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The Law and Economics of Antidiscrimination Law [PDF]
This essay provides an overview of the central theoretical law and economics insights concerning antidiscrimination law across a variety of contexts including discrimination in labor markets, housing markets, consumer purchases, and policing.
John J. Donohue III
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Two Economists, Three Opinions? Economic Models for Private International Law - Cross Border Torts as Example [PDF]
Many agree that private international law does a poor job of leading to good and predictable results. Can law and economics bring more scientific, objective foundations to the discipline? Economics, one may hope, can bring the conclusiveness to the field
Michaels, Ralf
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Contracts between Legal Persons [PDF]
Contract law and the economics of contract have, for the most part, developed independently of each other. In this essay, we briefly review the notion of a contract from the perspective of lawyer, and then use this framework to organize the economics ...
Kornhauser, Lewis A. +1 more
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After the Great Recession: Law and Economics\u27 Topics of Invention and Arrangement and Tropes of Style [PDF]
AFTER THE GREAT RECESSION: LAW AND ECONOMICS’ TOPICS OF INVENTION AND ARRANGEMENT AND TROPES OF STYLE by Michael D. Murray Abstract The Great Recession of 2008 and onward has drawn attention to the American economic and financial system, and has cast a ...
Murray, Michael D.
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New Economic Analysis of Law: Beyond Technocracy and Market Design [PDF]
This special issue on New Economic Analysis of Law features illuminating syntheses of social science and law. What would law and economics look like if macroeconomics were a concern of scholars now focused entirely on microeconomics?
Pasquale, Frank A.
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Altruism in Law and Economics [PDF]
A classic example of external benefits is the rescue of the person or property of strangers in high transaction cost settings. To illustrate, A sees a flowerpot about to fall on B's (a stranger's) head; if he shouts, B will be saved.
Richard A. Posner, William M. Landes
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Contrato incompleto: uma perspectiva entre direito e economia para contratos de longo termo
O presente trabalho visa apresentar uma análise da teoria econômica do contrato incompleto, demonstrando a interação entre os ramos do direito e da economia, notadamente quando o elemento de ligação é o instituto contratual.
Uinie Caminha, Juliana Cardoso Lima
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Law and Economics of Obligations [PDF]
While various liability rules of tort law provide efficient incentives to invest, breach remedies of contract law are claimed to be distortive. Since, at least in Germany, obligations law provides general rules for both contractual and tort relationships
Urs Schweizer
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Fits Like a Glove: Seinfeld and the Economics of Liability Laws
Informal case applications often enhance our understanding of an economic principle’s breadth of import in everyday life, as well as whether the principle may be acknowledged and used in a manner that facilitates decision-making of businesses and ...
Franklin G. Mixon Jr. +2 more
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