DJur (1997 Rome) LLM (2000 Utrecht) PhD (2002 Utrecht)
Giuseppe Dari-Mattiacci is professor of law and economics at the University of Amsterdam, co-director of the Amsterdam Center for Law and Economics and research fellow at the Tinbergen Institute and the Center for the Study of European Contract Law
After studying law in Rome and law & economics in Utrecht, he conducted research as a Marie Curie doctoral fellow at Hamburg University and as a post-doctoral fellow at Gent University and Nancy 2 University. In 2006 he has been awarded the VIDI research grant by the NWO (the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research) for a study on the evolution of lawmaking in ancient Rome.
He is specialized in the economic analysis of fundamental areas of the law, such as tort, contract, property and litigation. His current research interests concern the evolution of law and legal institutions, ancient law, and slavery.
All papers can be downloaded from the SSRN website following the link below.
Recent articles (follow link to SSRN below for full text):
- ‘Centralization versus Decentralization as a Risk-Return Trade-off' in 53 Journal of Law and Economics (2010) with Alessandra Arcuri.
- ‘Carrots, Sticks, and the Multiplication Effect' in 26 Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization (2010) with Gerrit De Geest
- ‘Negative Liability' in 38 Journal of Legal Studies (2009).
Coolest talks:
- Arbitration versus Settlement, Luxemburg 2006, before ECJ judges.
- Moral Hazard and Failure to Disclose Information in Contracts, Paris 2006, Cour de Cassation.
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