coffee break

Parallel session D17:00-18:30

D1 L&E of firms

Room: A1

Session chair: Filippo Belloc

1
The Complementarity Between Automation and Flexible Labor Contracts: Theoretical Framework and Evidence from Italy
Silvio Traverso (University of Eastern Piedmont); Massimiliano Vatiero (University of Trento); Enrico Zaninotto (University of Trento)
2
Regulation and productivity: evidence from the universe of firms
Giacomo Roma (Bank of Italy); Sauro Mocetti (Bank of Italy); Andrea Cintolesi (Bank of Italy)
3
Contested Transparency: Digital Monitoring Technologies and Worker Voice
Filippo Belloc (University of Siena); Gabriel Burdin (Leed University Business School); Fabio Landini (University of Parma); Stefano Dughera (University of Turin)

D2 Governance, tort and property in the digital era

Room: A3

Session chair: Fernando Gomez

D3 Issues of Labour L&E

Room: B2

Session chair: Lorenzo Luisetto

2
Firm-level Effects of Reductions in Working Hours
Alessandro Tondini (FBK-IRVAPP); Mara Lopes (UC3M); Kentaro Asai (PSE)
3

D4 Public L&E and Judicial Behaviour

Room: B3

Session chair: Nadia Maccabiani

D5 Environmental L&E

Room: B4

Session chair: Clarissa Giannaccari

2
A Further Economic Analysis of Environmental Tort Law in Brazil and its Incentives
Paulo Franco (Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV DIREITO RIO)); Antonio Maristrello Porto (Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV Direito Rio)); Rômulo Sampaio (Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV Direito Rio))
3
Multi-stakeholder coalitions, subjective games, and equitable equilibria in the Great Bear Rainforest agreement.
Sara Lorenzini (University of MilaN); Lorenzo Sacconi (University of Milan)

D6 Quality of institutions, growth and public policies

Room: B5

Session chair: Alessandro Melcarne

1
The impact of Special Economic Zones on Southern Italy
Emanuele Millemaci (University of Messina); Paolo Mustica (University of Messina); MIchele Limosani (University of Messina)
2
SUPPORTING FILM PRODUCTION TO CREATE EUROPEAN AUDIOVISUAL MARKET
marco gambaro (Università degli Studi di Milano)
3
Why is litigation so costly to growth?
Alessandro Melcarne (Université Paris Nanterre); Giovanni Battista Ramello (Università di Torino); Rok Spruk (University of Ljubljana)

D7 Philosophy of L&E

Room: A2

Session chair: Giovanni Tuzet

1
Buchanan, coordination failures and the emergence of law
Alain Marciano (Université de Montpellier); Stefano Dughera (University of Piedmont Orientale)
18:30-19:30 - Room: Aula Magna General Assembly

All SIDE members (“Soci”) are invited to the meeting. All participants of the 2023 SIDE annual conference who have paid conference fees are SIDE members (“Soci”).
(First call: 18:30, December 14, 2023. Second call: 18:40, December 14, 2023)

Chair: Giovanni Ramello

Agenda

  1. Welcome by the President.
  2. Communications of the President.
  3. Report of the Treasurer.
  4. Communications of the secretary.
  5. Communications of the local organizers.
  6. Forthcoming SIDE conference candidates.
  7. Forthcoming SIDE initiatives.
  8. Any other business.
20:30 Social Dinner, Ristorante Trattoria La Caprese, Piazza della Loggia 11

Dec 15, Friday

Parallel session E09:00-10:30

E1 Antitrust

Room: A1

Session chair: Cristoforo Osti

E3 L&E of firm

Room: A4

Session chair: Francesca Bertelli

2
Environmentally Unsustainable Behaviours & Liability of Corporations
Francesca Bertelli (Unitelma Sapienza); Karin Peluffo (Unitelma Sapienza)
3
The obligation to work as a constitutional duty: the question of its enforceability.
Massimiliano Marletta (University of Catania); Maurizio Caserta (University of Catania)

E4 L&E of Art

Room: A5

Session chair: Lorenzo Zirulia

3
The Economics of Art Forgery
Lorenzo Zirulia (University of Milan); Massimiliano Castellani (University of Bologna); Francesco Angelini (University of Bologna)

E5 Bankruptcy

Room: B2

Session chair: Federico Fornasari

1
APPLICATION OF THE COASE THEOREM IN THE CORPORATE INSOLVENCY RESOLUTION PROCESS (CIRP)
Dr. Hiteshkumar Thakkar (Assistant Professor of Economics, Principal Investigator, Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process in the State of Gujarat, GNLU Centre for Law & Economics, Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar); Mr. Pranay Agarwal (BA LLB (Hons), Student (2020-25 Batch), Gujarat National Law University, SRA, CIRP Project, INDIA)
2
When Employees have their Say on Capital Structure: Evidence from a Quasi-natural Experiment
María Gutiérrez Urtiaga (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid); Antonio Vázquez (Stockholm School of Economics); Sofía Matínez (University of Michigan)
3
Judicial liquidation proceedings across the main economies of the EU
federico fornasari (Bank of Italy); giacomo roma (Bank of Italy)

E6 Crimes and violence

Room: B4

Session chair: Anna Rita Germani

1
Effects of prolonged lockdown on domestic violence. Evidence from Italy.
LUCIA DALLA PELLEGRINA (UNIVERSITY OF MILANO-BICOCCA); MATTEO MIGHELI (University of Torino); MARGHERITA SARACENO (University of Pavia); IRENE PAXIMADAS (University of Pavia); DAVIDE VALERI PERUTA (University of Milano-Bicocca)
2
Environmental Crime and Shadow Economy: Evidence from Italy
Anna Rita Germani (Sapienza University of Rome); Angelo Castaldo (Sapienza University of Rome)
10:30-11:00 Coffee break

Parallel session F11:00-12:30

F1 Antitrust

Room: A1

Session chair: Antonio Cappiello

F2 Digital trade and financial development

Room: A2

Session chair: Martina Ferracane

2
Algorithmic Price Personalization and Law: The way ahead
Mateusz Grochowski (Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law); Fabrizio Esposito (NOVA School of Law, Lisbon )

F3 Law Enforcement

Room: A4

Session chair: Alessandro Cavalieri

2
Judicial delay and relational discretion in public procurement: evidence from Italian data
Alessandro Cavalieri (University of Turin); Giovanni Ramello (University of Turin); Alessandro Melcarne (Université Paris Nanterre)
3
Analysis of time duration of civil disputes in Italy. A case study with microdata from Sicilian Courts
Paolo Lorenzo Ferrara (Università di Catania); Giuseppe Di Vita (Università di Catania); Alessandra Patti (Università di Catania)

F4 Experimental L&E

Room: A5

Session chair: Marco Faillo

2
Fiscal decentralization, income inequality and tax evasion. An experimental study.
Marco Faillo (University of Trento); Sandro Casal (University of Trento); Luigi Mittone (University of Trento and LUT School of Business and Management.)

F5 Governance, tort and property in the digital era

Room: B2

Session chair: Emanuele Fazio

1
“Buy Now Pay Later”, social media platforms and consumer protection: a primer
Nicola Maria Francesco Faraone (European University of Rome)
2
Sustainability of Digital Platforms under the Impact of Economic Regulation and Voluntary Withdraw from the Domestic Market: Lessons for Competition Policy
Svetlana Bovt (National Research University Higher School of Economics); Svetlana Avdasheva (National Research University Higher School of Economics); Anna Golovanova (National Research University Higher School of Economics)
3
Experimental Competition Enforcement: A Complementary Data Sharing Toolkit
Emanuele Fazio (Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies)

F6 L&E of firm

Room: B4

Session chair: Angelo Castaldo

1
Internal and external drivers of corporate social responsibility
Emilia Filippi (University of Brescia); Mariasole Bannò (University of Brescia); Sandro Trento (University of Trento); Massimiliano Vatiero (University of Trento and Università della Svizzera Italiana)
2
Relationships in the Wild: How Institutions Affect the Governance of Firms
Gani Aldashev (Universite Libre de Bruxelles, ECARES); Heikki Rantakari (University of Rochester, Simon Business School); Giorgio Zanarone (University of Lausanne, HEC Lausanne)
3
Innovation policies and workplace accidents in Europe: a dynamic assessment on external benefits
Angelo Castaldo (Sapienza University of Rome); Tetyana Furman (Sapienza University of Rome); Alessia Marrocco (Sapienza University of Rome)
12:30-13:30 Lunch

Plenary session 3 13:30-14:45

Aula Magna

  • Keynote speech and farewell
    Chair : Massimiliano Granieri
  • Kathleen Thelen, Ford Professor of Political Science, MIT : "American Retail Capitalism and the Rise of the Amazon Economy"