Conference Program

Updated on April 16, 2012

Day 1: Friday, April 20, 2012

9:30-10:00 Registration

10:00-10:15 Conference opening

Mr. Maciej Bobrowicz (National Council of Legal Advisors – President)
Mr. Frankie Sturm (U.S. Embassy in Warsaw – Assistant Cultural Affairs Officer)
Prof. Tomasz Giaro (Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Warsaw – Deputy Dean)
Prof. Tomasz Żylicz (Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Warsaw – Dean)

10:15-12:00 KEYNOTE LECTURE: PROF. THOMAS ULEN
The Lessons of 30 Years of Law & Economics – and the Future

12:00-12:15 Coffee Break

12:15-14:15 SESSION 1: ECONOMICS OF CRIME
Chairman: Jacek Czabański (European Parliament & PSEAP)

Michele Mosca, Salvatore Villani (University of Naples Federico II), The Reuse for Social Aims of Illegal Assets and the Competition Policy. A New Network Strategy to Defeat Organized Crime
Discussant: Michał Królikowski (University of Warsaw)
Cristiano Aguiar de Oliveira, Giácomo Balbinotto Neto (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul), The Deterrence Effects of Gun Laws in Games with Asymmetric Skills and Information
Discussant: Maciej Wilamowski (University of Warsaw)

14:15-15:00 Lunch

15:00-17:00 SESSION 2: LAW & PUBLIC POLICY
Chairman: Grzegorz Kula (University of Warsaw)

Jarosław Kantorowicz (University of Hamburg), Fiscal Legal Framework in Switzerland: Lessons for Poland
Discussant: Michał Brzoza-Brzezina (National Bank of Poland)
Rahul Suresh Sapkal (University of Hamburg), Note on Optimum Labour Market Regulation in Developing Countries: A Law and Economics Perspective
Discussant: Joanna Tyrowicz (University of Warsaw)
Giácomo Balbinotto Neto, Everton Nunes da Silva, Ana Katarina Campelo (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul), The Impact of Presumed Consent Law on Organ Donation: An Empirical Analysis from Quantile Regression for Longitudinal Data
Discussant: Waldemar Florczak (University of Łódź)

17:00-17:15 Coffee Break

17:15-19:15 STUDENT PANEL
Chairman: Anna Laszczyk (Students’ Association of Institutional Economics)

Presentations delivered by winners of the Best Student Paper Prize

Kamil Joński (Warsaw School of Economics), Does Quick Mean Better? Measuring the Deterrent Effect of the ‘24 Hour Courts’
Discussant: Jacek Czabański (European Parliament & PSEAP)
Iwo Małobęcki (University of Warsaw), Per se Approach v. Rule of Reason. Tying and Bundling in European Competition Law – a Legal and Economic Analysis
Discussant: Mikołaj Barczentewicz (FOR Foundation)
Jakub Michalik (Jagiellonian University), Can Resolution of the Clash Between Freedom of Speech and Personal Interests Be Economically Efficient? Article 22 of the Draft of the New Polish Civil Code in an Economic Perspective
Discussant: Joanna Kornas (University of Warsaw)

19:15-20:00 EXPERIMENT: VOTING-WITH-THE-FEET (in Polish)
Chairman: Adam Pawluczyk (Students’ Association of Institutional Economics)

9:30-11:30 SESSION 3: POLITICAL ECONOMY & REGULATION
Chairman: Katarzyna Metelska-Szaniawska (University of Warsaw & PSEAP)

Łukasz Goczek (University of Warsaw), Regulatory Causes of Corruption
Discussant: Waldemar Florczak (University of Łódź)
Alexander Waksman, Valerio Romano (LUISS Guido Carli), Corruption and Effort among Political Agents: Analysing Incentives and Evidence from the UK and Italy
Discussant: Paweł Chmielnicki (University of Information Technology and Management in Rzeszów)
Jan Fałkowski (University of Warsaw), Rural Policy and Political Accountability: Looking at the Pilot Programme Leader+ in Poland
Discussant: Leszek Skiba (National Bank of Poland)

11:30-11:45 Coffee Break

11:45-13:00 SESSION 4: ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF EUROPEAN LAW & INSTITUTIONS
Chairman: Jarosław Bełdowski (Warsaw School of Economics & PSEAP)

Penio Penev Gospodinov (Erasmus University of Rotterdam), European Court of Justice vs. Arbitral Tribunals: The Role of Preliminary Ruling Where European “Public Policy” is at Stake
Discussant: Kamil Joński (Warsaw School of Economics)
Przemysław Mikłaszewicz (Court of Justice of the European Union & PSEAP), National Judge’s Incentives (Not) to Seek a Preliminary Ruling from the Court of Justice of the EU in the Context of National and EU Constitutional Framework
Discussant: Michał Dąbrowski (Ministry of Justice)

13:00-14:15 SESSION 5: TOPICS IN LAW & ECONOMICS
Chairman: Filip Wejman (INPRIS – Institute for Law and Society)

Mireia Artigot i Golobardes (Universitat Pompeu Fabra), Avoiding Waste in European Product Regulation: The Nexus of Ex Ante Safety and Ex Post Liability
Discussant: Oskar Luty (DFL Legal)
Patryk Gałuszka, Victor Bystrov (University of Łódź), Development of Crowdfunding in Poland from the Perspectives of Law and Economics
Discussant: Olgierd Porębski (Polish Crowdfunding Society, Czarnik Porębski i Wspólnicy)

14:15-14:20 Conference Closing

14:20-15:00 Lunch

15:00-16:00 General Assembly of the Polish Association of Law and Economics (PSEAP)