In this general equilibrium model, justice and police institutions are treated as a mechanism that induces individuals to extend some desirable productive effort. This determines individual encroachment activities which in turn determine the proportion of aggregate production that fails to be...

Usually, an economic good isn't available gratuitously, but the case of information goods and services (IGS) is specific. Their intrinsic properties allow zero prices that is unconceivable for the others economic private goods. The gratuitousness is not the aim of productive activity ; it...

At a time in which behavioural science has gained increasing attention for the design of population-wide health interventions, this chapter discusses its potential contributions to the prevention and control of Non-Communicable-Diseases (NCDs). Given the largely preventable nature of NCDs, any...

This chapter is the introduction to the book Nudge and the Law: A European Perspective. It sets the scene for an exploration of the legal implications of the emergent phenomenon of behaviourally informed intervention. More precisely, we focuses on the challenges and opportunities it may offer to...

English Abstract: Latin notaries are more and more frequently defined as gatekeepers, due to their role in providing preventive legal control (in addition to certifying documents), a role that becomes increasingly important in modern legal systems.However, applying this american term loosely to...

French Abstract: Cet article présente un survol, tel qu'on pouvait le percevoir au milieu des années 1980, du mouvement d'analyse économique du droit qui s'est développé aux États-Unis à partir de la fin des années 1950. À l'origine une initiative d'économistes comme Gary Becker,...

French Abstract: Dès 1966, l'Assemblée générale des Nations Unies (NU) souligne que « l'aide alimentaire internationale devrait être l'objet de mesures con-certées et planifiées afin d'assurer aux pays un flux régulier de produits alimentaires ». Dans cette perspective, un mécanisme...