2001 – Passau

Annual Meeting of the Committee for Industrial Economics, 12–13 March, 2001

Topic: Mergers

Sunday, 11 March, 2011

  • from 7.30 pm: Get together at "Scharfrichterhaus", Milchgasse 2 (Altstadt)

Monday, 12 March, 2011

  • 8.30 - 9.45 am: Dennis Mueller, "The Effects of Mergers: an International Comparison"

Discussant: Oliver Fabel

  • 9.45 - 10.15 am: Coffee Break
  • 10.15 - 11.30 am: Jürgen Weigand, "How relevant is the relevant market? Lessons from recent EU merger cases"

Discussant: Joachim Henkel

  • 11.30 - 12.45 am: Rolf Bühner, "Ownership right and the choice between spinoff and selloff"

Discussant: Heidrun Hoppe

  • 12.45 am - 2.00 pm: Lunch at "Mensa"
  • 2.00 - 3.15 pm: Hendrik Röller, "The Political Economy of Merger Control"

Discussants: Anette Boom, Susanne Wied-Nebbeling

  • 3.15 - 3.45 pm: Engelbert Dockner, "Endogenous Mergers in Dynamic Markets"

Disussants: Karl Morasch, Manfred Stadler

  • 3.45 - 4.15 pm: Coffee Break
  • 4.15 - 5.30 pm: Christian Wey, "Market Structure, Bargaining, and Technology Choice"

Discussants: Achim Wambach

  • 5.30 - 7.00 pm: Presentation Erhard Schipporeit, E.ON AG Board Member The Fusion of VEBA and VIAG to E.ON
  • 7.00 - 7.45 pm: General Assembly
  • from 8.00 pm: Get-together at "Bayerischer Löwe", Dr.-Hans-Kapfinger Str. 3, (in front of Exerzierplatz)

Tuesday, 13 March, 2001

  • 8.30 - 9.45 am: George Sheldon, "Efficiency and Scale Economies in European Banking: A Cross-Country Comparison"

Discussant: Alexander Karmann

  • 9.45 - 11.00 am: Jan Krahnen, "Private debt restructuring: On the role of coordination risk in Corporate Distress"

Discussant: Konrad Stahl

  • 11.00 - 11.30 am: Coffee Break
  • 11.30 - 12.45 am: Helmut Zink , "Credit Risk Management - RAROC-Lead capital allocation and profit maximization"
  • 12.45 am: Conclusion and end of meeting