European Journal of Law and Economics

1997 - 2025

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

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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

2024, volume 58, articles 3

The impact of institutionalized representation: creditors' committees and the resolution of corporate liquidation bankruptcies pp. 397-425

Jaka Cepec, Peter Grajzl and Barbara Mörec

The link between board characteristics and EU competition law infringements pp. 427-455

Jeroen Ceuster

Law and economics of minority-language policy pp. 457-479

Bengt-Arne Wickström

Punitive attitudes toward cartels: evidence from an experimental study pp. 481-516

Béatrice Boulu-Reshef and Constance Monnier

Divorce law reforms and house prices in Europe pp. 517-549

Rafael González-Val and Miriam Marcén

The adverse effect of trial duration on the use of plea bargaining and penal orders in Italy pp. 551-586

Gabriele Paolini

2024, volume 58, articles 2

The deterrence effect of criminal sanctions against environmental crime in Finland: an application of the rational choice model of crime pp. 175-200

Riku Lindqvist, Chiara Lombardini, Leila Suvantola and Markku Ollikainen

Carrots, sticks, and environmental crime in Italy pp. 201-219

Anna Rita Germani, Angelo Castaldo and Alan Ker

The judicial response to rent controls in Europe: Protecting property rights against state’s intervention? pp. 221-281

Alessio Sardo, Gianluca Cerruti, Arnulfo Daniel Mateos Durán and Allegra Grillo

Cartels, board gender composition and gender quotas pp. 283-320

Carmen García, Joan-Ramon Borrell, Juan Jiménez González and José Manuel Ordóñez- de-Haro

Nudging law enforcement: evidence from low priority initiatives pp. 321-354

Gregory DeAngelo, Rainita Narender and Rustam Romaniuc

A systematic content analysis of innovation in European competition law pp. 355-395

Thibault Schrepel

2024, volume 58, articles 1

Punishment menus and their deterrent effects: an exploratory analysis pp. 1-19

Gilles Grolleau, Murat C. Mungan and Naoufel Mzoughi

To comply, or not to comply: the question is why pp. 21-46

Anne-Mie Reheul and Tom Van Caneghem

Efficiency analysis of penitentiary centers in Spain using radial and non-radial DEA and its determinants factors 2015–2020 pp. 47-69

J. Jorge-Moreno, Laura Gil Delgado, Víctor García Fernández, Silvia García Ventura, Laura Granado Méndez and Ainhoa Samaniego Moreno

Sanctioning environmental offenses committed by companies: the joint use of firm and employee sanctions pp. 71-118

Dietrich Earnhart and Sandra Rousseau

Seller liability versus platform liability: optimal liability rule and law enforcement in the platform economy pp. 119-148

Jeong-Yoo Kim

Independent legal directors’ attitudes toward bank CEO stock option awards pp. 149-173

Guoping Liu and Jerry Sun

2024, volume 57, articles 3

The impact of law on moral and social norms: evidence from facemask fines in the UK pp. 311-346

Chiara Berneri, Shaun Larcom, Congmin Peng and Po-Wen She

Environmental laws in France: What are the effects of the Grenelle laws on firms? pp. 347-389

Ouidad Yousfi and Nadia Loukil

The law and economics of indigenous and ethnic minorities: introduction pp. 391-401

Mikayla Novak

Postbellum electoral politics in California and the genesis of the Chinese exclusion act of 1882 pp. 403-434

Vincent Geloso and Linan Peng

Settlement growth and military conflict in early colonial New England 1620–1700 pp. 435-464

Eric H. Wilhelm

Polycentric systems for spectrum management: the case of Indigenous and tribal spectrum sovereignty pp. 465-491

Darrah Blackwater, Ilia Murtazashvili and Martin B. H. Weiss

2024, volume 57, articles 1

Gender equality within boards: comparing quota and soft law pp. 1-35

Sophie Harnay, Fabienne Llense, Antoine Rebérioux and Gwenaël Roudaut

Harmonising cryptocurrency regulation in Europe: opportunities for preventing illicit transactions pp. 37-61

Vladlena Benson, Bogdan Adamyk, Anitha Chinnaswamy and Oksana Adamyk

How judicial efficiency impacts trade credit and doubtful receivables pp. 63-91

Inmaculada Aguiar-Díaz, Ewelina Mruk and María Victoria Ruiz-Mallorquí

The law and economics of the data economy: introduction to the special issue pp. 93-111

Thomas Eger and Marc Scheufen

Property rights theory, bundles of rights on IoT data, and the EU Data Act pp. 113-143

Martina Eckardt and Wolfgang Kerber

Data portability and competition: Can data portability increase both consumer surplus and profits? pp. 145-162

Doh-Shin Jeon and Domenico Menicucci

Data portability and interoperability: An E.U.-U.S. comparison pp. 163-179

Daniel Rubinfeld

Industrial data sharing and data readiness: a law and economics perspective pp. 181-205

Nathalie Jorzik, Paula Johanna Kirchhof and Frank Mueller-Langer

The anti-steering provision of Article 5 (4) of the DMA: a law and economics assessment on the business model of gatekeepers and business users pp. 207-237

Christian Rusche and Jeanne Mouton

Product liability for defective AI pp. 239-273

Miriam C. Buiten

Intellectual property and fourth industrial revolution technologies: how the patent system is shaping the future in the data-driven economy pp. 275-310

Armin Mertens and Marc Scheufen

2023, volume 56, articles 3

Foreword pp. 423-423

Alain Marciano and Giovanni Ramello

Coasian rights in a cap-and-trade mechanism with damage compensations pp. 425-441

Carlos Hervés-Beloso and Francisco Martínez-Concha

Probing the case for manufacturer liability for harms caused by judgment-proof consumers to others pp. 443-460

Tim Friehe, Christoph Rössler and Elisabeth Schulte

The flip side of the coin: how entrepreneurship-oriented insolvency laws can complicate access to debt financing for growth firms pp. 461-495

Maren Forier, Nadine Lybaert, Maarten Corten, Niels Appermont and Tensie Steijvers

Plea bargaining and investigation effort: inquisitorial criminal procedure as a three-player game pp. 497-532

Robin Christmann

You can’t export that! Export ban for modern and contemporary Italian art pp. 533-557

Francesco Angelini, Massimiliano Castellani and Pierpaolo Pattitoni

How to improve consumers’ understanding of online legal information: insights from a behavioral experiment pp. 559-584

Alexander J. Wulf and Ognyan Seizov

2023, volume 56, articles 2

Law, human capital, and the emergence of free city-states in medieval Italy pp. 199-223

Marianna Belloc, Francesco Drago and Roberto Galbiati

Corporate criminals in a market context: enforcement and optimal sanctions pp. 225-287

Emmanuelle Auriol, Erling Hjelmeng and Tina Søreide

On the sociology of cartels pp. 289-323

Justus Haucap and Christina Heldman

Assessment of formal proceedings and out-of-court reorganisation: results from a survey among turnaround professionals in Austria pp. 325-367

Stefan Mayr, Christine Duller and Matthias Baschinger

Litigation and settlement under loss aversion pp. 369-402

Cédric Argenton and Xiaoyu Wang

You go first!: coordination problems and the burden of proof in inquisitorial prosecution pp. 403-422

Robin Christmann and Roland Kirstein

2023, volume 56, articles 1

Punishing terrorists in the Spanish Supreme Court: has ideology played any role? pp. 1-21

Nuno Garoupa, Fernando Gómez Pomar, Adrián Segura and Sheila Canudas

How does public policy impact trafficking victimization?: An exact matching study in the EU pp. 23-68

Sienna Nordquist

Freedom through taxation: the effect of fiscal capacity on the rule of law pp. 69-90

Ryan H. Murphy and Colin O’Reilly

Does criminalizing the purchase of sex reduce sex-buying? Evidence from a European survey on prostitution pp. 91-115

Sofia Jonsson

Cartel formation and detection: the role of information costs and disclosure pp. 117-153

Ruben Korsten and Andrew Samuel

Motor Vehicle Registration Taxes (MVRT) across EU countries: MNEs’ profitability and the role of market concentration pp. 155-198

Pranvera Shehaj and Martin Zagler