As a consequence of the digital transformation, individuals are often confronted with prefilled forms or prefilled data entry masks. In situations where cheating and lying are of concern, prefilling and defaults might reduce dishonest behavior. In a controlled experiment, we investigate how...

One of the major empirical challenges in the study of international institutions and organizations is assessing their impact on state policy and behavior. As social scientists, political scientists focus on inferring the causal effect of institutions from observed patterns of behavior. However,...

We use this review of Explaining Norms (Oxford University Press, 2013) by Geoffrey Brennan, Lina Eriksson, Robert Goodin, and Nicholas Southwood (BEGS) as an occasion to question the predominant definition of norms among legal scholars and empirical researchers. Part I discusses two foundational...

Corporations must comply with a dizzying array of laws and regulations. To accomplish this complex task, corporations increasingly turn not just to the legal department and outside counsel but also an in-house group composed of non-lawyer specialists who seek to educate and motivate personnel...

Antitrust compliance scholarship, particularly with a focus on collusion, has been an area of study for some time. Changes in technology and the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine-learning create new possibilities both for anti-competitive behavior and to aid in detection of such...

Most people think of tax burden as the amount of tax that is paid. Rarely does anyone think of the cost of complying with the provisions of the Income Tax Act. Government is costing us more than the taxes we see, because it's difficult to see the extra cost of complying with government...

The storm of widespread public and political concerns on corporate misgivings, particularly in the financial services industry has spurred growing regulatory demands worldwide making compliance an evergreen item on the leadership and governance agenda. Compliance with prescribed regulatory...