EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION OF LAW AND ECONOMICS: 14th ANNUAL CONFERENCE (Barcelona. 4,5 and 6 September 1997)

SESSION 1: CORPORATIONS AND FIRMS - "Corporate governance policy and relationship banking". Christian Harm. - "Privatisation processes in a cross section of countries: an empirical analysis". Bernardo Bortolotti. Marcella Fantini. Serena Vitalini.

SESSION 2 : CONTRACTS AND FRANCHISING - "Competition for the market in the Swedish Primary Health Care Sector". Per-Olof Bjuggren. - "Franchising and incentive contracts in primary health care". Pere Ibern.

SESSION 3: LIABILITY - Roger Van den Berg. Hans-Bernd Schäfer. "Liability of Member States for Infringement of the EC- Teatry" - Alfred Endres. Andreas Lüdeke. "Strict Liability and Product Differentiation".

SESSION 4 : REGULATION - R. Richard Geddes. "The Economic Theory of Regulation and the Postal Reorganization Act of 1970". - Anthony I. Ogus. "Cost-Benefit Analysis and Regulatory Reform: What-Law-and Economics can Contribute".

SESSION 5: CONTRACTS AND FRANCHISING - Cándido Paz-Ares. "Termination of Distribution Contracts". - Luis Vázquez. Benito Arruñada. Luis Garicano. "The Economics of Automobile Franchise Contracts".

SESSION 6: LIABILITY - Fernando Gómez. "Insurance Benefits, Insurance Subrogation and Imperfect Liability Rules". - Louis Visscher. "Dutch Traffic Liability and the Problem of Uncompensated Losses"

SESSION 7 : CORPORATIONS AND FIRMS - James A. Fanto. "The Role of Corporate Law in the Adaptation of French Enterprises?" - Steen Thomsen. Torben Pedersen. "Inditstry and Ownership Structure".

SESSION 8: AUDITING - Bernardo Bortolotti. Gianlua Florentini. "Barriers to Entry and The Self-Regulating Profession".- Paul Fenn. Stephen Diacon. Noel O'Sullivan. "Highballing and Lowballing in Audit Pricing: The Impact of Audit Error".

SESSION 9: TRANSACTION-COST ECONOMICS - Eric Brousseau. Christian Bessy. "Licensing of Technology: Various Contracts for Diverse Transactions" - Frank Stephen. Jim Love. Nuno Garoupa. "Para-professions Entry: the Case of Licensed Conveyancers in England Wales".

SESSION 10 : TRANSACTION - COST ECONOMICS - Antony W. Dnes. Jon S. Seaton. "The Reform of Academic Tenure in the UK". - Manuel GonzáIez. Benito Arruñada. Alberto Fernández. "Towards a Theory of the Construction Firm: Empirical Evidence"

SESSION 11: BANKRUPTCY - Estevan van Hemmen. "The Spanish Law of Suspension of Payments: an Economic Analysis from Empirical Evidence". - Jocelyn Martel. Timothy C. G. Fisher. "Should We Abolish Chapter 11? Evidence from Canada"

SESSION 12: LEGAL PROCEDURE AND LITIGATION - Jeffrey Parker. Peter Lewish. "Revelation of Truth in the Civil Procedure: Adversarial versus Inquisitorial Procedure- Experimental Evidence and the Austrian Civil Procedural Code". - Neil Rickman. "Legal Expenses Insurance, Legal Fees and Litigation: a Theoretical Analysis"

PLENARY SESSION. Alan Schwartz. "New Contractual Approaches to the Understanding of Bankruptcy Problems".

SESSION 13 : LIABILITY - Randall S. Thomas. Michael D. Green and Robert G. Hansen. "The Effects of Uncertainty on Products Liability Law".

SESSION 14: BANKRUPTCY - John H. Armour. "Corporate Reorganisation in the UK and US: Comparative Efficiency"

SESSION 15: AUDITING - Luigi A. Franzoni. "Independent Auditors as Fiscal Gatekeepers"

SESSION 16: TRANSACTION - COST ECONOMICS - Jonathan Macey. Enrico Colombatto. "Information and Transaction Costs as the Determinants of Tolerable Growth Levels" - Claude Ménard. "Maladaptation of Regulation to 'Hybrid' Organizational Forms: A Case Study".

SESSION 17: COMPETITION POLICY - Roger Blair. James M. Fesmine. Richard E. Romano. "The Albrecht Rule Reconsidered". - Tom Hoehn. "The Boundary of the Firm and the Assessment of Market Power".

SESSION 28: LEGAL PROCEDURE AND LITIGATION - Hugh Gravelle. Nuno Garoupa. "Legal Defence Expenditure and Law Enforcement" - Ronald R. King. James A. Halloway and Daniel E. Ingberman. "An Analysis of Settlement and Merit Under Federal Securities Law: What will be the Effect of the Reform of 1995?"

SESSION 19 : TRANSACTION-COST ECONOMICS - Justus Haucap. Christian Wey. "Location Choice as a Signal of Product Quality: The Economics of 'Made in Germany' ". - Jèrôme Barthelemy. Bertrand Quelin. "Is Outsourcing a New Organizational Form?"

SESSION 20: REAL ESTATE AND STANDARDS - Henrik Lando. Michael Teit Nielsen. "Flexibility and Uncertainty in Housing Market" - Ricard Torres. Cristina Bores. "Standardization and Protocols".

SESSION 21: LEGAL PROCEDURE AND LITIGATION - Javier Estrada. Santos Pastor. "The Distribution of Sentences in Tax-Related Cases: Explaining Success Rates". - Peter van Wijck. Ben van Velthoven. "An Economic Analysis of Subsidized Legal Aid and Contingency Fees".

SESSION 22: CONTRACTS - Egizio Valceschini. "Quality Control and Competition Policy The Case of' Label Rouge". - Alberto Fernández. "Virtual Integration in the Truckload Trucking Industry".

SESSION 23: REAL ESTATE - Thomas J. Miceli. "The Economics of 'Land Title Systems". - Joel L. Schrag. "The Effect of a Switch to Buyer's Agency: Evidence from the American Real State Market".

SESSION 24: LEGAL PROCEDURE AND LITIGATION - Israel Gilead. "Economic Analysis of the Law of Prescription". - Roland Kirstein. "The Tax Payer Puzzle".

SESSION 25: ECONOMICS OF CIVIL LAW - Jürgen G. Backhaus. "Efficient Statute Law". - Aristides N. Hatzis. "The Absense of Theory. Common vs Civil Contract Law".

SESSION 26: REGULATION AND QUALITY CERTIFICATION - Rudi W. Holzhauer. "The Scope of Trade Mark Protection in Economics and Law".

SESSION 27: ECONOMICS OF CRIMINAL LAW - Nuno Garoupa. "The Law and Economics of Money Laundering and Organised Crime". - Omri Ben-Shahar. "Property Rights in Stolen Goods: An Economic Analysis".