The contractual, single-exchange framework in Coase (1960) contains the implicit
assumption that exchange in property rights does not affect future transaction (ie, trading) …

Demand for law professionals in the conveyancing of property is decreasing because of
market and institutional changes. On the market side, many transactions feature large, well …

We investigate changes in competition in the Dutch notary profession after a partial
deregulation of the market for notary services enforced by the 1999 Dutch Notary Act. This …

Professional services require certain organizational patterns in order to avoid information
asymmetries and external effects. These same patterns are used within production …

Abstract The European Commission has been working to promote reform and modernisation
of restrictive regulation in the professional services area since 2002. This underlines wide …

The cost of starting a business in Italy is relatively high as compared with other EU member
states. One reason is the cost of notarization, which is mandatory under the Italian law. In …

The use of market mechanisms has been progressively introduced as an alternative solution
to public service delivery since the 1980s. This work addresses an uncommon public service …

In most EU member states, the business services industry has booked no productivity growth
during the last two decades. The industry's performance in the other member states was …

Discussions about the added value by consultants can leave all parties involved in and
effected by consulting projects puzzled. While consulting companies are obviously …

Every year at the annual congress of the Assemblée de liaison des notaires de France, the
President of the National Chamber of Notaries, the Conseil supérieur du notariat (CSN) …