Law and Economics Conference organised by Tilburg University

Thursday 4 and Friday 5 November 1999
Evoluon Conference Center, Eindhoven, Netherlands

 

Day 1 Thursday 4 November 1999

Topics :          - Convergence of corporate governance systems (part I)

- Bankruptcy code design

- Evolution of stock exchange regulations

- Financial Intermediation

- Returns under different corporate governance regimes

- Internationalization of Corporate Governance

 

Speakers : Andrei Shleifer (Harvard), Lucian Bebchuk  (Harvard), Reinier Kraakman  (Harvard), Marco Becht (Brussels ULB), Dennis Mueller (Vienna), Julian Franks (London Business School), Uli Hege (CentER Tilburg), Reinout Vriesendorp (Tilburg), G.A. Moeller (president Amsterdam Exchanges), Enrico Perotti (Amsterdam), Mathias Dewatripont (Brussels ULB), Hans Schenk (Tilburg), Eugene Rebers (Ministry. of Finance), Piet Moerland (CentER Tilburg), Davide Lombardo (Stanford) and Marco Pagano (Salerno), Rafel Crespi (Autonoma Barcelona), Brian Cheffins (Cambridge), Theo Raaijmakers (Tilburg) and Joe McCahery (Tilburg), Peter Hommelhoff (Heidelberg), Eddy Wymeersch (Ghent)

 

Day 2 Friday 5 November 1999

Topics :           - Convergence of corporate governance systems (part II)

- The role of large shareholdings

- Institutional investors and proxy reform process

- Management remuneration schemes

- Corporate governance systems and economic growth

 

John Kay (Director London Economics), Mark Roe (Columbia), John Coffee (Columbia), William Bratton (George Washington) and Joe McCahery (Tilburg), Henk de Jong (Amsterdam), Mike Burkart (Stockholm) and Fausto Panunzi (Bocconi), Marc Goergen (Manchester), Luc Renneboog (CentER Tilburg), Allan Hughes (Cambridge), Bernard Black (Stanford), Robert Monks (LENS, Washington), Roberta Romano (Yale), Doug DeJong (CARG Tilburg and Iowa), Geof Stapledon (Melbourne), Kevin Murphy (Southern California), Martin Conyon (Warwick and Wharton), Todd Pulvino (Northwestern), Masahiko Aoki (Stanford), Colin Mayer (Oxford), Rez Kabir (CentER Tilburg)
 

Registration Details:

Enquiries: Further information about the conference may be sought from the convenors Dr. Joe McCahery (J.A.McCahery@kub.nl) or Dr. Luc Renneboog (Luc.Renneboog@kub.nl).
Webpage: http://schoordijk.kub.nl/corporate/

Enquiries about registration should be made to Marjolijn Verhoeven on:
telephone: +31 13 466 2739 , fax: +31 13 466 2537
e-mail: schoordijk.instituut@kub.nl
post: Tilburg University, Schoordijk Instituut, Marjolijn Verhoeven,
P.O. Box 90153, 5000 LE Tilburg (The Netherlands)