European Journal of Law and Economics

1997 - 2026

Current editor(s): Jürgen Georg Backhaus, Giovanni B. Ramello and Alain Marciano

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2026, volume 61, articles 1

An introduction to the anniversary issue pp. 1-2

Alain Marciano and Giovanni B. Ramello

Celebrating European law and economics: three decades in a long tradition pp. 3-28

Angela Ambrosino, Mario Cedrini, Alain Marciano and Giovanni B. Ramello

Advancing law and economics in France: the role of the French association pp. 29-34

Bruno Deffains, Myriam Doriat-Duban, Samuel Ferey, Sophie Harnay and Marie Obidzinski

Law and economics in Italy: an overview pp. 35-44

Giuseppe Bellantuono and Giovanni Battista Ramello

The German Law and Economics Association and the evolution of European Law and Economics pp. 45-49

Roee Sarel

Is there a European law and economics? A reflection on identity, method, and national traditions pp. 51-54

Maribel Saez Lacave, Gabriel Domenech and Nuno Garoupa

Regulatory sandboxes and innovation hubs for FinTech: experiences of the Baltic states pp. 55-75

Ringa Raudla, Egert Juuse, Vytautas Kuokstis, Aleksandrs Cepilovs and James W. Douglas

Fairness in contract law: an impossibility theorem? pp. 77-94

Francesco Parisi and Brian H. Bix

Covid and the constitution: unlawful states of emergency during the pandemic pp. 95-111

Christian Bjørnskov and Stefan Voigt

Constitutional monarchy and long-run economic growth: friends or foes? pp. 113-150

Nuno Garoupa and Rok Spruk

An empirical inquiry into cartel overcharges and cartel fines including an assessment of the EU’s guidelines on cartel fines and damages pp. 151-180

Justus Haucap, Mehmet Karacuka and Hakan Inke

2025, volume 60, articles 3

The limits of hierarchy in the digital platform era; or, the phenomenon of inverted principal-agency pp. 403-442

Peter O’Loughlin

Decentralization, politics and political legislation cycles: a test on Italian regions pp. 443-482

Fabio Padovano and Youssoufa Sy

Personality, creativity and adherence to intellectual property: a lab experiment on copyright pp. 483-500

Rémy Guichardaz, Mathieu Lefebvre, Herrade Igersheim and Julien Pénin

A hybrid legislative model for the sex market: policy and fiscal insights pp. 501-525

Fabrizia Santini and Roberto Ippoliti

The market of infidelity—the effect of party switching on lawmaking productivity: evidence from Italy pp. 527-557

Umberto Nizza

Political competition and discretionary procedures in public procurement: evidence from Italian data pp. 559-612

Alessandro Cavalieri

2025, volume 60, articles 2

Law and economics, and the labour market: a comprehensive research agenda pp. 209-226

Miguel Malo

Judicial enforcement as a worker discipline device pp. 227-247

Stefano Dughera and Alessandro Melcarne

Judges and court productivity: evidence from Spanish labour courts pp. 249-283

Ángel Martín-Román, Alfonso Moral and Virginia Rosales

Dismissal regulation and hiring and dismissal decisions: a decisive factor? the case of the French labor market reforms pp. 285-330

Camille Signoretto

Correction: Dismissal regulation and hiring and dismissal decisions: a decisive factor? the case of the French labor market reforms pp. 331-331

Camille Signoretto

Severance payments: main effects and determinants on the labour market pp. 333-363

Yannick Gabuthy and Eve-Angéline Lambert

Minimum wage non-compliance: the role of co-determination pp. 365-402

Laszlo Goerke and Markus Pannenberg

2025, volume 60, articles 1

Priming ideology II: presidential elections increasingly affect U.S. judges pp. 1-32

Daniel L. Chen

The tax treatment of commuting expenses and job-related mobility: insights from a randomized survey experiment pp. 33-53

Eike Alexander Baumgart, Kay Blaufus and Frank Hechtner

Auction structure and court-ordered real estate sale outcomes: evidence from co-ownership dissolution cases in Turkey pp. 55-80

Ceyhun Elgin

Legal form affects the performance of a company pp. 81-143

Tadeusz Dudycz

How information technology contributes to justice efficiency pp. 145-172

Bruno Mathis and Stéphane Mussard

Spontaneous institutions: a typology pp. 173-208

Karol Bolko Zdybel

2025, volume 59, articles 3

Property rights on unused assets and investment incentives: evidence from Brazil pp. 419-437

Pietro Vertova

Firms’ legality and efficiency: evidence from public procurement pp. 439-455

Elisabetta Iossa and Chiara Latour

Personality aspects of tax compliance pp. 457-490

Lívia Lukovszki, Norbert Sipos, András Rideg and Zsófia Vörös

Credible plea bargaining with the Jury’s rational conviction decision pp. 491-521

Jeong-Yoo Kim

Innovating safely: how public policies can prevent regrettable substitutions pp. 523-553

Julien Jacob, Marc-Hubert Depret and Cornel Oros

Group causation theories and deterrence of tortious acts pp. 555-570

Urs Schweizer

2025, volume 59, articles 2

The law and economics of accounting and auditing: a glimpse inside the black box pp. 221-226

Alain Marciano, Giovanni Ramello and Roberto Zanola

Clawback enforcement, executive pay, and accounting manipulation pp. 227-255

Alvaro Remesal

Supply-induced demand: insights from tax litigation pp. 257-276

L. A. Esposito, Alessandro Melcarne, Giovanni Ramello and Roberto Zanola

Accounting practitioners and small business clients’ tax compliance: evidence from the survey of Serbian accountants pp. 277-305

Branko Radulović and Miljan Savić

Controlling for fixed effects in studies of income underreporting pp. 307-328

Odd E. Nygård and Thor Thoresen

The auditing game: the dark side of the private provision of a public good pp. 329-376

Thomas Ehrmann and Aloys Prinz

The effects of audit firm rotations and retentions: an event study in Chile pp. 377-418

Antonio Aninat, Álvaro Bustos and Julio Riutort

2025, volume 59, articles 1

The regulation of repugnant goods and the limits of the Alchian–Allen effect pp. 1-18

Julien Gradoz and Erwin Dekker

Leniency experiments: an evaluation of external validity pp. 19-76

Yui Law, Sinchit Lai and Ning Liu

Before the hammer falls: an empirical analysis of the market reaction to art thefts pp. 77-100

Francesco Angelini, Massimiliano Castellani and Naomi Oosterman

Forerunners vs. latecomers—institutional competition in the German federalism during the COVID crisis pp. 101-132

Lukas Breide, Oliver Budzinski, Thomas Grebel and Juliane Mendelsohn

The cycles of decrees: evidence from the Italian Parliament pp. 133-178

Martina Dattilo and Fabio Padovano

Inefficient incentives for energy saving in tenancy law and policy options to remedy the landlord-tenant dilemma pp. 179-218

Leo Reutter

Correction: The link between board characteristics and EU competition law infringements pp. 219-219

Jeroen Ceuster