designed around average cases, however, can lead to problems for nonaverage situations. In the context of divorce, poorly … nonaverage families and therefore create an incentive to divorce. This incentive to divorce, when coupled with the ability to … divorce under no-fault laws, may lead to higher divorce rates for certain classes of couples. This article exploits the 1997 …

in case of separation. We show that inefficient separation may occur in equilibrium even under consensual divorce law … for increasing divorce rates. …

Custody laws governing living arrangements for children following their parents' divorce have changed dramatically …

, utility must be transferable both within marriage and upon divorce, and the marginal rate of substitution between public and … that if divorce alters the way some goods are consumed (either because some goods that are public in marriage become …"We reconsider the well known Becker-Coase (BC) argument, according to which changes in divorce laws should not affect …