The paper demonstrates the economic consequences of a new EU directive that introduces resale rights in all member … states. The lifetime income of young, unknwon artists is likely to shrink, despite the intention of the EU to increase their …, unknown artist. Thus, the EU directive seems to be driven by a desire for harmonization of European law at all costs. …

relation between the artist and his dealer as an incentive compatible contract leads to further objections against the new EU …

This paper deals with EU-Directive 89/552/EEC "Television Without Frontiers", which enables each EU-country to set up a … of game-theory and monopoly-theory. We compare the market results of the EU-Regulation with two alternative arrangements …