Ohne effektive Ansprüche auf Offenlegung von Beweismitteln ist eine wirksame Durchsetzung von Kartellschadensersatzansprüchen kaum zu denken. Die Richtlinie 2014/104/EU soll unter anderem eine einheitliche Grundlage für die Offenlegung schaffen, schweigt aber zu praxisrelevanten Aspekten wie...

Der Zugriff auf Informationen, die Kronzeugen an die Kartellbehörden übermitteln, kann für Schadensersatzkläger zur Substantiierung ihrer Klagen von Bedeutung sein. Das Informationsbedürfnis der Schadensersatzkläger kollidiert jedoch mit dem Interesse, effektive Kronzeugenprogramme im...

We investigate the extent to which perceived quality of judicial institutions has an impact on individuals' propensity for criminal and dishonest behavior and on their views regarding the acceptability of dishonesty and law-breaking. We use micro data on residents of 25 European countries and...

In cooperation with Lex Mundi member law firms in 109 countries, we measure and describe the exact procedures used by litigants and courts to evict a tenant for non-payment of rent and to collect a bounced check. We use these data to construct an index of procedural formalism of dispute...

In a recent series of articles, Rafael La Porta, Florencio Lopez-de-Silanes, Andrei Shleifer, and Robert W. Vishny have argued that countries whose legal systems are based on civil law (especially of French origin) have systematically weaker environments for business than those whose legal...

We provide an autopsy of the patterns of corporate control and ownership concentration in a dataset covering more than 40,000 listed firms from 127 countries over 2004−2012. Employing a plethora of original and secondary sources, big data techniques, and applying the Shapley-Shubik algorithm...