2015 Innovation, Finance and the Law Conference: Fostering Innovation

29–30 juin 2015

Toulouse, France

Programme

Lundi 29 Juin, 2015

09:30 Jean Tirole (Toulouse): Keynote speech "The Economics of Innovation"

11:00 William Mann (UCLA): "Creditor Rights and Innovation: Evidence from Patent Collateral"
Discussant: Frédéric Cherbonnier (IAST - TSE)

14:00 Robert Merges (Berkeley): "Two Cheers for Absolute Liability: Questioning the Superiority of an Independent Invention Defense in Patent Law"

Discussant: Stefan Bechtold (ETH Zurich)

15.30 Andrea Attar (Toulouse): "Multiple Lenders, Strategic Default and Covenants"

Discussant: Augustin Landier (TSE)

16.30 Scott Hemphill (NYU): "The Actavis Inference: Theory and Practice"

Discussant: Andrea Günster (ETH Zurich)

Mardi 30 Juin, 2015

9:30 Gustav Martinsson (Stockholm): "Payout Taxes, Costly External Finance, and Long-Run Investment"
Discussant: Martin Schonger (ETH Zurich)

11:00 Luca Enriques (Oxford): "Financing Disruptive Innovation"

Discussant: Simone Sepe (IAST & University of Arizona)

14:00 Bruno Biais (TSE): "Endogenous Agency Problems and the Dynamics of Rents"

Discussant: Jerome Mathis (Paris Dauphine)

15:30 Saura Masconale (Univ. of Arizona & Univ. Chicago): "What Does Really Matter in Corporate Governance? Commitment, Innovation, and Stakeholder Value"

Discussant: Gerard Hertig (ETH Zurich)

16.30 Innovation Roundtable, with Stefan Bechtold, Gérard Hertig, Sébastien Pouget, Paul Seabright (chair), Lucien Rapp and Simone Sepe

Programme (fichier PDF)

Cette conférence a été financée par une subvention de l'Etat français gérée par l'Agence Nationale de la Recherche dans le cadre du programme "Investissements d'avenir" référence ANR-11-LABX-0052.