CURRICULUM VITAE
FERNANDO GÓMEZ
PRESENT ACADEMIC POSITION:
Professor of Civil Law and Law and Economics, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona.
ADDRESS AND CONTACT DETAILS:
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Facultad de Derecho
Ramon Trias Fargas, 25 -27
08005 Barcelona (España)
Tel: 93 542 16 47 / 17 67
Fax: 93 542 17 19
[email protected]
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DEGREES
Licenciado en Derecho, Universidad Complutense, Madrid (1986)
Doctor en Derecho, Universidad de Bolonia, Colegio de España (1988)
PREVIOUS ACTIVITIES
1986-1987
Doctoral Fellow, Colegio de España, Bolonia, Italia
1988
Assistant Professor of Law, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
1989
Visiting Lecturer in Law, University of Wales, College of Cardiff, UK
1989
Associate Professor of Civil Law (with tenure)l, Universidad Complutense
de Madrid
1990-1992
Visiting Scholar, Harvard Law School, USA
1993 -2005
Professor of Law and Economics, Erasmus Programme in Law&
Economics
1996–1998
Advisor to the Secretary of State for Universities, Research and
Development
1998–2001
Visiting Profess, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona)
2001- hoy
Professor of Civil Law and Law and Economics, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
(Barcelona)
2002
Visiting Professor of Law and Economics, Institut für Recht und
Ökonomik, Universidad de Hamburgo, Alemania
2003
Visiting Professor of Law, George Mason University School of Law, USA
2004
Visiting Professor of Law, George Mason UniversitySchool of Law, USA
2010
Visiting Professor of Law, Radzyner School of Law, IDC-Herzliya, Israel
2011-2013
Member of Expert Group on a Common European Sales Law
2012
Hauser Global Visiting Professor of Law, New York University School of
Law
2013
Visiting Professor of Law, Radzyner School of Law, IDC-Herzliya, Israel
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PUBLICATIONS SINCE 1995
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El papel de la responsabilidad civil en la protección del medio ambiente: una valoración
crítica, Iniuria. Revista de responsabilidad civil y seguro (1995), nº 8, p. 13-55
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Responsabilidad del empresario por suicidio de un enfermo mental que ocupa un empleo
peligroso, Iniuria. Revista de responsabilidad civil y seguro (1995), nº 8, p. 71-80
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La responsabilidad por daño ecológico: ventajas, costes y alternativas, Instituto de Ecología y
mercado, Madrid (1995), p. 1-92
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Responsabilidad civil y accidente laboral: un ensayo de reconstrucción, Revista de Derecho
Privado (1996), p. 922-950
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Venta en pública subasta, in Emilio Beltrán y José Luis Piñar (editors), Comentarios a la Ley
de Ordenación del Comercio Minorista, Cívitas, Madrid (1997), p. 411-488
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Venta automática, in Emilio Beltrán y José Luis Piñar (editores), Comentarios a la Ley de
Ordenación del Comercio Minorista, Cívitas, Madrid (1997), p. 365-375; 386-394
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Derechos de Propiedad y Costes de Transacción: ¿qué puede enseñar Coase a los juristas?,
Anuario de Derecho Civil (1998), nº 51, p. 1035-1069
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La responsabilidad civil como instrumento de protección del medio ambiente, IURIS
(1999), nº 30, p. 40-45
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Chantaje e intimidación, Working paper, Facultat de Dret, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
(1999), p. 1-43
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El daño moral (English version, Damages for Pain and Suffering). InDret 1/1999 (1999), p.
1-14
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Responsabilidad extracontractual y otras fuentes de reparación de daños: Collateral Source
Rule y afines (English version, Collateral Source Rule). InDret 1/1999 (1999), p. 1-9
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Coches y accidentes (I): la posición del Tribunal Supremo. InDret 2/2000 (2000), p. 1-21
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Coches y accidentes (II): algunos problemas del seguro de responsabilidad civil. InDret
3/2000 (2000), p. 1-10
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Daños dolosos y seguro (con Begoña Arquillo). Indret 3/2000 (2000), p. 1-14
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Comentaris als Articles 3, 6,7 i 8 del Codi de Familia, i als Articles 5 i 24 de la Llei de
Unions Estables de Parella, ei Joan Egea y Josep Ferrer (editors), Comentaris al Codi de
Familia i a la Llei de Unions Estables de Parella, Tecnos, Madrid (2000), p. 77-93, 115-122,
1174,1222
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La responsabilidad derivada de los daños causados al medio ambiente, Col·legi d`Advocats
de Barcelona, Actas del VIII Congreso de Responsabilidad civil, febrero de 2000 (2000), p. 1-35
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Civil and Criminal Sanctions Against Blackmail: An Economic Analysis (with Juanjo
Ganuza), 21 International Review of Law and Economics (2002), p. 475-498
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Review of The Strategic Constitution, by Robert D. Cooter, InDret 4/2000 (2000), p. 1-12
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Observaciones al Libro Blanco sobre Responsabilidad Ambiental (with Pablo Salvador,
Yolanda Guerra y Mireia Artigot), InDret 4/2000 (2000), p. 1-32
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Punish Once or Punish Twice: A Theory of the Use of Criminal Sanctions in Addition to
Regulatory Penalties (with Nuno Garoupa), John M. Olin Center for Law, Economics, and
Business, Working Paper 308, Harvard Law School
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Punish Once or Punish Twice: A Theory of the Use of Criminal Sanctions in Addition to
Regulatory Penalties (with Nuno Garoupa), American Law and Economics Review, Vol. 6, nº 2
(2004), p. 410-433
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Responsabilidad objetiva y carga de la prueba, InDret 1/2001 (2001), p. 1-22
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Anotaciones al Reglamento de responsabilidad civil y seguro en la circulación de vehículos
a motor (with Begoña Arquillo), InDret 3/2000 (2000), p. 1-5
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Burden of Proof and Strict Liability: An Economic Analysis of a Misconception, in
Lwowski y Schäfer (editors), Festschrift für Claus Ott zum 65. Geburtstag, Gabler Verlag,
Wiesbaden (2002), p. 204-229
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Previsión de daños, incumplimiento e indemnización, Civitas, Madrid, (2002), p. 1-294
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Libertad de expresión y conflicto institucional (with Pablo Salvador), Civitas, Madrid, (2002), p. 1145
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The European Directive on Consumer Sales: An Economic Perspective, in Bianca and
Grundmann (editors), EU Sales Directive-Commentary, Intersentia, Oxford-New YorkAntwerp (2002), p. 1-29
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Die europäische Kaufrechtsrichtlinie: eine ökonomische Analyse, in Bianca y Grundmann
(editores), EU Kaufrechts-Richtlinie Kommentar, Otto Schmidt Verlag, Köln (2002), p. 56-82
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Comentario a la Sentencia del Tribunal Supremo, sala 4ª, de 20 de octubre de 2000, InDret
3/2001 (2001), p. 1-12
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Comentario a la Sentencia del Tribunal Supremo, sala 1ª, de 29 de enero de 2001, Cuadernos
Civitas de Jurisprudencia Civil nº 57 (2001), p. 559-581
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El asunto Preysler y la Teoría de juegos, InDret 1/2002 (2002), p. 1-12
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Review of Frontiers of Legal Theory, Richard A. Posner, InDret 2/2002 (2002), p. 1-24
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The Plural and Misleading notion of Economic Loss in Tort: A Law and Economics
Perspective (with Juan Antonio Ruiz), Zeitschrift für europäisches Privatrecht (2004), p. 908-931
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Hacer pagar al mensajero: Comentario a la STS, 1ª, de 28.1.2002, InDret 1/2003 (2003), p.
1-8
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Review of Tratado de Responsabilidad civil, L. Fernando Reglero Campos (Coordinador),
InDret 2/2003 (2003), p. 1-14
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Caution, Children Crossing: Heterogenity of Victim’s Cost of Care and the Negligence
Rule (with Juanjo Ganuza), 2 Review of Law and Economics (2006), p. 1-39
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Cashing by the Hour; Why Large Law Firms Prefer Hourly Fees over Contingency Fees?
(with Nuno Garoupa), 24 Journal of Law, Economics and Organization (2008) p. 458-475
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¡Cuidado, niños! Responsabilidad por culpa y diversidad de víctimas (with Juanjo Ganuza),
InDret 4/2003 (2003), nº paper 163, p. 1-24
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Pleitos tengas: pérdida de un litigio, responsabilidad del abogado y daño moral, InDret
3/2003 (2003), nº paper 154, p. 1-9
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La noción del daño puramente económico: una visión crítica desde el análisis económico
del derecho, in Estudios jurídicos en Homenaje al profesor D. Luis Díez Picazo, vol. II, Civitas
Thomson (2003), p. 1993-2021
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EC Consumer Protection Law and EC Competition Law. How Related are They? A Law
and and Economics Perspective, in Hugh Collins (editor) The Forthcoming Ec Directive on
Unfair Comercial Practices: Contract, Consumer and Competition Law Implications, Kluwer Law
International (2004), p. 187-209
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Responsabilidad por hecho ajeno e incertidumbre sobre la autoría, InDret 1/2004 (2004), nº
paper 193, p. 1-9
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Review of Foundations of Economic Analisys of Law, by Steven Shavell (with Pablo Salvador),
InDret 2/2004 (2004), nº paper 212, p. 1-19
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El coste de educar: expulsar a un alumno no es gratis, InDret 2/2004 (2004), nº paper 219,
p. 1-13
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Fraude de ley, teoría de la interpretación y regulación de precios mínimos, InDret 3/2004
(2004), nº paper 230, p. 1-24
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Review of Pure Economic Loss, Willem van Boom, Helmuz Koziol and Christian (eds.)
Witting. InDret 3/2004 (2004), nº paper 236, p. 1-10
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Culpa de la víctima y derecho sancionador (with Iria Agrafojo), InDret 4/2004 (2004), nº
paper 258, p. 1-48
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Chantaje e intimidación: un análisis jurídico-económico (with Iñigo Ortiz de Urbina), Cívitas,
Madrid (2005), p. 1-276
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Daños dolosos y seguros: un análisis jurídico y económico (with Begoña Arquillo), in
Estudios jurídicos en Homenaje al profesor D. Manuel Albaladejo García, Consejo de Colegios de
Registradores-Universidad de Murcia (2005), p. 1-25
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Being Soft on Tort: Optimal Negligence Rule with Limited Liability (with Juanjo Ganuza).
Working Paper, Departamento de Economía, Universidad Pompeu Fabra, p. 1-31
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Realistic Standards: Optimal Negligence with Limited Liability (with Juanjo Ganuza), 37
Journal of Legal Studies (2008), p. 577-594
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Analyse Économique de la Directive, in Bianca, Grundmann and Stijns (editors), La
Directive communautaire sur la vente. Commentaire, Bruylant, Bruxelles (2004), p. 64-92
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Who Should Bear the Costs of Workplace Injuries? The Difficult Coordination of
Workers’ Compensation and Tort Liability (with Mireia Artigot). Ökonomische Analyse des
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SozialschutzPrinzips in Zivilrecht, en Ott y Schäfer (editors), Mohr-Siebeck, Tübingen (2004),
p. 323-365
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Culpa de la víctima y sanciones: el caso de la seguridad laboral (with Iria Agrafojo), Revista
Española de Derecho del Trabajo (2005), p. 242-296
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El coste de volar. Observaciones al Reglamento (CE) 261/2004, de 11 de febrero, por el
que se establecen normas comunes sobre compensación y asistencia a los pasajeros aéreos
en caso dedenegación de embarque y de cancelación o gran retraso de los vuelos (with
Marian Gili), InDret 3/2005 (2005), nº paper 298, p. 1-27
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Competition, Inefficiencies and Dominance in Corporate Law: Comment on Bar-Gill,
Barzuza, and Bebchuk, The Market for Corporate Law (with Maribel Saez), 162 Journal of
Institutional and Theoretical Economics (2006), p. 161-167
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The Directive on Unfair Commercial Practices: A Law and Economics Perspective, 2
European Review of Contract Law (2006), p. 4-34
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Should We Trust the Gatekeepers? Auditors’ and Lawyers’ Liability for Clients’ Misconduct
(with Juanjo Ganuza), 27 International Review of Law and Economics (2007), p. 96-109
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The Law and Economics of Pure Economic Loss (with Hans-Bernd Schäfer), 27
International Review of Law and Economics (2007), p. 1-7
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Responsabilidad por daños al medio ambiente y por contaminación de suelos: problemas
de relación, InDret 2/2006 (2006), nº paper 337, p. 1-31
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Compensation after Termination of Long-Term Distribution Contracts: An Economic
View of EU Law, InDret 4/2006 (2006), nº paper 390, p. 1-45
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El problema de la responsabilidad de las administraciones públicas en Derecho español: la
visión del análisis económico del Derecho (with Víctor Sánchez), 34 Sub Judice, Parte II
(2006), p. 27-48
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¿Quién debe pagar el coste de los accidentes de trabajo? La coordinación de la Seguridad
Social y el Derecho de daños desde una perspectiva económica, (with Mireia Artigot), en
Viviana Kugler (editor), Análisis Económico del Derecho, Heliasta, Buenos Aires (2006), p. 101141
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La eficacia del deber de pasividad de los administradores sociales: mecanismos privados
frente a públicos (with Maribel Saez), Revista de Derecho del mercado de valores 1/2007 (2007), p.
131-171
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Paying the Price for being Caught: The Economics of Manifest and Non-Manifest Theft in
Roman Law (with Nuno Garoupa), Review of Law and Economics (2008), p. 1-24
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El incumplimiento contractual en Derecho español, InDret 3/2007 (2007), p. 1-49
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Regulating Prostitution: A Comparative Law and Economics Approach (with Rocío Albert
y Yanna Franco), Working paper, Fundación de Estudios de Economía Aplicada (2007), p.
1-29
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Responsabilidad por daños al medio ambiente y por contaminación de suelos: problemas
de relación (with Marian Gili), in Juan Antonio Moreno Martínez (editor), La responsabilidad
civil y su problemática actual, Dykinson, Madrid (2007), p. 299-366.
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The Pathbreaking Contributions of A. Mitchell Polinsky and Steven Shavell to Law and
Economics (with Nuno Garoupa), in Lloyd Cohen y Joshua Wright (editors), Pioneers in
Law and Economics (2009), p. 267-294
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The Charms of Vagueness in Contracts: A Comment on Hermalin, 164 Journal of
Institutional and Theoretical Economics (2008), p. 99-105
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The Harmonization of Contract Law Through European Rules: A Law and Economics
Perspective, 4 European Review of Contract Law (2008), p. 89-119
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European Contract Law and Economic Welfare: The View from Law and Economics, in
Grundmann (editor), Constitutional Values and European Contract Law, Kluwer, The Hague
(2008), p. 215-240
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Contributory and Comparative Negligence (with Mireia Artigot), in Michael Faure (Editor)
Encyclopedia of Law and Economics: Torts, 2nd ed., Edward Elgar (2009), p. 46-79
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Insurance and Tort: Coordination Mechanisms and Imperfect Liability Rules (with Jose
Penalva), en Jochen Bigus, Tomas Eger, y Georg von Wangenheim (eds.) Internalisierungs des
Rechts und seine ökonomische Analyse. Festschrift für Hans-Bernd Schäfer zum 65. Geburtstags, Gabler
Verlag, Wiesbaden (2008), p. 217-237
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Tratado de responsabilidad civil del fabricante (with Pablo Salvador), Cívitas, Madrid (2008)
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Apendice 2009 al tratado de responsabilidad civil del fabricante (with Pablo Salvador y Sonia
Ramos), Cívitas, Madrid (2010)
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The Empirical Missing Links in the Draft Common Frame of Reference, in Micklitz y
Cafaggi (eds.), European Private Law After the Common Frame of Reference, Edward Elgar,
Cheltenham (2010), p. 101-122
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The State in Court: Fee-shifting rules in Suits against the Government (with Anna Gines e
Ignacio Marín), Portuguese Economic Journal (2009), p. 1-21
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Comentaris als arts. 412-3 i ss., in Egea (editor), Comentari al Llibre Quart del Codi Civil de
Catalunya, Atelier, Barcelona, (2009), p. 78-111
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Comentaris as art. 421-6., in Egea (editor), Comentari al Llibre Quart del Codi Civil de
Catalunya, Atelier, Barcelona, (2009), p. 137-148
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Cuestiones de formación del contrato en la Propuesta de Anteproyecto de Ley de contratos
de distribución (with Marian Gili), en Alonso Ureba, Velasco San Pedro, Alonso Ledesma,
Echevarría Sáenz, Viera González (dir.), Los contratos de distribución, La Ley (2010) , p. 245298
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The Regulation of Long-Term Distribution Contracts in the Common Frame of Reference:
An Economic Perspective of EU Law, in Pierre Larouche and Filomena Chirico (eds.),
Economic Analysis of the DCFR., Sellier, Munich (2009), p. 171-202
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Some Law and Economics of Harmonizing European Private Law, in
Hartkamp/Hesselink/Hondius/Mak/du Perron (eds.), Towards a European Civil Code, 4ª. ed.,
Kluwer Law International (2010), p. 401-426.
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Product Liabilty Between Contract and Tort: Taking the Contract View Seriously (with
Mireia Artigot, Juanjo Ganuza and Peñalva), Mimeo, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Departmento de Derecho (2010), p. 1-35
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El Estado en juicio: los efectos de los privilegios procesales del Estado y de la condena en
costas sobre los niveles de litigación y transacción (with Anna Ginés e Ignacio Marín),
Mimeo, Departamento de Derecho, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (2010
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Soft Negligence Standards and the Strategic Choice of Firm Size (with Juanjo Ganuza), 40
Journal of Legal Studies (2011), p. 439-466
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The Spanish Corporate Insolvency Puzzle and the Crisis (with Marco Celentani and Miguel
García-Posada), Mimeo, Fundación de Estudios de Economía Aplicada (2009), p. 1-44
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State Liability (con Giuseppe Dari-Mattiacci y Nuno Garoupa), 18 European Review of Private
Law (2010), p. 773-811
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Minimizing Error, Maximizing Incentives: Quality of Evidence and Evidentiary Standards
(with Juanjo Ganuza and José Penalva), Mimeo, Departamento de Economía de la
Empresa, Universidad Carlos III (2013; primera versión, 2010), p. 1-46 (under evaluation,
Journal of the European Economic Association)
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El enigma de los concursos empresariales en España y la crisis (con Marco Celentani y
Miguel García-Posada), in Bentolila/Boldrin/Díaz-Giménez/Dolado (dir.), La crisis de la
economía española. Análisis económico de la gran recesión, Cap. 7, FEDEA (2010).
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The Economic Underpinnings of European Private Law Harmonization (with Juanjo
Ganuza), in Schulze (ed.), The Contours of European Private Law, Sellier, Munich (2011), p. 2756.
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The Economics of Harmonized Law-making in Private Law: Mechanisms, Modes and
Standards, in Brownsword/Micklitz/Niglia/Weatherill (ed.), The Foundations of European
Private Law, Hart, Oxford (2011), p. 115-137
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Long-term Contracts in the Law and Economics Literature (con Mireia Artigot), in Gerrit
de Geest (ed.) Contract Law and Economics: Contracts, 2nd ed., Edward Elgar, Cheltenham
(2011), p. 314-359
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Cooperation, Long-Term Relationships and Open-endedness in Contractual Networks,en
Cafaggi (ed.), Contractual networks, Inter-firm cooperation and economic growth, Edward Elgar,
Cheltenham (2011), p. 21-38
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European Contract Law: A Law and Economics Approach,en Eger/Schäfer (eds.), Research
Handbook on the Economics of European Union Law, Edward Elgar (2012), p. 229-262
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Judging Under Political Pressure. An Empirical Study of the Constitutional Review Voting
Spanish Constitutional Court (with Nuno Garoupa and Veronica Grembi), 29 (3) Journal of
Law, Economics and Organization (2013), p. 513-534
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How to Build European Private Law: An Economic Analysis of the Lawmaking and
Harmonization Dimensions in European Private Law, (with Juanjo Ganuza), 33 (3)
European Journal of Law and Economics (2011), p. 481-503
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An Economic Analysis of Harmonization Regimes: Maximum Harmonization, Minimum
Harmonization or Optional Instrument?, (with Juanjo Ganuza) 7 (2) European Review of
Contract Law (2011), p. 275-295
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Judging under Political Pressure: An Empirical Analysis of Iberian Constitutional Courts (with Nuno
Garoupa and Veronica Grembi) (under contract with Oxford University Press) (2015)
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La complejidad del incumplimiento en los contratos de distribución (with Marian Gili), in
Echevarría/Viera (dir.), Distribución comercial y Derecho de la competencia, La Ley, Madrid (2011),
pp. 1-28
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Political Influence and Career Judiciary: An Empirical Analysis of Administrative Review
Decisions of the Spanish Supreme Court (with Nuno Garoupa and Marian Gili) Mimeo,
Law and Economics Working Paper, University of Illinois (2011); 9 (4) Journal of Empirical
Legal Studies (2012), p. 795-826
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Product Liability versus Reputation (with Juanjo Ganuza and Marta Robles, Journal of Law,
Economics and Organization (2015, forthcoming), p. 1-29.
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Aspectos contractuales de la reciente jurisprudencia del Tribunal Supremo sobre
distribución de combustibles (with Marian Gili), LXIV-IV Anuario de Derecho civil (2011), p.
1409-1443
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The Imperfections of the Tort System and Bilateral Exchange (with Jose Penalva),
Departamento de Economía de la Empresa, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (2012), p. 115
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Bienes globales y acciones colectivas, 16 Anuario de la Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad
Autónoma de Madrid (2012), p. 291-312
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El futuro instrumento opcional del Derecho contractual europeo: una introdcucción a las
cuestiones de formación, interpretación, contenido y efectos (with Marian Gili), Indret
1/2012 (2012), p. 1-27
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Product Liability Should Reward Firm Transparency (with Juanjo Ganuza and Jose
Penalva), Working Paper Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu
Fabra (2012), p. 1-21
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Bidding for Judgement Proofness and the Limited Liability Curse (with Juanjo Ganuza),
(2013) (under evaluation, Rand Journal of Economics), p. 1-29
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The Spanish Bankruptcy Puzzle: Why Spanish Firms Are Conservative (con Marco
Celentani y Miguel García-Posada), Working Paper, FEDEA (2012), p. 1-54
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The Debate around a European Contract Law Code and the Proposal of a Common
European Sales Law,Contratto e impresa-Europa (2012), p. 86-97
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Optional Law for Firms and Consumers: An Economic Analysis of Opting into the
Common European Sales Law (with Juanjo Ganuza), Working Paper CEMFI No. 1207
(2012), p. 1-29
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The enforcement of management passivity duty in takeover Law: Class action or
government action? (with Maria Isabel Saez), in Backhaus, Cassone, Ramello (eds.), The
Law and Economics of Class Actions in Europe, Edward Elgar (2012), p. 261-305
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The Economics of Harmonizing Private Law Through Optional Rules (with Juanjo
Ganuza), in Niglia (ed.), Pluralism and European Private Law, Hart Publishing, Oxford (2013),
p. 177-198
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Optional Law for Firms and Consumers: An Economic Analysis of Opting into the
Common European Sales Law (with Juanjo Ganuza) 50 Common Market Law Review (2013),
p. 29-50
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Tort Reform and the Theory of Coordinating Tort and Insurance (with José Penalva), 43
International Review of Law and Economics (2015), p. 83-97
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Comment on Bruno Deffains and Dominique Demougin Class Actions, Compliance and
Moral Cost (with Mireia Artigot), in Grundmann/Moeslein/Riesenhuber (eds.) Contract
Governance - Dimensions in Law and Interdisciplinary Research, Oxford University Press (2015, en
prensa), p. 1-12
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Optional Law for Firms and Consumers: Economic Benefits of Opting into the Common
European Sales Law (con Juanjo Ganuza), in Moccia (ed.), The Making of European Private
Law: Why, How, What, Who., Sellier Law Publishers, Munich (2013), p. 93-111
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Dissecting Long-Term Contracts: A Law and Economics Approach (with Mireia Artigot),
in Grundmann/Cafaggi/Vettori, The Organizational Contract: From Exchange to Long-Term
Network Cooperation in European Contract Law, Ashgate Publishing (2013), p. 41-76
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Comentaris als articles 121-11, 121-12, 121-13 i 121-14, in Egea/ Ferrer (eds.) Comentaris al
Llibre 2 Codi Civil de Catalunya, Atelier, Barcelona (2014), p. 1-23
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Law and Choice in Consumer Contracts: Views from Law and Economics (with Juanjo
Ganuza), en Purnhagen/Rott (eds.), Varieties in European Economic Law and Regulation: Liber
Amicorum for Hans Micklitz, Springer, Berlin-New York (2014), p. 571-597
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Termination as a Remedy in the Common European Sales Law: A Law and Economics
Approach (with Marian Gili), 10 (3) European Review of Contract Law (2014), p. 331-364
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La complejidad económica del remedio resolutorio por incumplimiento contractual. Su
trascendencia en el Derecho español de contratos, en la normativa común de compraventa
europea (CESL) y en otras propuestas normativas (with Marian Gili), LXVII (IV) Anuario
de Derecho civil (2014), p. 1199-1252
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El régimen jurídico de las ventas en pública subasta tras la aprobación de la Ley 3/2014, de
27 de marzo, por la que se modifica el TRLGDCU (with Marian Gili), InDret 2/2014
(2014), p. 1-35. Also in La Ley Mercantil, n.º 4-5, 2014
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Los contratos de venta especial de la Ley de ordenación del comercio minorista, Cap. 6, in
Mariano Yzquierdo (ed.), Tratado de contratos. Tomo I, Aranzadi, Cizur Menor (2014), p. 1-55
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El daño moral y su cuantificación en Derecho español (edited with Ignacio Marín), Bosch,
Barcelona (2014), p. 1-708.
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Valoración y cuantificación del daño moral: la aproximación del análisis económico del
Derecho (with Jose Penalva), en Gómez/Marín (eds.), El daño moral y su cuantificación en
Derecho español, Bosch, Barcelona (2014), p. 83-126.
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Spanish Courts, the Court of Justice of the European Union and Consumer Law (con
Karolina Lyczkowska), Indret 4/2014 (2014), p. 1-34.
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Setting Optimal Performance Standards (with Juanjo Ganuza), Mimeo, Universitat Pomepu
Fabra, Departmento de Economía y Empresa (2014), p. 1-17
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Estimating Judicial Ideal Points in the Spanish Supreme Court: The Case of Administrative
Review (con Lucia Dalla Peregrina y Nuno Garoupa), Working Paper, University of Illinois
College of Law (2014), p. 1-24 (under evaluation, International Review of Law and Economics)

Conflicts of Entitlements in Property Law: The Complexity and Monotonicity of Rules
(with Georg von Wangenheim), Vol 100 nº 6 Iowa Law Review (2015), p. 2389-2427
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El arbitrio del contratante y del tercero en la contratación (con Marian Gili), Mimeo,
Departamento de Derecho, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (2015), p. 1-34
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Why Firms Use Contracts in a Lawless World. Trust and the Informative Role of Contracts
(with Juanjo Ganuza), Working Paper, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (2015), p. 1-28
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Ventajas e inconvenientes de la codificación en Europa y en España, in Encarna Roca (ed.),
Codificaciones del Derecho privado en el siglo XXI, Cívitas (2015), p. 115-147
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La segunda oportunidad del deudor persona individual en Derecho español y el Real
Decreto-Ley 1/2015, in 40 Actualidad Jurídica Uría-Menéndez (2015), p. 52-67
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Preliminary References on Consumer Law from Spanish Courts: A Law and Economics
Perspective (with Karolina Lyczkowska), in Heiderhoff/Schulze (eds.), Verbraucherrecht und
Verbraucherverhalten, Sellier (2015, forthcoming), p. 153-187

Law Enforcement, Infringers Heterogeneity and Optimal Legal Standards (with Juanjo
Ganuza), Working Paper, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (2015), p. 1-23
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Explicando el comportamiento de la judicatura española: un análisis empírico (with Marian
Gili y Nuno Garoupa), in Revista de Economía Industrial (2015, forthcoming), p. 1-31

El reparto óptimo de riesgos en las relaciones público-privadas (with Juanjo Ganuza), en
Revista de Economía Industrial (2015, forthcoming), p. 1-21

Armonización de estándares y relaciones comerciales: un análisis económico y jurídico
(with Juanjo Ganuza), in Papeles de Economía Española (2016, forthcoming), p. 1-25
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RESEARCH AND TEACHING IN FOREIGN INSTITUTIONS
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Real Colegio de España en Bolonia, Bologna, Italia (1986-87).
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Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken, Alemania (1988).
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University of Wales, College of Cardiff, Cardiff, U.K. (1989).
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Max – Planck – Institut für Auslandisches und Internationales Patent- Urheber- und
Wettweberb Recht, Munich, Alemania (1989).
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Harvard Law School, Law & Economics Program, Cambridge (MA), USA (1990-1992).
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Harvard Law School, John M. Olin Center for Law, Economics and Business, Cambridge
(MA), USA (2000).
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Univeristät Hamburg, Institut für Recht und Ökonomik, Hamburgo, Alemania(2002).
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George Mason University School of Law, Arlington (VA), USA (2003).
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George Mason University School of Law, Arlington (VA), USA (2004).
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Radzyner School of Law, IDC-Herzliya, Israel (2010, 2013).
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NYU School of Law, Nueva York, USA (2012)
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PRESENTATIONS AND SEMINARS IN FOREIGN INSTITUTIONS SINCE 2000

Price Discrimination in Intellectual Property and Optimal Incentives: A Critique of
Gordon's Theory of Copyright Price Discrimination, Workshop on Research and Teaching
in Law and Economics, Ghent, 2000

The Law and Economics of Intellectual Property: Is it Relevant for Legal Policy?,
University of Hamburg Graduate Programme in Law and Economics Research Workshop,
Hamburg, 2000

Civil and Criminal Sanctions against Blackmail: An Economic Analisys, European
Association of Law and Economics Annual Meeting, University of Ghent, 2000

Punish once or Punish Twice: A Theory of the Use of Sanctions in Addition to Regulatory
Penalties, European Association of Law and Economics Annual Meeting, University of
Vienna, 2001

An Economic Analisys of Non Bis in Idem, Comparative Law and Economics Workshop,
University of California at Berkeley, 2002

An Economic Analysis of Subrogation Principles in Liability and Insurance, Cornell
University School of Law, 2002

Heterogeneity of Victim’s Costs of Care and the Negligence Rule, University of Ghent,
2003

The Complex Economics of Nuisance Law: Bargaining under Property and Liability Rules
with Public Law Standards, Departamento de Economía y Empresa, Universidad Pompeu
Fabra, Barcelona, 2003; European Association of Law and Economics Annual Meeting,
University of Nancy, 2003; International Society for New Institutional Economics,
University of Arizona, Tucson, 2004

Cashing by The Hour. Why Large Law Firms Prefer Hourly Fees Over Contingency Fees,
European Association of Law and Economics Annual Meeting, University of Nancy, 2003;
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2003

Why Large Law Firms Use Hourly Fees? George Mason University School of Law,
Arlington VA (USA), 2003

Who Should Bear the Costs of Workplace Injuries? The Difficult Coordination of
Workers’ Compensation and Tort Liability, Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Portugal), 2003;
University of Bologna, 2004; German Law and Economics Association, Travemunde, 2004

The Spanish Constitution After 25 Years: An Institutional Analysis, Georgetown
University, Washington, 2003

Paying the Price for being Caught: The Economics of Manifest and Non-Manifest Theft in
Roman Law, George Mason University School of Law, Arlington VA (USA), 2004

Optimal Negligence Rule with Limited Assets, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, 2004
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Being Soft on Tort: Optimal Negligence Rule with Limited Assets, European Association
of Law and Economics Annual Meeting, University of Zagreb, 2004; University of
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Hamburg, 2004; Universty of Amsterdam, 2004; Universidad de Navarra, 2004; MaxPlanck Institute for Research in Public Goods, Bonn, 2005; Asian Law and Economics
Association Annual Meeting, Korean National University , Seoul, 2005; Comparative Law
and Economics Forum, University of Illinois, 2005

The Economic Structure of European Contract Law Principles, University of Catania, 2004

Auditors’ and Lawyers’ Liability for Clients’ Misconduct, University of Ghent, 2004;
European Association of Law and Economics Annual Meeting, University of Ljubljana,
2005; Universidad Carlos III (Madrid), 2005; International Workshop on Pure Economic
Loss, Barcelona, 2005; Universidad Nacional del Sur (Bahía Blanca, Argentina), 2006

Long-Term Contracts, Cooperation and Distribution: A Law and Economics Perspective,
Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2005

II Harvard Course in Law and Economics: Corporate Governance and Tort Reform,
Harvard Law School, Cambridge (MA) 2005

The Tragedy of Bargaining under Property and Liability Rules, Italian Society for Law and
Economics Annual Meeting, University of Siena, 2005

Should We Trust the Gatekeepers? Auditors’ and Lawyers’ Liability for Clients’
Misconduct, American Law and Economics Association Annual Meeting, University of
California at Berkeley, 2006; University of Hamburg, 2006

The Unfair Commercial Practices Directive: A Law and Economics Perspective, University
of Catania, 2006; Universidad Javeriana (Bogotá), 2006

European Contract Law and Economic Welfare: A Law and Ecomomics Approach,
Annual Meeting, Society for European Contract Law, Humboldt University (Berlín), 2006

Reforming Legal Professions in Europe: Situation and Trends, Italian Society for Law and
Economics Annual Meeting, University LUISS (Rome), 2006

Class Actions and Government Action in Enforcing Passivity Rule in Takeover Law, in
Conference on Class Actions in Europe, University of Eastern Piedmont (Alessandria,
Italy), 2007; Annual Conference, European Association of Law and Economics,
Copenhague, 2007; Canadian Law and Economics Association, University of Toronto,
2007

Regulating Prostitution: A Comparative Law and Economics Approach, Workshop in Law
and Economics, University of Bologna, 2007; Annual Conference, European Association
of Law and Economics, Copenhaguen, 2007

Responsabilidad profesional: médicos, abogados y auditores, Universidad de Buenos Aires,
2007

Empirical Analysis of Constitutional Review Voting in the Spanish Constitutional Court,
Italian Society for Law and Economics Annual Meeting, Bocconi University (Milano), 2007

The Harmonization of Contract Law Through European Rules: A Law and Economics
Perspective, University of Amsterdam, 2008; Academy of European Law, Trier, 2008
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Compensation Through Tort and Insurance with Imperfect Liability Rules, University of
Michigan School of Law, Ann Arbor (MI) 2008; American Law and Economics
Association Annual Meeting, Columbia University (NY), 2008; American Risk and
Insurance Association Meeting, Portland (OR), 2008; Bocconi University (Milano), 2009

Open-endedness, Long-term Relationships and Contract Networks, Workshop on
Contracts Networks, European University Institute, Florence, 2008

A Theory of State Liability, European Association of Law and Economics Annual Meeting,
University of Haifa, Israel, 2008; Midwestern Law and Economics Association Annual
Meeting, Nortthwestern University, Chicago (IL), 2008

Optimal Harmonized Standards to Promote Cross-Border Trade, Comparative Law and
Economics Forum, FEDEA, Madrid, 2008; Italian Society for Law and Economics,
University of Bologna, 2008; Keynote speech, Asociación Latinoamericana y del Caribe de
Análisis Económico del Derecho (ALACDE), Barcelona, 2009; Tilburg University, 2010

La formación de los contratos de distribución, Congreso Nacional sobre derecho de la
distribución comercial, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, 2008

Regulation of Long-term Distribution Contracts in the Draft Common Frame of
Reference, Academic Workshop on the Draft Common Frame of Reference, University of
Bonn, 2008; Tilburg University, 2009

Los efectos económicos de la legislación: Law and Economics y Regulatory Impact Assessment,
Congreso Nacional del Perú, Lima, 2009

The Economics of Harmonized Law-making in Private Law: Mechanisms, Modes and
Standards, Keynote presentation, Conference on Foundations of European Private Law,
European University Institute, Florence, 2009; Italian Society for Law and Economics,
2009

Optimal European Standards and Cross-Border Trade, Universitá di Bolzano (Italy), 2009

Economic Underpinnings of European Private Law Harmonization, University of
Münster, 2010

The Spanish Corporate Bankruptcy Puzzle and the Crisis, FEDEA Annual Policy
Conference, Madrid, 2009; Comparative Law and Economics Forum, Yale Law School,
2010; Spanish Law and Economics Association, Madrid, 2010

Evidentiary Theory of Organizational Liability, European Association of Law and
Economics Annual Conference, University of Paris I, 2010

Product Liabilty Between Contract and Tort: Taking the Contract View Seriously,
International Workshop on Product Liability, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2010; Spanish
Association of Law and Economics, Barcelona, 2011; European Association of Law and
Economics Annual Conference, University of Hamburg, 2011

Endogenous Assets and Liability: The Efficiency of Softer Standards, Annual Conference,
European Association of Law Economics, LUISS University, Rome, 2009; American Law
and Economics Association Conference, Princeton University, 2010; University of Chicago
Law School, Law & Economics Workshop, 2010; Simposio de Economía Industrial,
Madrid, 2010
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Economic Analysis of Harmonization Regimes: Minimum Harmonization, Maximum
Harmonization and Optional Instrument, Society for European Contract Law Conference,
University of Leuven, 2011; European Association of Law and Economics Annual
Conference, University of Hamburg, 2011

Contract Damages under Spanish Law, University of Palermo, 2011

Global Public Goods and Collective Actions, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 2011

Insolvency and Liability Rules, University of Zurich, 2011

Product Liability versus Reputation, Spanish Association of Law and Economics,
Barcelona, 2011; Italian Association of Law and Economics, University of Torino, 2011;
Canadian Law and Economics Association Conference, University of Toronto, 2012; Law
and Economics Workshop, NYU School of Law, 2012; University of California at Los
Angeles (UCLA) School of Law, 2013; Amsterdam Centre for Law and Economics, 2013;
University of Milan, 2013; European Association for Research in Industrial Economics,
2013; Korean Law and Economics Association Annual Conference, Seoul, 2013, University
of Mannheim, 2014; University of Paris X, 2014

Political Influence and Career Judiciary: An Empirical Analysis of the the Administrative
Spanish Supreme Court Decisions, Conference on Empirical Legal Studies, Northwestern
University, 2011; Italian Association of Law and Economics, University of Torino, 2011

The Spanish Bankruptcy Puzzle: Why Spanish Firms Are Conservative, Law and Finance
Seminar, Oxford University, 2012; Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2012

Optional Lawmaking for Firms and Consumers: Opting into the Common European Sales
Law, Chicago Conference on European Sales Law, University of Chicago Law School,
2012; Universitá Roma Tre, 2012; Comparative Law and Economics Forum, University of
California at Berkeley, 2012; Italian Society of Law and Economics Annual Conference,
Roma, 2012

Procurement and Accidents: Bidding for Judgement Proofness and the Limited Liability
Curse, American Law and Economics Association Annual Conference, Vanderbilt
University School of Law, 2013; Association of Public Economic Theory, 2013; Radzyner
School of Law, IDC, Israel, 2013; Banco de España Research Seminar, 2013; Columbia
Law School, 2014

Issues of Choice under the Common European Sales Law, Amsterdam University School
of Law, 2013; University of Jena, 2014

Termination and Cure of Breach under the Common European Sales Law, University of
Verona, 2013

Product Liability Should Reward Firm Transparency, Spanish Association of Law and
Economics, 2013; European Association of Law and Economics, Université Aix-Marseille,
2014; Universidad de Roma-La Sapienza, Italian Society for Law and Economics, 2014

The Various Dimensions of Overcriminalization with an Application to Spanish Data,
Korean Economic Research Institute Conference, 2013
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
Minimizing Error, Maximizing Incentives: Optimal Court Decisions and the Quality of
Evidence, American Law and Economics Association Annual Conference, University of
Chicago, 2014

Conflicts of Entitlements in Property Law: The Complexity and Monotonicity of Rules,
New York University School of Law, 2014

The Influence of Behavioral Analysis in the Law: Present and Trends, European University
Institute, 2015

Formal Contracts without Courts, American Law and Economics Association Annual
Conference, Columbia University, 2015; International Meeting in Law and Economics,
Université Paris X-Nanterre/ Université Paris III-Panthéon-Assas, 2015; European
Association of Law and Economics, Universität Wien, 2015

Private Autonomy, Weak Contract Parties: Views from Law & Economics, Oxford
University, 2015

Law Enforcement, Infringers Heterogeneity and Optimal Legal Standards, University of
Amsterdam, 2015

Why Firms Use Contracts in a Lawless World. Trust and the Informative Role of
Contracts, Italian Society of Law and Economics, University of Naples, 2015
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OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS
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2nd National Prize for Law Graduates in Spain (1986)
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Prize Vittorio Emmanuele at the University of Bologna for the best thesis in Law (1988)
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Adviser to the Secretary of State for Universities and R&D (Secretario de Estado de
Universidades, Investigación y Desarrollo) (1996-1998)
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Scientific collaborator of the Spanish Government's Commission on Science and
Technology (Comisión Interministerial de Ciencia y Tecnología) (1998-2003)
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Scientific coordinator in the area of Legal Studies in the Spanish Ministry for Science and
Technology (2001-2003)
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Chairman of the Social Sciences Evaluation Committee of ANECA (Agencia Nacional
para la Evaluación de la Calidad y la Acreditación) (2003)
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Spanish representative to the Erasmus and Socrates Comitteesof the European Union
(1996-1998)
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Member of the Spanish Advisory Council for Universities, appointed by the Spanish Upper
House (Senado) (2003-2007)
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Spanish representative in the area of Social Sciences to the EU V Framework Programme
for Research and Development (1999-2002)
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Co-editor, Review of Law and Economics, 2010-; European Review of Contract Law,
2013-
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Managing Editor of InDret, Spanish electronic journal on legal studies, 2009-

Board of Editors, International Review of Law and Economics, Journal of Consumer
Policy, and Práctica- Revista de Derecho de daños

Referee for international journals: American Economic Review, Journal of Legal Studies,
American Law and Economics Review, Economica, International Review of Law and
Economics, Supreme Court Economic Review, Review of Law and Economics, Journal of
Institutional and Theoretical Economics, Journal of Consumer Policy, European Review of
Contract Law, European Journal of Law and Economics, Spanish Economic Review,
Southern Economic Journal

Scientific evaluator of European (COST) and national (Plan Nacional de I+D, PGC-MEC,
BJU-MCyT, SEC-MCyT) programs, and also of research grants programs of private
institutions (Fundación BBVA, Fundación Ramón Areces, Fundación Rafael del Pino)
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Board member of the European Association of Law and Economics (2001-2007), Society
for European Contract Law (SECOLA) (2004-)
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Member of the Group of Experts on a Common Frame of Reference in the area of
European contract law set up by the European Commission [Commission Decision of 26
April 2010, 2010/233/UE, D.O. L 105, 27.4.2010)]
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Icrea-Academia Award in Social Sciences, 2010 (the first one to be awarded in Law)
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Hauser Global Visiting Professor of Law, New York University School of Law, 2012
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Four positive research periods (sexenios) out of four possible assessments
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Five positive teaching assessments out of five possible assesments
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