Bøger i Research in Law and Economics serien

This volume addresses a variety of topics where economic concepts are intertwined with important legal and policy issues in North America and Europe. Articles include legal-cost allocation and patent hold ups, the strategic use of licensing commitments, and an empirical analysis on the monetary cost of raising children and its policy implications.

Part of a series focusing on research into law and economics, this volume discusses a variety of topics in the field.

Serving as a source of perspectives on law and economics, this volume offers a diverse set of papers. The papers address: how the Supreme Court can clarify and rationalize the payment of pre-judgement interest; what is meant or should be meant by economic efficiency; the length of various statutes of limitations for accident cases; and more.

Examines topics in law and economics. This book models the price effects of mergers that not only increase concentration in the relevant market but also increase the merged firms' participation in other, complementary markets.

Contains ten papers, by prominent authors, examining antitrust issues. The first paper summarizes the other papers and presents research on the meaning of consumer welfare and the sources of buyer power. The next five articles evaluate antitrust cases to determine whether the decisions reached, the relief ordered enhanced consumer welfare.

Explores the extent to which the constraints of law explains economic behavior and the role of economics in forming the law. This title focuses on such topics that includes economics of environmental policy, urban property rights, antitrust and evolutionary models in economics and law. It focuses on cost-benefit analysis and the law.

Three important issues concerning institutional design are: policies, instruments, and enforcement. This volume surveys each of the issues, and emphasises the common themes arising in optimal institutional design. It looks at the importance of institutional design in addressing social problems.

Explores the relationship between law and economics principles and the promotion of social justice. This title includes chapters that invoke the lens of corporate law theory or the corporate context as part of their analysis of the intersection of economics and social justice.

Presents original research that explores the extent to which the constraints of law explain economic behavior and the role of economics in forming the law. This title proposes three different definitions for market power from an antitrust perspective. It offers an analysis of efforts exerted and utilities obtained in a double lawsuit.

This book focuses on the changing landscape of class action law and its interaction with the economic analysis of key issues in class actions. Articles examine the elements of class action law from diverse viewpoints, featuring defendant and plaintiff perspectives, concerning domestic and international law, and written by lawyers and economists.

This volume of Research in Law and Economics contains articles that address important legal and economic developments in the areas of healthcare, intellectual property and labor settlements, competitive effects, cartel overcharges, and the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

The Law and Economics of Patent Damages, Antitrust, and Legal Process examines several areas of important research by a variety of international scholars. Areas include technical papers on the appropriate way to estimate damages in patent disputes and methods for evaluating relevant markets.

The Law and Economics of Privacy, Personal Data, Artificial Intelligence, and Incomplete Monitoring showcases the cutting edge theoretical and empirical findings for researchers and professionals considering these complex issues intersecting law, technology, and economics.