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Alessio Maria Pacces

Alessio M. Pacces

Alessio Maria Pacces (born in Naples on November 29, 1971) is Associate Professor of Law and Economics, Tinbergen Tenure Track, at the Rotterdam Institute of Law and Economics of the Erasmus School of Law. He worked for seven years in the Law and Economics Research Department of the Italian Central Bank (Banca d’Italia), from where he resigned as senior researcher in 2007. Previously, he worked at the Inspectorate Department of the Italian Supervisory Authority on Securities Markets (Consob) and served as junior officer in the Italian Financial Police (Guardia di Finanza).

In 2008, Alessio defended his PhD cum laude at the Erasmus University of Rotterdam. He holds a cum laude degree in economics from the LUISS University of Rome (1994) and the European Master in Law and Economics (Universities of Hamburg and Manchester, 1995), which was awarded with distinction and the first prize for the best thesis. In 2003, he was visiting scholar at UC Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law. Since 1994, he has been researching and published in many fields of Economic Analysis of Law: Torts, Contracts, Banking and Securities Regulation, and Corporate Governance.

Alessio teaches Introductory courses on Law and Economics, Microeconomics, Corporate Law and Economics, Financial Regulation, Advanced Topics in Competition and Regulation, and Law and Economics in the Courts. He has held a number of visiting appointments in these areas. His current research interests are in Corporate Governance, Law and Finance, Comparative Law and Economics, and the Economics of Financial Regulation. He is a member of the Italian, European and the American Associations of Law and Economics.

Since 2009, Alessio is a Research Associate of the European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) and the Acting Erasmus Mundus coordinator of the European Master of Law and Economics (EMLE).

Alessio is fluent in Italian and English, he reads French, and he is learning Dutch.

Publications
  • A.M. Pacces (2011),“Controlling the Corporate Controller's Misbehaviour.” Journal of Corporate Law Studies, volume 11, part 1, 177–214 (April 2011).
  • A.M. Pacces, L.T. Visscher (2011), “Law and Economics - Methodology”, in B. van Klink & S. Taekema (Eds.), Law and Method. Interdisciplinary Research into Law, Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 85-107.
  • A.M. Pacces (2010), “Consequences of Uncertainty for Regulation: Law and Economics of the Financial Crisis.” European Company and Financial Law Review, volume 7, issue 4, 479–511.
  • T. Eger and A.M. Pacces (2010), “The European Master in Law and Economics: A Programme with a Focus on the Economics of the Europeanization and Internationalization of the Law.” Revista de Educación y Derecho, Número 2, Abril – septiembre 2010, 85-106.
  • A.M. Pacces (2010), “Imposed Protections in Banking Regulation: Lessons from the Financial Crisis” in F.G.M. Smeele & M.A. Verbrugh (Eds.), Opgelegde bescherming in het bedrijfsrecht, Den Haag: Boom Juridische Uitgevers, 209-235.
  • A.M. Pacces (2010), “Uncertainty and the Financial Crisis.” Journal of Financial Transformation, volume 29, 79-93.
  • A.M. Pacces (2010), “Investor Protection is Not All that Matters in Corporate Law and Economics,” in Padmavathi, L. (Ed.), Investor Protection: Transnational Perspectives, Hyderabad: The Icfai University Press, 120-146.
  • A.M. Pacces (2010), “Corporate governance and Coase’s legacy: a reply to Henry Manne,” in Pacces, A.M. (Ed.), The Law and Economics of Corporate Governance: Changing Perspectives, Cheltenham: Elgar, 202-212.
  • A.M. Pacces (2010), “An introduction: changing perspectives on corporate law and economics,” in Pacces, A.M. (Ed.), The Law and Economics of Corporate Governance: Changing Perspectives, Cheltenham: Elgar, 1-22.
  • A.M. Pacces (2009), “Why Investor Protection Is Not All That Matters in Corporate Law and Economics.” The Icfai University Journal of Corporate and Securities Law, VI(2), 8-28.
  • A.M. Pacces (2008), “«The Good, the Bad and the Ugly»: Private Benefits of Control and their Regulatory Implications.” Corporate Ownership & Control, 5(4), 477-491.
  • A.M. Pacces (2008), “Fondamenti economici della responsabilità (seconda parte)” [The Economic Foundations of Legal Liability (Part II)]. Danno e Responsabilità, 2008(2), 225-237.
  • A.M. Pacces (2008), “Fondamenti economici della responsabilità (prima parte)” [The Economic Foundations of Legal Liability (Part I)]. Danno e Responsabilità, 2008(1), 101-109.
  • A.M. Pacces (2007), Featuring Control Power: Corporate Law and Economics Revisited, Ph.D. Dissertation (ISBN 978-90-8559-351-5), Erasmus University of Rotterdam.
  • A.M. Pacces (2007). “Artt. 2506 - 2506quater (La scissione di societa)” [The Legal Discipline of Corporate Divisions in Italy], in Bonfante, G., Corapi, B., Marziale, G., Rordorf, R., Salafia, V. (Eds.), Codice Commentato delle Società, Second Edition, Milano: Ipsoa, 1543-1582.
  • A.M. Pacces (2006), “Il ruolo economico della responsabilità giuridica” [The Role of Tort and Criminal Liability in A Market Economy], in Ciocca, P., Musu, I. (Eds.), Economia per il diritto, Torino: Bollati Boringhieri, 159-180.
  • M. Bianco, M. Bianchi, S. Giacomelli, A.M. Pacces, S. Trento (2005), Il governo delle imprese in Italia. Alle radici delle difficoltà competitive della nostra industria [Corporate Governance as An Interpretation of Italian Firms’ Backwardness], Bologna: Il Mulino.
  • R. Pardolesi, A.M.P. (alias A. M. Pacces), A. Portolano (2004), “Latte, lacrime (da coccodrillo) e sangue (dei risparmiatori). Note minime sul caso Parmalat” [Some Legal and Economic Thoughts on Corporate Scandals in The New Millennium: The ‘Parmalat Case’]. Mercato, Concorrenza, Regole, 2004(1), 193-215.
  • A.M. Pacces (2004), “Artt. 2506 – 2506quater (La scissione di società)” [The New Legal Discipline of Corporate Divisions in Italy], in Bonfante, G., Corapi, B., Marziale, G., Rordorf, R., Salafia, V. (Eds.), Codice Commentato delle Nuove Società, First Edition, Milano: Ipsoa, 1341-1379.
  • A.M. Pacces (2003), “La disciplina europea dei servizi finanziari al dettaglio: prospettive di armonizzazione e di concorrenza tra ordinamenti nella tutela del consumatore” [The Legal Discipline of Retail Financial Services in Europe: Harmonization vs. Regulatory Competition in Financial Consumer Protection], in Towards a European Banking and Financial System?, Roma: Ente L. Einaudi.
  • A.M. Pacces (2000), “Financial Intermediation in the Securities Markets: Law and Economics of Conduct of Business Regulation.” International Review of Law and Economics, 20(4), 479-510.
  • A. Pacces (2000), “Alla ricerca delle chances perdute: vizi (e virtù) di una costruzione giurisprudenziale” [‘La perte d’une chance’: Pros and Cons of Judge-Made Law in the Economics of Tort Liability]. Danno e Responsabilità, 2000(6), 659-665.
  • R. Pardolesi, A. Pacces (1997), “Clausole vessatorie e analisi economica del diritto: note in margine alle ragioni (e alle incongruenze) della nuova disciplina” [Standard Form Contracts: A Legal and Economic Analysis], in Diritto Privato 1996, Padova: Cedam, 377-426.
  • B. Bartoloni, A. Pacces (1997), “Il decreto Eurosim e la nuova disciplina dell’intermediazione mobiliare” [The New Securities Regulation in Italy after The Implementation of The EC Directive 93/11]. Rivista della Guardia di Finanza, 1997(3), 1141-1166.
  • A. Pacces (1994), “Competizioni automobilistiche: nuovo terreno fertile per il risarcimento delle chances perdute?” [The Theory of ‘perte d’une chance’ in Tort Liability: A Comment to A Court Decision on Motor Racing]. Rivista del diritto sportivo, 1994(2-3), 447-460.
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E-mail: pacces@frg.eur.nl

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