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The Rotterdam Institute of Law and Economics
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Director
Prof. Dr. Roger J. Van den Bergh
Assistant Director
Drs. Wicher Schreuders
Programme Management Officer
Marianne Breijer
Secretary
Petra van den Brink
Full professors
Prof. Dr. Roger J. Van den Bergh
Prof. Dr. Michael G. Faure
Prof. Dr. Klaus Heine
Prof. Dr. Jonathan Klick
Prof. Dr. Alessio M. Pacces
Prof.Dr. Neil Rickman
Associate Professors
Dr. Alessandra Arcuri
Dr. Louis T. Visscher
Assistant Professors
Dr. Peter D.N. Camesasca
Dr. Ann-Sophie Vandenberghe
Postdocs
Dr. Pieter Desmet
Xiaoqi Zhao (Erasmus China Law Center - China University of Political Science and Law) (November 2011 - May 2012)
Ass.Prof. Dr. Magdalena Flatscher-Thöni (The Health and Life Sciences University) (October 2011-February 2012)
Dr. Andri Wibisana (Faculty of Law, University of Indonesia) (October 2011-January 2012)
Dr. Stefan Stöckl (Senior Researcher at the University of Augsburg, Germany) (August 2011)
Dr. Maria Pastore (Post-doctoral Research Fellowship, University of Bari, Italy) (June - December 2011)
Ass.Prof. Assaf Hamdani (Faculty of Law, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel) (April - May 2011)
Dr. Florian Baumann (Research Assistant at the Faculty of Law of the University of Tübingen) (March - May 2011)
Ass.Prof. Mitja Kovač (Faculty of Economics, Chair of Law, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia) (March 2011)
Prof. Guangdong Xu (Research Center for Law and Economics of China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing, China) (January - March 2011)
Dr. Jef De Mot (Ghent University, Dept "Grondslagen en Geschiedenis van het Recht") (December 2010 - February 2011)
Dr. Hila Nevo (Israel) (October - November 2010)
Ass.Prof. Bogdan Kryvolapov (Institute of International relations, Dept of International Law, Kiev National Shevchenko University, Ukraine) (April - June 2010)
Prof. Palanichamy Babu (Dean of Graduate Studies at Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR), Mumbai, India) (October - November 2009)
Prof. Iraj Babaei (University Allameh Tabatabaii Tehran, Iran) (April - July 2009)
Erasmus China Law Center (ECLC)- RILE PhD candidates
Xun (Sarah) Xiao
Director's fiduciary duty and economics - A comparative perspective
Rotterdam EDLE PhD Candidates and their research topics
Alexandre Biard
Optimization of Mass Litigation in Europe and the Role of the Judge
Vijit Singh Chahar (Erasmus Mundus)
The Impact of Direct Governance on the Agency Costs Involved in Corporate and Political Decision Making
Elena Demidova (Erasmus Mundus)
Takeover Regulation in Developing Economies: The Case of Russia
Elena Fagotto
Innovations in Food Safety Regulatory Regimes
Penio Penev Gospodinov (Erasmus Mundus)
The Application of EU Competition Law to Alternative Dispute Resolution Proceedings
Kateryna Grabovets
Organisational Design and Tort Law
Philip Hanke (Erasmus Mundus)
Law and Economics of State Aid
Weiqiang Hu
Regulatory Compliance (Permit) Defense
Vania Karapanou
A Law and Economics Analysis of Damages for Nonpecuniary Losses in Cases of Personal Injuries and Fatal Accidents
Claire Leger (Erasmus Mundus)
Securities Regulation – Comparative European Policies
Sergio Mittlaender Leme de Souza
Social Preferences and the Contract Law
Hossein Nabilou (Erasmus Mundus)
Hedge Funds and Financial Instability: A Case for Regulation?
Shivans Rajput
Maximum Retail Price – Analyzing its Anti-Competitive Effects
Elena Reznichenko
Empirical Analysis of Optimal Enforcement: Monetary vs. Non-Monetary Punishment
Franziska Weber
Towards an Optimal Mix of Public and Private Enforcement in Consumer Law - A comparative law and economics analysis of European consumer law enforcement (package travel vs. misleading advertising)
Hong Wei
The Impact of China-related WTO Cases on Chinese Trade Law and Practice
Other EDLE PhD Candidates and their research topics
Deniz Akun
Changing Structure of Banking Industry and Regulatory Issues
Bashir Assi
European Investment Funds Regulation - Focusing on Compensation Practices
Meltem Bayramli
A Cross-Industry Analysis of Firm's R&D and Patenting Strategies from a Law and Economics Perspective
Paola Bertoli
An Empirical Analysis of Public Procurement and the Demand for Medical Malpractice Liability Insurance in Italy
Martin Chudej
Law and Economics of Investment Treaty Shopping
Marco Fabbri
Social Norms in Law and Economics
Cicek Gurkan
The Role of Banks for Corporate Governance
Katherine Hunt
Mortgage Market Comparison
Hadar Jabotinsky
The Structure of Financial Supervision: Consolidation or Fragmentation for Financial Regulators?
Ana Jakovljevic
Building Market Institutions in Serbia
Xufeng Jia
Economic Analysis of Antimonopoly Law (AML) in China: Legislation and Implementation
Jaroslaw Kantorowicz
Essays on Fiscal Constitution
Arun Kaushik
Trade Secrecy - The Ignored Facet of Intellectual Properties
Dusko Krsmanovic
Are There Economic Reasons to Regulate Lobbying in the EU?
Jingyuan Ma
A Comparative Perspective on Merger Policies of Antitrust Law
Alejandra Martinez Gandara
The Impact of Firms' Corporate Social Responsibility Measures on its Environmental Performance
Maximiliano Marzetti
The Elusive Rationale of Trade Mark Dilution
Valerijus Ostrovskis
Multilateral Trading Facilities and Their Impact on European Financial Markets
Peng Peng
Platform Competition in Search Engine Market
Damian Proniewski
Reaching Optimal Taxation of Green Taxes in Europe: A Comparative Analysis of Green Taxes in Italy, the Netherlands and Germany
Talita Ramos Erickson
Legal/Political Institutions & Urban Poverty
Malgorzata Sadowska
Negotiated Antitrust - The Use and Abuse of Competition Rules in the Energy Sector
Rahul Sapkal
Essays on Labour Market Segmentations - A Law and Economics Approach
Huojun Sun
Inequalities, Truth and Social Trust: Experimental Evidences on Institutional Design
Claudio Tagliapietra
Legal Institutions and the Economic Governance of the Commons: A case study in Italy 1200-1800
Alexander Vasa
The Effectiveness of the Clean Development Mechanism - A Law and Economics Analysis
Shuo Wang
International Trade Policies
Federico Wesselhoefft
Multiparty Contracts & Non Recourse Finance (Project Finance) Law and Economics
Sonja E. Keske
Group Litigation in European Competition Law: A Law and Economics perspective
PhD defense: 15 December 2009
Claudia Desogus
Competition and Innovation in the EU Regulation of Pharmaceuticals: The Case of Parallel Trade
PhD defense: 7 May 2010
Hanneke A. Luth
Behavioural Economics in Consumer Policy: The Economic Analysis of Standards Terms in Consumer Contracts Revisited
PhD defense: 27 May 2010
Rosa Castro Bernieri
Ex-Post Liability Rules in Modern Patent Law
PhD defense: 17 September 2010
Stefano Clò
Economic Analysis of the European Climate Policy: the European Emissions Trading Scheme
PhD defense: 17 September 2010
Andrea Renda
Law and Economics in the RIA World
PhD defense: 7 April 2011
Firat Bilgel
The Law and Economics of Organ Procurement
PhD defense: 14 April 2011
Katarina Svatikova
Economic Criteria for Criminalization; Why Do We Use Criminal Law?
PhD defense: 15 April 2011
Frank Fagan
Temporary versus Permanent Legislation
PhD defense:9 June 2011
Laarni Escresa Guillermo
Reexamining the Role of Incarceration and Stigma in Criminal Law
PhD defense: 29 November 2011
Sofia Amaral Garcia
Quantifying the Economics of Medical Malpractice: A view from a civil law perspective
PhD defense: 29 November 2011
Sharon Oded
Inducing Corporate Proactive Compliance: Liability Controls & Corporate Monitors
PhD defense: 30 March 2012
Olga Skripova
Civil Liability as an Enforcement Tool of Securities Underwriter Gatekeeping Duty
PhD defense: 30 March 2012
