Schlechte Noten für die deutschen Finanzbehörden: Vorabverständigungen über Verrechnungspreise fehlen, Verfahrensdauern sind zu lang und Transparenz ist nicht gegeben. Im internationalen Vergleich befindet sich die Bundesrepublik mit ihrer Praxis rund um Verrechnungspreisverfahren noch immer...

It has been argued that procedural formalism undermines economic efficiency by fostering rent-seeking and corruption. We challenge this view by arguing that a number of judicial procedures foster economic growth by increasing the predictability of court decisions, which leads to more...

We analyze the design of legal principles and procedures for court decision-making in civil litigation. The objective is the provision of appropriate incentives for potential tort-feasors to exert care, when evidence about care is imperfect and may be distorted by the parties. Efficiency is...

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) is a very powerful court compared to other international courts and even national courts of last resort. Observers almost unanimously agree that it is the preliminary references procedure that made the ECJ the powerful court it is today. In this paper, we...