International Review of Law and Economics

1981 - 2025

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Volume 36, issue C, 2013

Allocation of fault in contract law pp. 1-11

Osnat Jacobi and Avi Weiss

Static and dynamic merger effects: A market share based empirical analysis pp. 12-24

Mikko Packalen and Anindya Sen

Electoral rules and voter turnout pp. 25-35

Guglielmo Barone and Guido de Blasio

Financing of employer sponsored health insurance plans before and after health reform: What consumers don’t know won’t hurt them? pp. 36-47

Amalia Miller, Christine Eibner and Carole Roan Gresenz

The economics of minority freezeouts: Evidence from the courtroom pp. 48-58

Øyvind Bøhren and Nils Erik Krosvik

Patent pools and dynamic R&D incentives pp. 59-69

Vianney Dequiedt and Bruno Versaevel

Deterability by age pp. 70-81

Shawn Bushway, Gregory DeAngelo and Benjamin Hansen

Volume 35, issue C, 2013

Preventive enforcement pp. 1-12

Tim Friehe and Avraham Tabbach

The effect of time on default remedies for breach of contract pp. 13-25

Osnat Jacobi and Avi Weiss

When voice fails: Potential exit as a constraint on government quality pp. 26-41

Robert Fleck and F. Andrew Hanssen

N problems require N instruments pp. 42-57

Gerrit De Geest

Explaining the “unpredictable”: An empirical analysis of U.S. patent infringement awards pp. 58-72

Michael J. Mazzeo, Jonathan Hillel and Samantha Zyontz

Private protection against crime when property value is private information pp. 73-79

Florian Baumann and Tim Friehe

Negligence, causation, and incentives for care pp. 80-89

Keith N. Hylton and Haizhen Lin

Volume 34, issue C, 2013

Tarasoff, duty to warn laws, and suicide pp. 1-8

Griffin Edwards

Tracking inconsistent judicial behavior pp. 9-20

Anthony Niblett

Self-protection against crime victimization: Theory and evidence from university campuses pp. 21-33

W. David Allen

Fight cartels or control mergers? On the optimal allocation of enforcement efforts within competition policy pp. 34-40

Andreea Cosnita-Langlais and Jean-Philippe Tropeano

Europeanization of EU member-state competition policy: The commission's leadership role pp. 41-51

Pedro Barros, Joseph Clougherty and Jo Seldeslachts

When is public enforcement of insider trading regulations effective? pp. 52-60

Jacco L. Wielhouwer

Solving creditor problems in the twilight zone: Superfluous law and inadequate private solutions pp. 61-76

Oscar Couwenberg and Stephen J. Lubben

Changes in divorce patterns: Culture and the law pp. 77-87

Victor Hiller and Magali Recoules

Institutional determinants of domestic and foreign subsidiaries’ performance pp. 88-96

Klaus Gugler, Dennis C. Mueller, Evgeni Peev and Esther Segalla

Volume 32, issue 4, 2012

Ex ante versus ex post expectation damages pp. 339-355

Zhiyong Liu and Ronen Avraham

The welfare effects of medical malpractice liability pp. 356-369

Darius Lakdawalla and Seth Seabury

Tactical dilatory practice in litigation: Evidence from EC merger proceedings pp. 370-377

Peter L. Ormosi

Alcohol, antitrust, and the 21st Amendment: An empirical examination of post and hold laws pp. 379-392

James C. Cooper and Joshua D. Wright

Volume 32, issue 3, 2012

Unjust laws and illegal norms pp. 285-299

Emanuela Carbonara, Francesco Parisi and Georg von Wangenheim

Litigation and settlement under judicial agency pp. 300-308

Levent Kockesen and Murat Usman

Child support guidelines and divorce incentives pp. 309-316

Douglas Allen and Margaret Brinig

Contingent fee caps, screening, and the quality of legal services pp. 317-328

Stephen J. Cotten and Rudy Santore

Optimal attorney advertising pp. 329-338

Michael Stone and Thomas J. Miceli

Volume 32, issue 2, 2012

Equilibrium implications of fiscal policy with tax evasion: A long run perspective pp. 197-214

Francesco Busato, Bruno Chiarini and Guido M. Rey

Strategic delegation and “judicial couples” in the Italian Constitutional Court pp. 215-223

Fabio Padovano and Nadia Fiorino

Do parachutes discipline managers? An analysis of takeover battles pp. 224-232

Oliver Fabel and Martin Kolmar

Why not adopt a loser-pays-all rule in criminal litigation? pp. 233-241

Luciana Echazu and Nuno Garoupa

Breaks in the breaks: An analysis of divorce rates in Europe pp. 242-255

Rafael González-Val and Miriam Marcén

The costs of avoiding accidents: Selective compliance and the ‘Peltzman effect’ in Italy pp. 256-270

Simona Benedettini and Antonio Nicita

Social Wealth and Optimal Care pp. 271-284

Giuseppe Dari-Mattiacci and Eric Langlais

Volume 32, issue 1, 2012

The effect of rules shifting supreme court jurisdiction from mandatory to discretionary—An empirical lesson from Taiwan pp. 3-18

Theodore Eisenberg and Kuo-Chang Huang

Court output, judicial staffing, and the demand for court services: Evidence from Slovenian courts of first instance pp. 19-29

Valentina Dimitrova-Grajzl, Peter Grajzl, Janez Šušteršič and Katarina Zajc

Examining the efficiency of the U.S. courts of appeals: Pathologies and prescriptions pp. 30-37

Robert K. Christensen and John Szmer

Talent matters: Judicial productivity and speed in Japan pp. 38-48

John Ramseyer

On the optimal number of courts pp. 49-62

Stefan Voigt

Aggregate litigation and regulatory innovation: Another view of judicial efficiency pp. 63-71

Giovanni Ramello

Optimization, path dependence and the law: Can judges promote efficiency? pp. 72-82

Alain Marciano and Elias Khalil

Corporate acquisition process: Is there an optimal cash-equity payment mix? pp. 83-94

Hubert de La Bruslerie

Does competition stimulate drug utilization? The impact of changes in market structure on US drug prices, marketing and utilization pp. 95-109

Gautier Duflos and Frank Lichtenberg

Guido Calabresi's economic analysis of law, Coase and the Coase theorem pp. 110-118

Alain Marciano

Evaluating human life using court decisions on damages for pain and suffering pp. 119-128

Andrea Leiter, Magdalena Thöni and Hannes Winner

The Coase theorem reconsidered: The role of alternative activities pp. 129-134

Graciela Kuechle and Diego Rios

The rise and fall of the polluter-pays principle in developing countries pp. 135-144

Barbara Luppi, Francesco Parisi and Shruti Rajagopalan

Crime and unemployment: Evidence from Europe pp. 145-157

Duha Altindag

Who walks out? Entrepreneurship in a global economy pp. 158-165

Juan Pablo Couyoumdjian

Explaining uniformity in rule design: The role of citizen participation in enforcement pp. 166-177

Timo Goeschl and Ole Jürgens

Don’t Say You’re Sorry Unless You Mean It: Pricing apologies to achieve credibility pp. 178-187

Murat C. Mungan

On price discrimination, parallel trade and the availability of patented drugs in developing countries pp. 188-195

Mainak Mazumdar and Dyuti S. Banerjee