International Review of Law and Economics

1981 - 2025

Current editor(s): C. Ott, A. W. Katz and H-B. Schäfer

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Volume 29, issue 4, 2009

Graduated penalty scheme pp. 281-289

Mehmet Bac and Parimal Bag

Explaining constitutional garrulity pp. 290-303

Stefan Voigt

Patent laws and innovation in China pp. 304-313

Linda Yueh

Deterrence and avoidance pp. 314-323

Jacob Nussim and Avraham D. Tabbach

Excessive spending by firms to avoid accidents: Is it a concern in practice? pp. 324-335

Klaas van 't Veld and Emma Hutchinson

The effect of police on crime, disorder and victim precaution. Evidence from a Dutch victimization survey pp. 336-348

Ben Vollaard and Pierre Koning

Annullable bonuses and penalties pp. 349-359

Gerrit De Geest, Giuseppe Dari-Mattiacci and Jacques J. Siegers

Industry self-regulation, subversion of public institutions, and social control of torts pp. 360-374

Peter Grajzl and Andrzej Baniak

Filtering speed in a Continental European reorganization procedure pp. 375-387

Nico Dewaelheyns and Cynthia Van Hulle

Too risk averse to stay honest?: Business corruption, uncertainty and attitudes toward risk pp. 388-395

Tina Søreide

Volume 29, issue 3, 2009

Bribes vs. bombs: A study in Coasean warfare pp. 179-190

Gideon Parchomovsky and Peter Siegelman

The use of warnings in the presence of errors pp. 191-201

Sandra Rousseau

Crime, economic conditions, social interactions and family heritage pp. 202-209

Paulo Loureiro, Mário Jorge Cardoso de Mendonça, Tito Moreira and Adolfo Sachsida

Wage differentials and social comparison: An experimental study of interrelated ultimatum bargaining pp. 210-220

Dorothea Alewell and Andreas Nicklisch

An optimal anti-drug law enforcement policy pp. 221-228

Sylvaine Poret

The influence of bankruptcy law on equity value of financially distressed firms: A European comparative analysis pp. 229-243

Carlos López Gutiérrez, Myriam García Olalla and Begoña Torre Olmo

On the joint use of licensing and liability pp. 244-251

Erik Lenntorp

Two-tiered entrepreneurship and economic development pp. 252-259

Peter Leeson and Peter Boettke

Why are the French so different from the Germans? Underpricing of IPOs on the Euro New Markets pp. 260-271

Marc Goergen, Arif Khurshed and Luc Renneboog

Screening accident victims pp. 272-280

Tim Friehe

Volume 29, issue 2, 2009

More police, less crime: Evidence from US state data pp. 73-80

Ming-Jen Lin

Share repurchase regulations: Do firms play by the rules? pp. 81-96

Edith Ginglinger and Jacques Hamon

Why are countries reluctant to exchange information on interest income? Participation in and effectiveness of the EU Savings Tax Directive pp. 97-105

Peter Schwarz

Co-evolution of politics and corporate governance pp. 106-114

Marianna Belloc and Ugo Pagano

Managerial influence and CEO performance incentives pp. 115-126

Shijun Cheng and Raffi Indjejikian

Governance of professional sports leagues--Cooperatives versus contracts pp. 127-137

Helmut Dietl, Egon Franck, Tariq Hasan and Markus Lang

On the superiority of damage averaging in the case of strict liability pp. 138-142

Florian Baumann and Tim Friehe

An empirical testing of leverage effects via the common distribution network pp. 143-152

Sangin Park

Legal damages for losses of chances pp. 153-160

Urs Schweizer

Sequential torts and bilateral harm pp. 161-168

Tim Friehe

A revised model of unilateral accidents pp. 169-177

Jacob Nussim and Avraham D. Tabbach

Volume 29, issue 1, 2009

Deterrence and tax treatment of monetary sanctions and litigation costs pp. 1-7

Jacob Nussim and Avraham D. Tabbach

Plea bargaining with budgetary constraints pp. 8-12

Steeve Mongrain and Joanne Roberts

The introduction of an appeals court in Dutch tax litigation pp. 13-24

Jurjen Kamphorst and Ben C.J. van Velthoven

Some reflections on the economics of prosecutors: Mandatory vs. selective prosecution pp. 25-28

Nuno Garoupa

Government expenditure on public order and safety, economic growth and private investment: Empirical evidence from the United States pp. 29-37

Anthony Glass

Employment effect of dismissal pay in the presence of judicial mistakes pp. 38-45

Chun-chieh Huang, Juin-jen Chang and Ching-chong Lai

Generalized trust and wealth pp. 46-56

Mehmet Bac

An empirical analysis of the 2000 corporate tax reform in Germany: Effects on ownership and control in listed companies pp. 57-66

Anke Weber

What discount rate should bankruptcy judges use? Estimates from Canadian reorganization data pp. 67-72

Fabrice Barthlmy, Timothy Fisher and Jocelyn Martel

Volume 28, issue 4, 2008

How do insolvency codes affect a firm's investment? pp. 227-238

Julio Pindado, Luis Rodrigues and Chabela de la Torre

Lesser-included offenses pp. 239-245

Ram Orzach and Stephen Spurr

Dueling experts and imperfect verification pp. 246-255

Kenton Yee

Harmonization of private law on a global level pp. 256-262

P. Jean-Jacques Herings and Arnald J. Kanning

How liable should an exporter be?: The case of trade in hazardous goods pp. 263-271

Carsten Helm

Patent litigation insurance and R&D incentives pp. 272-286

Luigi Buzzacchi and Giuseppe Scellato

Public goods, taxes, and takings pp. 287-293

Thomas Miceli

Client participation in paid sex markets under alternative regulatory regimes pp. 294-301

Alan Collins and Guy Judge

Volume 28, issue 3, 2008

Efficiency and fairness: Compensation for takings pp. 157-165

Paul Niemann and Perry Shapiro

Optimal agency contracts: The effect of vicarious liability and judicial error pp. 166-174

Juan Carlos Bisso and Albert H. Choi

Recent developments in German corporate governance pp. 175-193

Marc Goergen, Miguel C. Manjon and Luc Renneboog

On terror, drugs and racial profiling pp. 194-203

Tomer Blumkin and Yoram Margalioth

Liability and food safety provision: Empirical evidence from the US pp. 204-211

Maria Loureiro

Incentives, criminal defence lawyers and plea bargaining pp. 212-219

Frank H. Stephen, Giorgio Fazio and Cyrus Tata

Market segmentation in child adoption pp. 220-225

Erwin Blackstone, Andrew Buck, Simon Hakim and Uriel Spiegel

Volume 28, issue 2, 2008

Identifying the socio-economic and demographic determinants of crime across Spanish provinces pp. 89-97

Paolo Buonanno and Daniel Montolio

Liability and manufacturer warnings pp. 98-105

Paul Calcott

Customary versus technological advancement tests pp. 106-112

Bruno Deffains and Dominique Demougin

Investor protection and business creation pp. 113-122

Ari Hyytinen and Tuomas Takalo

The joint use of regulation and strict liability with multidimensional care and uncertain conviction pp. 123-132

Bharat Bhole and Jeffrey Wagner

Safety regulation vs. liability with heterogeneous probabilities of suit pp. 133-139

Sébastien Rouillon

Law of incorporation and firm ownership structure: The law and finance theory revisited pp. 140-149

Yves Bozec, Stephane Rousseau and Claude Laurin

Optimal sanctions and endogeneity of differences in detection probabilities pp. 150-155

Tim Friehe

Volume 28, issue 1, 2008

On the role of plea bargaining and the distribution of sentences in the absence of judicial system frictions pp. 1-7

David Bjerk

Investigating the drugs-crime channel in economics of crime models: Empirical evidence from panel data of the German States pp. 8-22

Horst Entorf and Peter Winker

The optimality of contingent fees in the agency problem of litigation pp. 23-31

Susheng Wang

Corporate governance and firm performance in Arab equity markets: Does ownership concentration matter? pp. 32-45

Mohammed Omran, Ali Bolbol and Ayten Fatheldin

Who wants safer cities? Perceptions of public safety and attitudes to migrants among China's urban population pp. 46-55

Ingrid Nielsen and Russell Smyth

Can third-party payments benefit the principal?: The case of soft dollar brokerage pp. 56-77

Stephen M. Horan and D. Bruce Johnsen

Heterogeneous physicians, lawsuit costs, and the negligence rule pp. 78-88

Anja Olbrich