Roger Van den Bergh

 

Tel: +31-10-4081616
E-mail: r.vandenbergh@law.eur.nl

Roger Van den Bergh is Professor of Law and Economics at the Law Faculty of the Erasmus University Rotterdam. He holds Europe’s first full Law and Economics-professorship at the Erasmus University Rotterdam. He is also Director of the Rotterdam Institute of Law and Economics (RILE) and President of the European Association of Law and Economics (EALE). He studied law career at the University of Antwerp (UIA), from which he graduated with honours in 1975). In 1982 he was he was awarded the doctoral degree summa cum laude for his dissertation on buying power and price competition (“Inkoopmacht en prijsconcurrentie”). Roger’s scientific publications cover a wide range of topics in Law and Economics. He published extensively in both books and leading journals on Competition Law and Economics, European Law and Economics, the Economic Analysis of Consumer Law, and of Tort Law and Insurance. Roger co-edits the Edward Elgar series on New Horizons in Law and Economics. He also serves as Associate Editor of the International Review of Law and Economics, and is a member of the Editorial Board of the American Review of Law and Economics, as well as of the Economische en Statistische Berichten. Roger’s current research is on the reception of economic arguments in European competition law, the economic analysis of European harmonisation and the subsidiarity principle in European law, issues of public safety and security in society, including the dealings with catastrophic accidents, and the economics of judicial decision making. He lectures a most diverse range of classes, spanning the regular Dutch curriculum’s mandatory initiation into Law and Economics, the Institute’s (post-)graduate studies in law and economics courses on Competition Law and Economics, European Law and Economics, Law and Economics before the Courts and the Economics of Regulation, as well as a host of invited lectures across the Netherlands and Europe. Besides his regular academic tasks, Roger also co-ordinates the “European Master Programme in Law and Economics”, a conglomerate of 17 partner universities across Europe and the world.

Professional experience

 

1998-present 
Professor of Law and Economics, Law Faculty, Erasmus University Rotterdam 
1999-present 
Visiting Professor at the University of Hamburg 
1999 
Visiting Professor at the University of Aix-Marseille III 
1995
Fellow, Norwegian Academy of Science, Centre for Advanced Studies, Oslo 
1994-1998 
Professor of Law and Economics, Institute for Law and Economics, University of Hamburg 
1994-1998 
Associate Professor of Economic Law, Faculty of Law, University of Antwerp (UIA) 
1993-1999 
Professor of Law and Economics, Utrecht University 
1991
Fellow, Yale Law School, New Haven 
1988-1992 
Expert-member of the Belgian Economic Affairs Ministry’s Council for Economic Disputes 
1987-1992 
Associate Professor of Commercial Law, Faculty of Applied Economics, University of Antwerp (RUCA) and Brussels’ Catholic University 
1982, 1987 and 1990 
Research Fellow at Munich’s Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Patent, Copyright and Competition Law 
1982-1987 
Assistant Professor of Business Law, Faculty of Law, University of Antwerp (UIA)

 

 

Publications

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Commercial law in general

  • Handels-en economisch recht in hoofdlijnen, vijfde herwerkte druk (Belgian Commercial and Economic Law), Intersentia, Antwerpen, 2002, 370 p. (with E. Dirix, H. Vanhees and Y. Montangie).

Competition law and policy

  • Dante, Calimero en de rechter-econoom. Over de mogelijkheden en de beperkingen van het gebruik van economische theoriën en econometrisch bewijsmateriaal in mededingingszaken (On the use of economic arguments and econometric evidence in antitrust cases), SEW, 2003 , p.10-19.
  • Achilles Uncovered - Revisiting the European Commission's 1997 Market Definition Notice, 46 Antitrust Bulletin, 2002, 146-183 (with P.D.N. Camesasca).
  • The difficult reception of economic analysis in European competition law, in: A. Cucinotta, R. Pardolesi and R. Van den Bergh (eds), Post Chicago Developments in Antitrust Law, Cheltenham, Edward Elgar, 2002, p. 34-59
  • Competition Law and Economics. A Comparative Perspective, Antwerpen-Groningen-Oxford, Intersentia-Hart, 2001, 598 p. (with P.D.N. Camesasca)
  • Wettbewerbsrechtliche Beurteilung von Tarifverträgen. Ökonomische Analyse der jüngsten EuGH-Rechtsprechung (Collective labour agreements and competition law: an economic analysis), in: C. Ott en H.-B. Schäfer, Ökonomische Analyse des Arbeitsrechts, Tübingen, Mohr Siebeck, 2001, p.152-173 (with P.D.N. Camesasca).
  • Hoe relevant is de relevante markt? Een rechtseconomische visie op methoden en technieken van marktafbakening in het Europese en Nederlandse mededingingsrecht, in: Europees Kartelrecht Gedecentraliseerd? Het Witboek, (Economic Analysis of Definition of the Relevant Market in EC Competition Law), T.M.C. Asser Press, Den Haag, 2000, p.27-54.
  • Irreconcilable Principles? The Court of Justice Exempts Collective Labour Agreements from the Wrath of Antitrust, 25 European Law Review, 2000 (with P.D.N. Camesasca).
  • The Economics of Antitrust Laws, in: B. Bouckaert and G. De Geest, Encyclopedia of Law and Economics, Cheltenham: Elgar, 2000, Vol III, 467-497 (with P. Van Cayseele) Download Download
  • Het knellend Brussels maatpak (The Difficult Reception of Economic Analysis in European Competition Law), ESB, 1999, 23.
  • Hoe ver is Brussel van Berlijn? De zesde Duitse kartelwetnovelle (The Differences between German and European Competition Law), Tijdschrift voor Europees en economisch recht, 1999, 48-56, (with P.D.N. Camesasca).

Consumer protection and fair trading law

  • De richtlijn consumentenkoop in rechtseconomisch perspectief (Economic analysis of the EC Direcrtive on consumer sales and warranties), in: J. Smits (red.), De richtlijn consumentenkoop in perspectief, Den Haag, Boom, 2003, p.79-93.
  • Cooling-Off Periods in the Consumer Laws of the EC Member States. A Comparative Law and Economics Approach', Journal of Consumer Policy, 2000, (with P. Rekaiti).

Free movement and harmonisation in the EC

  • Een EU-symbool te veel (Critical remarks on the project of a European Civil Code), ESB, 2002, p. 243.
  • Forced Harmonisation of Contract Law in Europe: Not to be Continued, in: S. Grundmann and J. Stuyck (eds), An Academic Green Paper on European Contract Law , Kluwer, The Hague, 2002, p. 245-264.
  • Regulatory competition or harmonization of laws? Guidelines for the European regulator, in: A. Marciano and J.-M. Josselin, The Economics of Harmonizing European Law , Cheltenham, Elgar, 2002, p. 27-49.
  • Towards a European Private Law: To Harmonise or not to Harmonise, that is the Question, in: H.-B. Schäfer und H.-J. Lwowski (Hrsg.), Konsequenzen wirtschaftsrechtlicher Normen , Festschrift für Claus Ott, Gabler, 2002, p. 327-343.
  • Economic Criteria for Applying the Subsidiarity Principle in European Environmental Law, in: R. Revesz, P. Sands and R. Stewart (eds.), Environmental Law, the Economy, and Sustainable Development, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2000, p. 80-95.
  • Member States Liability for Infringement of the Free Movement of Goods in the EC: An Economic Analysis', 156 Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE), 2000, 382-403 (with H.-B. Schäfer).

Law and Economics

  • Theory and Evidence on the Regulation of the Latin Notary Profession: A Law and Economics Approach, commissioned by the notary federations of France, Belgium, and the Netherlands, 2006, Roger Van den Bergh and Yves Montangie. Download Download
  • Averechts Recht (Perverse Effects of Law), Oratie Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, Intersentia, Groningen/Antwerpen, 2000, 62 p.
  • Metodologie di valutazione dell'impatto della regolamentazione: il ruolo dell'analisi costi-benefici (Methodologies for regulatory impact analysis: the role of cost-benefit analysis), Mercato, Concorrenza, Regole , 2001, 223-256 (with A. Arcuri)
  • Towards an Institutional Legal Framework for Regulatory Competition in Europe, Kyklos, 2000, 435-466.
  • Disproportionele regulering (Disproportionate Regulation), ESB, 1999, 595.
  • Law and Economics and the Labour Market, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, 1999, 249 p., (Editor with G. De Geest, J. Siegers).
  • Rechtseconomie, een stand van zaken (The ‚State of the Art‘ in Law and Economics), ESB, 1999, 344-348 (with H. Kerkmeester).
  • Self-regulation of the Medical and Legal Professions: Remaining Barriers to Competition and EC Law, in: B. Bortolotti and G. Fiorentini (eds), Organized Interests and Self-regulation, Oxford University Press, 1999, 89-130.

Liability and insurance law and policy

  • Competition on the European Market for Liability Insurance and Efficient Accident Law, 9 Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law , 2002, p.279-306 (with Michael Faure).
  • Gronden en grenzen van aansprakelijkheid: Rechtseconomische kanttekeningen (Foundations and Limits of Liability: Comments from a Law and Economics Perspective), in: Aansprakelijkheid: Gronden en Grenzen, Verslagboek tweede Grotius lustrum, Kluwer, 2001, p. 111-142 .
  • Aansprakelijkheidsverzekering, concurrentie en ongevallenpreventie (Liability Insurance, Competition and Prevention of Accidents) , in: T. Hartlief en M.M. Mendel (red.), Verzekering en maatschappij, 2000, 315-342 (with M. Faure).
  • Book review of W.C.T. Weterings, Vergoeding van letselschade en transactiekosten, Rechtsgeleerd Magazijn Themis, 2000, 71-73.
  • Introduction to the Law and Economics Issue: Large Accidents/ Insurance and Risk Neutrality', 25 Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance, 2000, 163-165 (with G. Skogh).
  • Is schade vergoeden te duur?, book review of N.F. van Manen en R. H. Stutterheim (red.), Wie draagt de schade?, Recht der Werkelijkheid, 2000, 97-100.
  • Op de glijdende schaal van commerciële belangen en maatschappelijke welvaart (Insurance of Catastrophic Accidents: Commercial Interests versus Social Welfare), ESB, D22-D23, 1999.

Postal Services, Telecom and ICT

  • De draad kwijt? Onderzoek naar de gang van zaken rond de Nederlandse UMTS-veiling, M.C.W. Janssen, A.P. Ros, en N. van der Windt (eds.), Rotterdam, Erasmus Universiteit, 2001, 229 p.

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Professional Services Markets

  • Theory and Evidence on the Regulation of the Latin Notary Profession: A Law and Economics Approach, commissioned by the notary federations of France, Belgium, and the Netherlands, 2006, Roger Van den Bergh and Yves Montangie. Download Download