International Workshop on Law and Economic Development

Development

 

INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON LAW AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

 

 

§ Programme of the Workshop

§ Participants of the Workshop

§ General Information

§ Papers:

Law and Economics for Developing Countries, What Makes the Difference?
Robert D. Cooter, UC Berkeley
Hans-Bernd Schäfer, University of Hamburg

LICENSING REGIMES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: A LAW-AND-ECONOMICS APPROACH
Anthony Ogus, University of Manchester
Qing Zhang, University of Manchester

International Substitutes For Domestic Institutions: Bilateral Investment Treaties and Development
Tom Ginsburg, University of Illinois

The New Comparative Economics
Simeon Djankov, World Bank
Edward Glaeser, Harvard University
Rafael La Porta, Harvard University
Florencio Lopez-de-Silanes, Yale University
Andrei Shleifer, Harvard University

JUSTICE AND THE POOR. FORMAL vs. INFORMAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION MECHANISMS: A GOVERNANCE-BASED APPROACH
Edgardo Buscaglia, University of Virginia

FORMAL MARKETS AND INFORMAL INSURANCE
Ethan Ligon, University of California, Berkeley

The Limits of Conventional Law and Economics, For Understanding Legal Institutional Development
Katharina Pistor, Columbia University

LEGAL AND ECONOMIC REFORM IN TODAY'S PROTECTORATEs: LESSONS FROM CONTRADICTIONS
Karim Medjad, HEC School of Management, Paris

THE CO-EVOLUTION OF SOCIAL NORMS AND THE MARKET: EVIDENCE FROM ECONOMIC EXPERIMENTS AND SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS IN AFRICA
Jean Ensminger, California Institute of Technology

 

 

 

HOSTED BY: THE INSTITUTE FOR LAW AND ECONOMICS,
UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG, GERMANY and
THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY, USA
DATE: 16-01-2004 and 17-01-2004
VENUE: Universität Hamburg
Fachbereich Rechtswissenschaft
Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1 - Flügel West
Room No. 121
20146 Hamburg
ORGANISERS: Prof. Robert Cooter (University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A)
Dr. Angara V. Raja (University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany)
Prof. Hans-Bernd Schäfer (University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany)
THEMES OF THE WORKSHOP: The workshop is organised around FIVE broad themes:

1) The Applicability of Law and Economics to Developing countries.
2) Role for Indegenous Law and Foreign Transplants in Developing countries.
3) Secure Property Rights as a necessary condition for Growth.
4) Substitutes for Formal Law.
5) The Influence of Social and Cultural Factors in Economic development.
LIST OF SPEAKERS:
  1. Prof. Jean Ensminger: (Caltec)
    "The Co-Evolution of social Norms and Formal Institutions: Lessons from Africa".
  2. Prof. Katharina Pistor: (Columbia Law School)
    "Microceconomic Analysis of Law and Legal Reform Projects in Developing Countries: Lessons from Failures"

  3. Prof. Pranab Bardhan: (University of California, Berkely)
    "Some Reflections on Law and Institutional Economics in Poor countries"

  4. Prof. Anthony Ogus: (University of Manchester)
    "Licensing regimes in Developing countries: A Law and Economics Approach"

  5. Dr. Thomas Ginsburg: (University of Illinois)
    "The Distorted Law for Market Law"

  6. Dr. Edgardo Buscaglia: (University of Virginia)
    "Acess to Justice and Efficiency aspects of Formal and Informal Dispute Resolution Mechanisms in LDCs"

  7. Prof. R. Cooter (Berkeley, California): *

  8. Prof. Hans-Bernd Schäfer (University of Hamburg): *

  9. Dr. Simeon Djankov (World Bank)
    "The New Comparative Economics- Lessons for Developing Countries"


    *Joint presentation; Tentative Title: ‘Law and Economics for Developing Countries’.

 
List of Discussants: Prof. Thomas Ulen (University of Illinois) (confirmed)

Prof. R. Radhakrishna (IGIDR,MUMBAI)

Prof. Roger Bowles (University of York) (confirmed)

Prof. K. Basu (Cornell University)

Prof. Katz (Columbia Law School)

 

Special volume on the papers presented will be brought out
by the International Review of Law and Economics.

 

 

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