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Showing 1 to 20 of 63 for “"Law and Economics"”.
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Essays in Law and Economics
<p>This dissertation comprises of three essays in law and economics. The first chapter, a joint work with my advisor - Marjorie McElroy, examines the longly debated effect of the liberalized divorce laws in the United States on the divorce rates during 1956-1989. The first and the second chapter …
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Three essays in law and economics
… the model examines how appeals, panels, and other structural features of the court affect the incentives of judges and promote uniform interpretation of the laws. The threat of appeal has a moderating influence on judges in the lower court. When the cost of appeal is low, this effect will …
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Essays in empirical law and economics
… methods to study questions in criminal procedure and employment antidiscrimination law. The first chapter measures the consequences for offenders of expanding constitutional criminal jury trial rights. I study the Supreme Court's landmark decision in Apprendi v. New Jersey (2000), which extended …
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Essays in empirical law and economics/
… to study questions at the intersection of law and economics. The first chapter, co-authored with Joshua Fischman, explores how supervision by an administrative appeals court, the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), influences the exercise of discretion of lower court immigration judges in …
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The law and economics of employment at will
… Institute of Technology, Dept. of Economics, 1994.
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Essays on the law and economics of copyright protection
… consists of four essays titled "The Historical Law and Economics of the First Copyright Act", "Copyright Doctrines, Abstraction and Court Error", "Copyright Failure and the Protection for Tables and Compilations", and "Orphan Works, Abandonware and the Missing Market for Copyrighted Goods". The …
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Essays on the law and economics of public institutions
… thesis consists of three chapters on the legal and economic organization of large-scale public institutions. Each chapter uses the tools of applied microeconomics in order to explore how the legal and organizational structure of public institutions affects the behavior of actors inside and …
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Three Essays on the Law and Economics of Information Technology Security
… are addressed through a combination of private and public measures, as well as study the public goods and externalities aspects of Internet security. We find that the socially-optimal level of security is achieved by equalizing the marginal-benefit-to-marginal-cost ratios of the different …
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The regulatory function of contract law: A comparative law and economics approach
… the traditional view of national contract laws as facilitative regimes and argues that contract law on the national level has been progressively re-oriented to perform an efficiency-driven regulatory function. To develop the argument the thesis studies the contract law remedial regime of …
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STRATEGIC LITIGATION FOR WOMAN'S RIGHTS AT THE WORKPLACE: A LAW AND ECONOMICS PERSPECTIVE.
… for woman‘s rights at the workplace: a Law and Economics perspective Despite comprehensive legal frameworks protecting gender equality in the workplace, significant disparities persist between men and women in pay, promotion opportunities, and career advancement across Europe. This …
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The Law and Economics of Hazardous Waste Landfill Disposal: A Framework for Analysis
… in the risks associated with hazardous waste landfills. The analysis begins with a review of the various aspects of hazardous waste landfill disposal including waste definitions, generation rates, and current policy approaches at the state federal level.
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Three Essays in Law and Economics: Consequences and Formation of Legal Rules in Other Markets
<p>In this thesis, I study the consequences and formation of legal rules in the “non-traditional” markets to show that non-traditional markets are fundamental to a society’s functioning. The first chapter shows how legal participants strategically behave based on judicial disqualification. The …
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The institutional framework of community formation: the law and economics of municipal incorporation in California
This research explores the organizational and budgetary consequences of alternative institutional structures governing the creation, alteration, and dissolution of municipal corporations. The primary hypothesis is that the legal structure governing the formation of communities will significantly …
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The law and economics of bargaining: an examination of the bargaining model employed by South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission
… the restorative justice model to engender truth and reconciliation. These normative concepts have evolved into a policy of creating truth and reconciliation commissions that trade civil and criminal amnesty with applicants in exchange for information. This bargained-for exchange can be analysed …
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A Philosophical Defense of Judicial Minimalism
<p>This dissertation analyzes, criticizes and ultimately defends judicial minimalism, a contemporary theory of judging that has come to the forefront of American jurisprudence in the early part of the 21st Century. In this dissertation I offer the first formal definition of judicial minimalism, …
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The development of African capital markets: a legal and institutional approach
The role and place of capital markets in economic development have received increased attention in recent times. Consequently, establishment of capital markets has become part of the prescription offered to developing countries in order to realise economic growth. However the precise legal and …
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Rethinking Legal Pragmatism: A Philosophical Approach
… a contemporary spokesperson for legal pragmatism and the law and economics movement. Posner holds that academic philosophy and philosophical pragmatism in particular has no role to play in legal pragmatism as it manifests itself in the process of adjudication and the process of legal scholarship. …
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A quantitative measurement of policy options to inform value-added tax reform in South Africa
… domestic tax revenues for sustained development and face a number of political tax revenue and economic tax revenue challenges in obtaining these revenues. Changes to tax policy should take into account the requirement for additional revenue and the challenges faced and also be well-motivated and …
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Giurisdizione penale ed efficienza, procure della repubblica tra vincoli e produttività
… – già diffusi nella letteratura anglosassone di law and economics – che, considerando le strutture preposte alla giurisdizione in termini di produzione e produttività e l’attore processuale come un’unità produttiva che opera con l’obiettivo di massimizzare i benefici ottenibili con le proprie …
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