This intermediate-level undergraduate textbook in environmental economics builds on the
microeconomics courses students take in their first year. It intentionally does not survey the …

The polluter-pays principle stipulates that the person who damages the environment must
bear the cost of such damage. A number of developing countries have recently extended …

In the European Union, courts have been expanding the enforcement of intellectual property
rights by employing injunctions to compel intermediaries to provide assistance, despite no …

The idea that a contract should affect other people than the parties has seemingly always
been a provocative notion. A contract binds the contracting parties–and only them–together …

This paper seeks to quantify the impact of transaction costs on cross-country economic
growth. Our evidence from a cross-country panel data regression analysis reveals a …

The discipline of law and economics deals with wide-ranging topics, from competition and
environmental policy to crime control, and has been instrumental in determining how an …

The issue of super-intelligent artificial intelligence (AI) has begun to attract ever more
attention in economics, law, sociology and philosophy studies. A new industrial revolution is …

I argue that the role of religion on economic performance is mainly through the networks of
small religious groups. These groups form social networks that enable individuals to conduct …

Abstract The Internet of Things raises a number of so far unsolved legal and regulatory
questions. Particularly important are the issues of privacy, data ownership, and data access …

Jurisdiction and arbitration clauses are two different mechanisms that help to ensure
impartiality and predictability in international dispute resolution. Despite their benefits, these …