Law and Economics of Contracts

June 16-17, 2011 in Bergen, NHH

A conference organized to celebrate Trond E. Olsen's 60th anniversary, and his contribution to contract theory and economics of organizaton

09.00: Coffee - Registration

09.15: Welcome, Eirik Gaard Kristiansen (NHH)

09.30-11:20: Session I

Robert Gibbons (MIT): Relational Adaptation
Discussant: Iver Bragelien (NHH)
Benjamin Hermalin (UC Berkeley): The Welfare Consequences of Legal System Improvement.
Discussant: Bård Harstad (Kellogg School of Management)

11.20-11.35 Coffee and fruit

11.35-12.30 Session II

Patrick Rey (University of Toulouse): Vertical Integration, Innovation and Foreclosure
Discussant Lars Sørgard (NHH)

12.30-13.30 Lunch

13.30-15.20 Session III

Hideshi Itoh (Hitotsubashi University): Writing Legally Unenforceable Contracts to Facilitate Relationships
Discussant: Guttorm Schjelderup (NHH)
Nicola Gennaioli (Pompeu Fabra): Standardized Enforcement: Access to Justice vs Contractual Innovation
Discussant: Eirik Gaard Kristiansen (NHH)

15.20-15.40 Coffee and fruit

15.40-17.30 Session IV

Kai Konrad (Max Planck): Aspirations of the Middle class: Voting on Redistribution and Status concerns
Discussant: Ingvild Almås (NHH)
Kalle Moene (University of Oslo): The equality multiplier
Discussant: Mari Rege (University of Stavanger)

09.00-10.50 Session I

Maija Halonen-Akatwijuka (University of Bristol):Contracts, Reference Points and Shared Views
Discussant: Sigve Tjøtta (University of Bergen)
Hans K. Hvide (University of Aberdeen): Management of Knowledge Workers
Discussant: Kjell Erik Lommerud (University of Bergen)

10.50-11.05 Coffee and fruit

11.05-12.00 Session II

Ronald Dye (Kellogg School of Management): Legal issues related to voluntary disclosure
Discussant: Tiago Pinheiro (NHH)

12.00-12.30 Lunch

13.00-14.50 Session III

Tore Ellingsen (Stockholm School of Economics): Paying for Staying: Managerial Compensation and the Retention Motive
Discussant: Carsten Bienz (NHH)
Anja Schöttner (University of Bonn): Incentives to Motivate
Discussant: Gaute Torsvik (University of Bergen)

14.50-15.10 Coffee and fruit

15.10-17.00 Session IV

Joel Watson (UC San Diego): Contractual Chains
Discussant: Espen Moen (BI)
Ola Kvaløy (University of Stavanger): False Crowding Out
Discussant: Aanund Hylland (University of Oslo)