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Call for Papers: Economic Analysis of Contract Law in Bonn

By Lawrence Solum

FRONTIERS IN THE ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF CONTRACT LAW
Call for Papers 
June 4/5, 2009
Bonn Graduate School of Economics
University of Bonn

The aim of the workshop is to allow for in-depth scientific interactions between junior and senior researchers interested in applying advanced economic methodology to contract law. Up to 8 selected papers will be presented in one-paper sessions with two invited discussants assigned to each. Discussants include:

Yeon-Koo Che (Columbia)
Christoph Engel (Max-Planck, Bonn)
Aaron Edlin (Berkeley)
Werner Gueth (Max-Planck, Jena)
Francine Lafontaine (Michigan)
Robert E. Scott (Columbia)
Alan Schwartz (Yale)
Urs Schweizer (Bonn)
Gerhard Wagner (Bonn)

We welcome submissions in the area of contract law based on formal modelling, micro- econometric analysis and/or experiments.   

Scholars interested in participating are invited to submit papers by March 15, 2009 and will be notified of the acceptance decision by April 27, 2009. The organizers will cover travel and hotel expenses for participants. There is no publication commitment associated with the workshop nor is published work eligible. Participants are required to attend the entire workshop which will be held in Bonn, Germany. 

More information about the workshop may be found at:
http://bgse.uni-bonn.de/index.php?id=3507

Electronic submissions and inquiries should be sent to the workshop organizer:
Alexander Stremitzer, astremit@uni-bonn.de.

Full post as published by Legal Theory Blog on January 15, 2009 (boomark / email).