This paper presents the results of an experiment performed to test the properties of an innovative bargaining mechanism (called automated negotiation) used to resolve disputes arising from Internet-based transactions. Automated negotiation is an online sealed-bid process in which an automated...

A smart contract can be defined as a computer program, stored on a blockchain, which allows a transaction or an agreement-defined ex-ante-to be self-executed when some conditions are met, and without the need for a central authority to enforce it. Even if this new technology is very promising,...

This paper presents a model of litigation in the context of a labor contract. The main objective of our analysis is to determine whether and under which conditions it is efficient that the judiciary arbiters a labor conflict and how the judge's decision should be made in order to be optimal. We...

This paper presents the results of an experiment performed to test the properties of an innovative bargaining mechanism (called automated negotiation) used to resolve disputes arising from Internet-based transactions. Automated negotiation is an online sealed-bid process in which an automated...

The aim of this paper is to determine the optimal fee contract between a plaintiff and his lawyer in a trial process where liability and damages are treated sequentially: the court determines liability at the first stage and chooses damages at the second one. The plaintiff–lawyer relationship...

La capacité des expériences en laboratoire à inspirer l'élaboration et l'évaluation des politiques publiques a été reconnue très tôt dans l'histoire de son développement (Roth, 1988). Ce n'est que très récemment, pourtant, que cette question a émergé avec force dans...

Le développement très important de l'Internet et du commerce électronique s'est accompagné de l'émergence de modes électroniques de résolution des litiges. L'objectif du article est d'évaluer expérimentalement l'efficacité économique d'une procédure novatrice, la négociation...

L'objectif de cet article est de mettre en exergue les principaux apports de la méthode expérimentale à l'analyse économique du droit. La méthode expérimentale est conçue de manière à répliquer un environnement microéconomique prédéfini et observer le comportement d'individus réels...