Asian Law and Economics Association (AsLEA)

2nd Annual Conference

December 8-9, 2006

Programme

Day 1: December 8, 2006

Inauguration

9:30 – 10:30

Welcome Note

Prof. V. Vijayakumar (Registrar, NLSIU, Bangalore)

Training Centre

Inaugural Address

Prof. A. Jayagovind (Vice-Chancellor, NLSIU, Bangalore)

Introductory Talk

Chairperson, UTI

Key Note Address

Prof. Guzman (University of California, Berkeley)

10:30–11:00                                                                                    Tea

 

 

Track 1: Training Centre

Track 2: Seminar Hall

 

Topic/Paper

Speaker

Topic/Paper

Speaker

Session 1

11:00 –  12:30

Corporate Governance

IPR

Chair:

Chair:

Market Surveillance Around the World

D.Cumming and S Johan

Copyright Duration and the Production of Movies

Ivan Png

(National University of Singapore)

China’s New Company Law Cornerstone for Corporate Governance

Xu Dave

Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights and Copyright Provisions

Somesh K.Mathur

Corporate Market Competition and Executive Compensation: An Empirical Investigation

To Be Confirmed

An Analysis of the Intellectual Property Regime in Jordan

Bashar H. Malkawi

12:30–13:30                                                                                    Lunch

Session II

13:30 – 15:00

Corporate Governance

IPR/Trade

Chair:

Chair:

Untitled

Chairman: Arbitration Council

Product Patent, Availability of Patented Drugs and Parallel Trade: A Theoretical Approach

Mainak Majumdar and Meenakshi Rajiv

Guanxi v. Corporate Governance: The Case of China Firm

Francis MunierYijun Yao

Grady-type liability
rules

Satish Jain (JNU, New Delhi)

Expanding the Pie and having a bite of it: Redistribution as a Legitimate Realm of Securities Regulation in Emerging Economies

Rahul Singh

Liberalization and Protection: Anti-Dumping Duties in the Indian Pharmaceutical Industry

Nisha Malhotra

15:00–15:30                                                                                    Tea

 

 

Corporate Governance

Trade

 

Chair:

Chair:

Session II

15:30 – 17:00

Forced Economies or True Economies: A study of Price Competition between Mutual Funds in India

Somashekar

Trade Under Uncertainty: Legal Institutions Matter

Kolovich and Tejedo

Auctions v. Book Built IPOs: Further evidence from Japan

Satish Thosar

India and China in the Knowledge Economy: Rivals or Allies?

Jayan Jose Thomas

Capital Structure in Cooperatives v. Corporations: Theory and Empirical Evidence from Sweden

Clas Bergstrom

Role of economics in the evolution of contemporary banking law in India

B.Gopalakrishnan

 

7.30 pm – Conference Dinner at Windsor Manor


Day 2: December 9, 2006

 

9:30 – 10:30

Key Note Address

Prof. Hans Bernd Schaefer (University of Hamburg)

Training Centre

10:30–11:00                                                                                    Tea

 

 

Track 1: Training Centre

Track 2: Seminar Hall

 

Topic/Paper

Speaker

Topic/Paper

Speaker

Session 1

11:00 –  12:30

Administration/Reforms

Environment/Models

Chair:

Chair:

Estimating the Effect of Direct Democracy on Policy Outcomes: Preferences Matter

Patricia Funk

Financial Caps And Channeling For Oil Pollution Damage: A Historical Mistake?

Wang Hui (Presenter) and Michael G. Faure

China’s Banking Reform and Assessment of its Possible Impact

García- Herrero, Gavilá, Santabárbara

Regulatory Failure and the Economic Efficiency of Public Interest Litigation

Francis Xavier and A.V.Raja (University of Hyderabad)

To Sow or Not to Sow

Srividhya Ragavan

Understanding of Rules and Procedures Governing The Settlement of Disputes

Somesh K. Mathur

12:30–13:30                                                                                    Lunch

 

Reforms

Models

 

Chair:

Chair:

Session II

13:30 – 15:00

What explains the Low Profitability of Chinese Banks?

García-Herrero, Gavilá, Santabárbara

Fee Shifting Rules in Litigation with Contingency Fees

Kong-Pin Chen

The Impact Of Endangered Species Law on the Real Estate Development Process

Jan Marcus Matauschek

Safe Havens from Penalties: The Implications of Two Types of Manipulation

Paul Calcott

Identity-Signalling

Vikas Kumar (IGIDR, Mumbai)

 

15:00 – 15:30

Closing Address

Ivan Png

Training Centre

Vote of Thanks

Prof. Somashekar

15:30                                                                                    High Tea