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Litigation and the timing of settlement : evidence from commercial disputes
Grajzl, Peter; Zajc, Katarina - 2015
regression analysis, we find that events such as court-annexed mediation and the first court session, which enable the disputing …
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Inside post-socialist courts : the determinants of adjudicatory outcomes in Slovenian commercial disputes
Dimitrova-Grajzl, Valentina; Grajzl, Peter; Zajc, Katarina - 2014
theory of litigation, we find that trial-based resolution is more likely when the case is complex and less likely when … parties use mediation. Addressing sample selection and endogeneity concerns, we show that defendant's legal representation …
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Optimal litigation strategies with signaling and screening
Choné, Philippe (contributor);  … - 2008
This paper examines the strategic effects of case preparation in litigation. Specifically, it shows how the pretrial efforts incurred by one party may alter its adversary’s incentives to settle. We build a sequential game with one-sided asymmetric information where the informed party first...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003720823
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The economics of investor protection : ISDS versus national treatment : presented at CESifo Area Conference on Global Economy, May 2015
Kohler, Wilhelm; Stähler, Frank - 2016 - Version of February 16, 2016
This paper scrutinizes the effects of investor-state dispute settlements (ISDS) and national treatment provisions in a two-period model where foreign investment is subject to domestic regulation and a holdup problem. It shows that ISDS can mitigate the holdup problem and increases aggregate...
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Reopening Pandora's box in search of a WTO-compatible industrial policy? : the Brazil - taxation dispute
Ornelas, Emanuel; Puccio, Laura - 2019
The Brazil-Taxation dispute concerns the complaints taken to the World Trade Organisation by the European Union and Japan against seven different Brazilian industrial subsidy programmes. One concerned the automotive sector and represents a clear case of policies dictated by strong domestic...
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Active courts and menu contracts
Anderlini, Luca (contributor); Felli, Leonardo (contributor) - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003456217
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Information markets, elections and contracts
Gersbach, Hans; Müller, Markus - 2011
Politicians may pander to public opinion and may renounce undertaking beneficial long-term projects. To alleviate this problem, we introduce a triple mechanism involving political information markets, reelection threshold contracts, and democratic elections. An information market is used to...
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A game-theoretic foundation for the Wilson equilibrium in competitive insurance markets with adverse selection
Mimra, Wanda; Wambach, Achim - 2011
can be withdrawn after observation of competitors' contract offers. We show that an equilibrium always exists where … consumers obtain their respective Wilson-Miyazaki-Spence (WMS) contract. Jointly profit-making contracts can also be sustained … entry. -- casymmetric information ; competitive insurance market ; contract withdrawal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009011830
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News sources and media bias
Garcia-Pires, Armando J.; Kind, Hans Jarle; Sørgard, Lars - 2012
relationship as an informal contract based on trust and punishment, where a news source decides if and how much information to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009580771
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United but (un)equal : human capital, probability of divorce and the marriage contract
Cremer, Helmuth; Pestieau, Pierre; Roeder, Kerstin - 2012
) use of marriage is affected by the possibility of divorce. -- post-marital education ; marriage contract ; divorce …
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