Game-theoretic analysis of legal rules and institutions

Benoit, Jean-Pierre and Lewis A. Kornhauser

Chapter 60 in Handbook of Game Theory with Economic Applications, 2002, vol. 3, pp 2229-2269 from Elsevier

Abstract: We offer a selective survey of the uses of cooperative and non-cooperative game theory in the analysis of legal rules and institutions. In so doing, we illustrate some of the ways in which law influences behavior, analyze the mechanism design aspect of legal rules and institutions, and examine some of the difficulties in the use of game-theoretic concepts to clarify legal doctrine.

JEL-codes: C (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2002

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