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Lawyers as agents of the devil in a prisoner's dilemma game: Evidence from long run play
Ashenfelter, Orley; Bloom, David E.; Dahl, Gordon Boyack - 2013
in wage disputes that were settled by final-offer arbitration in New Jersey. The paper also reports briefly on similar … agreeing not to hire lawyers is cheaper and does not appear to alter arbitration outcomes. …
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The Impact of Compulsory Arbitration on Bargaining Behavior: An Experimental Study
Kritikos, Alexander S. - 2005
A series of experiments compares bargaining behavior under three different settings: no arbitration, conventional and … final offer arbitration. Under no arbitration disputes with zero payoffs were around 10%, while the pie was equally split in … less than half of the cases. Under conventional arbitration - where the arbitrator is free in choosing his award - every …
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Arbitration and Mediation: An Economic Perspective
Manzini, Paola; Mariotti, Marco - 2002
This paper deals with the effects that intermediation has on strategic behaviour in negotiations. To this end, we use the tools of game theory to analyse how different institutional settings can provide specific strategic incentives and thereby condition the outcome of negotiations. We...
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Revisiting the "compliance-vs.-rebalancing" debate in WTO scholarship: Towards a unified research agenda
Schropp, Simon A. B. - 2007
This paper constitutes an attempt to reframe and eventually deflate the ongoing 'compliance-vs.-rebalancing' debate which has permeated WTO scholarship for the last 10 years. Our main criticism concerns the substance of the entire debate. We find that scholars on both sides of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010316752
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The optimal design of trade policy flexibility in the WTO
Mahlstein, Kornel; Schropp, Simon A. B. - 2007
This paper is a contribution to the literature on rational design of trade agreements. The World Trade Organization (WTO) is an incomplete contract among sovereign states. Incomplete contracts contain gaps. Ex post, contractual gaps may leave gains from trade unrealized; they may create 'regret'...
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Mitigating the regulatory constraints imposed by intellectual property rules under free trade agreements
Correa, Carlos María - 2017
IP provisions in FTAs may have implications on a wide range of public policy areas. A vast academic literature has addressed the "flexibilities" available under the TRIPS Agreement and the negative impact of FTAs in relation to access to medicines. For example, the Special Rapporteur on the...
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Testing Enforcement Strategies in the Field: Legal Threat, Moral Appeal and Social Information
Fellner, Gerlinde; Sausgruber, Rupert; Traxler, Christian - 2009
We run a large-scale natural field experiment to evaluate alternative strategies to enforce compliance with the law. The experiment varies the text of mailings sent to potential evaders of TV license fees. We find a strong alert effect of mailings, leading to a substantial increase in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294768
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Do less-violent technologies result in less violence? A theoretical investigation applied to the use of tasers by law enforcement
McCannon, Bryan C. - 2009
The use of a taser by law enforcement can substitute for either a gun (a more-violent technology) or a mildly-violent technology (such as pepper spray or hands-on tactics). Which is used affects both the severity of harm when used and the amount of resistance, which affects how often it must be...
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Deterrence in Competition Law
Buccirossi, Paolo; Ciari, Lorenzo; Duso, Tomaso; … - 2009
This paper provides a comprehensive discussion of the deterrence properties of a competition policy regime. On the basis of the economic theory of law enforcement we identify several factors that are likely to affect its degree of deterrence: 1) sanctions and damages; 2) financial and human...
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Deterrence through word of mouth
Rincke, Johannes; Traxler, Christian - 2009
The deterrent effect of law enforcement rests on the link between the actual and the perceived detection risk. We study the role of word of mouth for this linkage. Our approach makes use of micro data on compliance with TV license fees allowing us to distinguish between households who have been...
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