European Journal of Law and Economics

1997 - 2025

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

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Intellectual property rights on creativity and heritage: the case of the fashion industry pp. 305-339: Christian Barrère and Sophie Delabruyère
The meaning of regulatory costs pp. 341-356: Wim Marneffe and Lode Vereeck
The right of withdrawal in the treaty of Lisbon: a game theoretic reflection on different decision processes in the EU pp. 357-375: Susanne Lechner and Renate Ohr
Mandatory accounting disclosure by small private companies pp. 377-413: Benito Arruñada

The law and economics of class actions pp. 165-168: Juergen Backhaus, Alberto Cassone and Giovanni Ramello
The costs of class actions: allocation and collective redress in the US experience pp. 169-183: Guido Calabresi and Kevin Schwartz
An introduction to the law and economics of class action litigation pp. 185-203: Thomas Ulen
The simple economics of class action: private provision of club and public goods pp. 205-224: Alberto Cassone and Giovanni Ramello
The law firm as an investment bank in class actions pp. 225-228: Juergen Backhaus
Incentive effects of class actions and punitive damages under alternative procedural regimes pp. 229-240: Marta Cenini, Barbara Luppi and Francesco Parisi
Informational externalities and settlements in mass tort litigations pp. 241-262: Bruno Deffains and Eric Langlais
The case against lawyers’ contingent fees and the misapplication of principal-agent models pp. 263-292: Lorenzo Sacconi
Seeking rents through class actions and legislative lobbying: a comparison pp. 293-304: Sophie Harnay and Alain Marciano

Can corruption constrain the size of governments? pp. 1-14: Francisco Azpitarte
Detecting illegal activities: the case of cartels pp. 15-33: Korbinian von Blanckenburg and Alexander Geist
Economic crisis and morale pp. 35-49: Friedrich Heinemann
Some stylised facts about cash and black economies in Germany pp. 51-67: Gerhard Graf
On the political economy of the informal sector and income redistribution pp. 69-87: Ozan Hatipoglu and Gulenay Ozbek
Voluntary versus enforced tax compliance: empirical evidence for the “slippery slope” framework pp. 89-97: Stephan Muehlbacher, Erich Kirchler and Herbert Schwarzenberger
The socioeconomic and demographic determinants of crime in Iran (a regional panel study) pp. 99-114: GholamReza Keshavarz Haddad and Hamed M.Moghadam
Organized crime, money laundering and legal economy: theory and simulations pp. 115-142: Raffaella Barone and Donato Masciandaro
The size of the underground economy in Germany: a correction of the record and new evidence from the modified-cash-deposit-ratio approach pp. 143-163: Michael Pickhardt and Jordi Sardà

Race, politics, and punishment pp. 265-285: Peter Leeson and Russell Sobel

EU VAT frauds pp. 143-166: Silvia Fedeli and Francesco Forte
Assessing viability of Finnish reorganization and bankruptcy firms pp. 167-198: Erkki Laitinen
Conceptions of rationality in law and economics pp. 199-228: Vipin Veetil
Frank Hertweck and Dimitrios Kisoudis (eds.): Solange das Imperium da ist. Carl Schmitt im Gespräch mit Klaus Figge und Dieter Groh 1971 pp. 229-229: Jürgen Backhaus
Pawel Chmielnicki: Activity rules of economic man in society as the source of legal norm pp. 231-231: Jürgen Backhaus
Rudolf Richter, Erik G. Furubotn: Neue Institutionenökonomik pp. 233-233: Jürgen Backhaus
Martha M. Roggenkamp, Edwin Woerdman (eds.): Legal design of carbon capture and storage, developments in the Netherlands from an international and EU perspective, energy and law, volume 10 pp. 235-235: Jürgen Backhaus

Ronald Coase, “The Problem of Social Cost” and The Coase Theorem: An anniversary celebration pp. 1-9: Alain Marciano
A case of mistaken identity: George Stigler, “The Problem of Social Cost,” and the Coase theorem pp. 11-38: Steven Medema
What do cattle and bees tell us about the Coase theorem? pp. 39-62: Elodie Bertrand
Coasean markets pp. 63-90: Herbert Hovenkamp
Coase’s world and Coase’s blackboard pp. 91-109: Andrew Halpin
Toward an asymmetric Coase theorem pp. 111-122: Barbara Luppi and Francesco Parisi
Property rights and externalities: the uneasy case of knowledge pp. 123-141: Giovanni Ramello

Governing budgetary commons: what can we learn from Elinor Ostrom? pp. 201-221: Ringa Raudla
Flexibility in the implementation of intellectual property rights in agricultural biotechnology pp. 223-245: Michel Trommetter
The transfer of property rights by theft: an economic analysis pp. 247-266: Caspar Rose
An economic theory of the regulation of preliminary measures pp. 267-300: Francisco Ramos Romeu
Sandra S. Batie, Nicholas Mercuro (eds.): Alternative institutional structures, evolution and impact pp. 301-302: Jürgen Backhaus
Vanessa E. Munro, Marina della Giusta (eds.): Demanding sex; Critical reflections on the regulation of prostitution. Ashgate, UK, 2008, 216 pp pp. 303-305: Jürgen Backhaus

Environmental risks, the judgment-proof problem and financial responsibility pp. 77-87: Bidénam Kambia-Chopin
Jury on stage: a common law play pp. 89-110: Manfred Holler and Martin Leroch
Incomplete antitrust laws and private actions for damages pp. 111-135: Alessandro Marra and Alessandro Sarra
Regulatory competition in European company law pp. 137-170: Amit Sachdeva
Can minimum prices assure the quality of professional services? pp. 171-199: Georg Meran and Reimund Schwarze

How time influences franchise contracts: the Spanish case pp. 1-16: Alicia García-Herrera and Rafael Llorca-Vivero
Greek appeals courts’ quality analysis and performance pp. 17-39: Michael Mitsopoulos and Theodore Pelagidis
Competition by regulation in energy markets: the case of Turkey pp. 41-58: Fuat Oguz
Does punishment of minor sexual offences deter rapes? Longitudinal evidence from France pp. 59-71: Nicolas Vaillant and François-Charles Wolff
Ulrich Schwalbe, Daniel Zimmer: Law and economics in European merger control pp. 73-74: Juergen Backhaus
Volkmar Gessner (ed): Contractual certainty in international trade: empirical studies and theoretical debates on institutional support for global economic exchanges. (Oñati International Series in Law and Society) pp. 75-76: Juergen Backhaus