International Review of Law and Economics

1981 - 2025

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Volume 15, issue 4, 1995

Introduction pp. 347-349

Roger Van Den Bergh, Dirk Heremans and Patrick Van Cayseele

The conversion of ordinary shares into nonvoting shares pp. 351-372

Benito Arruñada and Candido Paz-Ares

Financing instruments, security design, and the efficiency of takeovers: A note pp. 373-393

Piet Sercu and Cynthia Van Hulle

A transaction cost perspective on financial distress and capital structure pp. 395-404

Per-Olof Bjuggren

Does corporate governance influence performance? Some evidence from U.K. insurance companies pp. 405-424

Stephen R. Diacon and Noel O'Sullivan

Competing merger policies in a common agency framework pp. 425-441

Hilde Smets and Patrick Van Cayseele

Unfair competition, consumer deception, and brand copying: An economic perspective pp. 443-462

J. A. K. Huntley and Frank H. Stephen

Private takings, private taxes, private compulsory services: The economic doctrine of quasi contracts pp. 463-487

Boudewijn Bouckaert and Gerrit De Geest

Analyzing legal paternalism pp. 489-508

Paul Burrows

Volume 15, issue 3, 1995

Manufacturer moral hazard and the Tort-contract issue in products liability pp. 241-257

Mark Geistfeld

The coase theorem in rent-seeking society pp. 259-268

Chulho Jung, Kerry Krutilla, W Viscusi and Roy Boyd

A game theoretic model of gun control pp. 269-288

Robert Taylor

Forming beliefs about adjudicated outcomes: Perceptions of risk and reservation values pp. 289-303

Linda Babcock, Henry S. Farber, Cynthia Fobian and Eldar Shafir

Vicarious liability under a negligence rule pp. 305-322

C. Y. Cyrus Chu and Yingyi Qian

Predictable and unpredictable error in tort awards: The effect of plaintiff self-selection and signaling pp. 323-345

Eric Rasmusen

Volume 15, issue 2, 1995

Computational cost of verifying enforceable contracts pp. 127-140

Hakan Holm

The efficient duty to rescue pp. 141-150

Richard L. Hasen

Anticipatory compliance and effective regulatory activity pp. 151-159

Pinaki Bose

An economic theory of adverse possession pp. 161-173

Thomas Miceli and C. F. Sirmans

Special levies on punitive damages: Decoupling, agency problems, and litigation expenditures pp. 175-185

Marcel Kahan and Bruce Tuckman

The offer/ask disparity and just compensation for takings: A constitutional choice perspective pp. 187-203

William Fischel

The incentive effects of litigation fee shifting when legal standards are uncertain pp. 205-224

Clinton Beckner and Avery Katz

The law and economics of contract modifications: the case of Williams v. Roffey pp. 225-240

Antony Dnes

Volume 15, issue 1, 1995

A model of punitive damages in tort pp. 1-24

Darryl Biggar

When does organized crime pay? A transaction cost analysis pp. 25-45

Andrew R. Dick

The case against secured lending pp. 47-63

John Hudson

Disclosure of Information and Incentives for Care pp. 65-85

Peter-J. Jost

Contract modification when litigating for damages is costly pp. 87-99

Thomas Miceli

How optimal penalties change with the amount of harm pp. 101-108

Eric Rasmusen

The effects of criminality and conviction on the labor market status of young British offenders pp. 109-126

Daniel Nagin and Joel Waldfogel

Volume 14, issue 4, 1994

Arne ryde symposium on law and economics pp. 379-380

Roger van den Bergh and Goran Skogh

The historical evolution of polities pp. 381-391

Douglass North

The capture of wealth by monopolists and the protection of property rights pp. 393-409

Yoram Barzel

Barriers to entry and exit in European competition policy pp. 411-435

David Harbord and Tom Hoehn

The economics of trust, trust-sensitive contracts, and regulation pp. 437-451

P. Goran and T. Hagg

The Swedish patient compensation system: Myths and realities pp. 453-466

Patricia Danzon

A positive theory of legal change pp. 467-477

Martin J. Bailey and Paul Rubin

The provision of environmental protection measures under incomplete information: An introduction to the theory of mechanism design pp. 479-491

Winand Emons

The marriage contract and efficient rules for spousal support pp. 493-502

Kristian Bolin

Volume 14, issue 3, 1994

Counterclaims: An economic analysis pp. 235-244

William Landes

Money transfers versus hostages as guarantors of contractual performance pp. 245-259

Gerald Garvey

State-dependent utility and the tort system as insurance: Strict liability versus negligence pp. 261-271

Harry Frech

Pretrial negotiations with asymmetric information on risk preferences pp. 273-281

Amy Farmer and Paul Pecorino

Settlement negotiations with two-sided asymmetric information: Model duality, information distribution, and efficiency pp. 283-298

Andrew Daughety and Jennifer Reinganum

An economic analysis of the constitutionality of state preference laws pp. 299-306

Werner Z. Hirsch

The logic of power in the emerging European constitution: Game theory and the division of powers pp. 307-326

Robert Cooter and Josef Drexl

The impact of rights plans on proxy contests: Reevaluating Moran v. Household International pp. 327-339

Randall S. Thomas and Kenneth J. Martin

Deterrence effects of sequential punishment policies: Should repeat offenders be more severely punished? pp. 341-350

Moshe Burnovski and Zvi Safra

Complaining about noncompliance with the minimum wage law pp. 351-362

Gideon Yaniv

A test of an economics of crime model pp. 363-370

Matti Viren

Effect of the size of the bench on the correctness of court judgments: The case of Israel pp. 371-375

Drora Karotkin

Volume 14, issue 2, 1994

Geneva Vitznau Conference pp. 123-123

Gerard Hertig

Federalism and European business law pp. 125-132

Frank H. Easterbrook

Why is economic and monetary union an important objective for Europe? pp. 133-145

Niels Thygesen

The EMU and fiscal policy in the new European Community: An issue for economic federalism pp. 147-161

Robert P. Inman and Daniel L. Rubinfeld

The legal foundation for competition in EC capital markets: The gap between rhetoric and reality pp. 163-173

Ruben Lee

Comment on Ruben Lee pp. 174-176

Hideki Kanda

Imperfect mutual recognition for EC financial services pp. 177-186

Gerard Hertig

German "populism" and the large public corporation pp. 187-202

Mark Roe

Labor representation on corporate boards: Impacts and problems for corporate governance and economic integration in Europe pp. 203-214

Klaus J. Hopt

Structural adjudication and the new law merchant: A model of decentralized law pp. 215-231

Robert D. Cooter

Volume 14, issue 1, 1994

Efficiency in legal transplants: An essay in Comparative Law and Economics pp. 3-19

Ugo Mattei

Efficient standards of due care: Should courts find more parties negligent under comparative negligence? pp. 21-34

Aaron Edlin

Sequential Torts with imperfect information pp. 35-40

Harold Winter

Preference revelation in strict liability product safety markets pp. 41-52

Alf Erling Risa

Tort liability versus other approaches for deterring careless driving pp. 53-71

Frank Sloan, Bridget A. Reilly and Christoph M. Schenzler

The cost of civil litigation: An empirical study pp. 73-86

Philip L. Williams and Ross Williams

Private security: Deterrent or diversion? pp. 87-101

Koo Hui-Wen and Ivan Png

Does conviction have a persistent effect on income and employment? pp. 103-119

Joel Waldfogel