in collaboration with

2nd Vinson Centre Workshop

Law and Economics: History and Policy

2-3 December 2019

Vinson Centre for Economics and Entrepreneurship

Vinson Building Seminar Room 3

Hunter Street, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire MK18 1EG

United Kingdom

Registration: free

Register to attend at https://www.buckingham.ac.uk/event/vinson-workshop/law-and-economics

Monday 2 December

13:00-13:15             Welcome and Introduction

Matthias Klaes (Vinson Centre) and Julian Morris (ICLE)

13:15-14:00             Keynote

Chair: David Gindis 

“Of Gooses and Golden Eggs: The Coase Theorem and Law and Economics, Historically Contemplated “

Steven Medema (Duke University)

14:00-16:00            The History of Law and Economics

Chair: Steven Medema 

“Buchanan, Economics and the Law”

Alain Marciano (University of Montpellier)

“Law and Economics under the Palms: Henry Manne at the University of Miami, 1974-1980”

David Gindis (University of Hertfordshire)

“Setting Rational Wages? Economists’ Arguments in the Comparable Worth Controversy, 1979-1989”

Cléo Chassonnery-Zaïgouche (University of Cambridge)

16:00-16:15            Coffee break

16:15-18:15             Policy Insights

Chair: Julian Morris (ICLE)

“Law and Economics: The Interface between Trade, Competition and Regulatory Policies”

Shanker Singham (Institute of Economic Affairs)

“Corporate Form and Governance under Common Ownership Revisited”

Anna Tzanaki (Lund University)

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Cento Veljanovski (Case Associates & Institute of Economic Affairs)

19:30-21:00            Workshop dinner, Villiers Hotel, 3 Castle St

Tuesday 3 December

09:30-10:30            The Law and Economics of the Crypto Token Economy

Chair: Geoffrey Manne (ICLE)

“The Law and Economics of Smart Contracts”

Ann Sofie Cloots (University of Cambridge)

“Blockchain Startups and Prospectus Regulation”

Dmitri Boreiko (Free University of Bozen-Bolzano)

10:30-10:45            Coffee break

10:45-12:00            Panel: Startups in the New Economy and Anti-Trust

Moderator: Matthias Klaes (Vinson Centre)

Geoffrey  Manne (ICLE), Julian Morris (ICLE), Matthias Klaes (Vinson Centre)

12:00-12:30            Closing Remarks