Written by leading experts in the field, each chapter in this book examines in depth a topic in law and economics. John Connor begins by describing and evaluating the results of his extensive survey of reports of cartel overcharges. Dennis Weisman models the price effects of mergers that not...

Introduction to benefit-cost volume / Richard O. Zerbe -- Best practice standards for regulatory benefit-cost analysis / Daniel H. Cole -- Welcome to the data-poor real world : incorporating benefit-cost principles into environmental policymaking / Mark L. Plummer -- Agricultural subsidies under...

Statistical approaches to assessing charges of environmental racism and classism against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency / Adam Karp -- Bars to the payment of prejudgment interest : the supreme court and the federal employers' liability act / David E. Ault, Gilbert L. Rutman -- Of...

Since 1979 Research in Law and Economics has been presenting original research that explores the extent to which the constraints of law explain economic behavior and the role of economics in forming the law. The first chapter in this volume proposes three different definitions for market power...

One Friday afternoon a dozen or so years ago I sat in on a freshman honors seminar led by one of my colleagues. This weekly seminar featured guest speakers from various walks of life, and that week's speaker was a state legislator who happened to be a member of the Republican party. At one point...