On Thursday 4 and Friday 5 June 2009, TILEC will host an intensive workshop whose aim is to bring together economists and lawyers working on media-related issues. A growing number of academics in various fields work on media-related topics, but often independently from one another. There is still much to be gained by bringing them together. Scholars in law and economics typically have different approaches and often move in different policy circles. However, economic reasoning and analysis are playing an increasingly important role in the application of law in the broad field of media, both in the area of sector-specific regulation and in competition law. Moreover, the electronic communications sector (telecom, broadcasting, Internet) is of upmost importance to economic development and social cohesion. Hence, it is essential that media scientists from the two disciplines share their expert knowledge in order to propose high quality regulation to policymakers. Invited speakers for this special event are: Simon Anderson (University of Virginia), Joel Waldfogel (University of Pennsylvania) Nico van Eijk (University of Amsterdam) and Rachael Craufurd Smith (Edinburg Law School). A
call for papers is open until 29 March 2009.
