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The Rotterdam Institute of Law and Economics
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
Associate Professors
Dr. Alessandra Arcuri
Dr. Alessio M. Pacces
Dr. Louis T. Visscher
Assistant Professors
Dr. Peter D.N. Camesasca
Dr. Ann-Sophie Vandenberghe
Postdocs
Dr. Pieter Desmet
Visiting Scholars
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)
Rotterdam EDLE PhD Candidates and their research topics
Vijit Singh Chahar (Erasmus Mundus)
Addressing Agency Problems in Constitutional Law Using Insights from Corporate Governance
Elena Fagotto
Innovations in Food Safety Regulatory Regimes
Kateryna Grabovets
Tort Law and Organisational Design
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 Investment Strategies and Financial Instability: The Case for Regulation of Hedge Funds
Sharon Oded
Internal Enforcement as a Welfare-Enhancing Enforcement Measure
Franziska Weber
Towards an Optimal Mix of Public and Private Enforcement in Consumer Law
Other EDLE PhD Candidates and their research topics
Deniz Akun
Changing Structure of Banking Industry and Regulatory Issues
Sofia Amaral Garcia
Damages in Medical Malpractice Cases
Bashir Assi
Regulation of Conflicts of Interests in the Provision of Investment Services
Meltem Bayramli
Strategic Patenting: Accumulation of Patents and Impacts
Paola Bertoli
Competitive Analysis of the Allocative Mechanisms of the Medical Malpractice Risk in the Italian Public Health System
Laarni Escresa Guillermo
Extrinsic and Intrinsic Motivation: The Shifting Map of Legal Remedies
Cicek Gurkan
The Role of Banks for Corporate Governance
Hadar Jabotinsky
The Structure of Financial Supervision: Consolidation or Competition for Financial Regulators?
Dusko Krsmanovic
Law and Economics of Corporate Lobbying
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
Essays on Loyalty Rebates and Exclusive Dealing
Shivans Rajput
Maximum Retail Price – Analyzing its anti-competitive effects
Talita Ramos Erickson
Legal/Political Institutions & Urban Poverty
Malgorzata Sadowska
Regulatory Antitrust - The Use and Abuse of Competition Rules in the Energy Sector
Olga Skripova
Economic Effects of Imposing Liability on Underwriters
Claudio Tagliapietra
Legal Institutions and the Economic Governance of the Commons: A case study in Italy 1200-1800
Alexander Vasa
Legal and Economic Efficiency of Contracts in the Carbon Markets
Federico Wesselhoefft
Multiparty Contracts & Non Recourse Finance (Project Finance) Law and Economics
Defended PhD theses:
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
