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Shell Oil Company in Nigeria: Impediment or Catalyst of Socio-Economic Development?

Kingston, Kato Gogo - 2010

The aim of this paper is to investigate whether the She oil company, through investment and crude oil exploration, benefits socio-economic growth in Nigeria in general and in the Niger Delta of Nigeria in particular. In 1998, the United Nations Special Rapporteur's report on Nigeria accused...

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Informational Externalities and Settlements in Mass Tort Litigations

Deffains, Bruno; Langlais, Eric - 2010

This paper elaborates on a basic model of mass tort litigation, highlighting the existence of positive informational externalities afforded by the discovery process (as a general technology of production of evidences) in order to study when a class action is formed, or when a sequence of...

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The Google Book search settlement: A law and economics analysis

Müller-Langer, Frank; Scheufen, Marc - 2011

Beginning in December 2004 Google has pursued a new project to create a book search engine (Google Book Search). The … project has released a storm of controversy around the globe. While the supporters of Google Book Search conceive the project … negative effects due to an erosion of copyright law. Our law and economics analysis of the Book Search Project suggests that …

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Washington "Redskins" - Disparaging Term or Valuable Tradition?: Legal and Economic Issues Concerning Harjo v. Pro-Football, Inc.

Mark, Nagel; Daniel, Rascher - 2007

On October 1, 2003, Judge Colleen Koller-Kotellay issued a ruling finding there was insufficient evidence to decisively conclude that the name “Redskins” was disparaging to “American Indians” (Harjo v. Pro-Football, Inc., 2003). This judgment overturned a 1999 United States Patent and...

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Understanding "The Problem of Social Cost"

baffi, enrico - 2013

This paper examines the positions of Coase and Pigou in regard to the problem of external effects (externalities). Assessing their two most important works, it appears that Coase has a more relevant preference for an evaluation of total efficiency, while Pigou, with some exceptions, is convinced...

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Trademark Values in Corporate Restructuring

Torres, Fernando - 2007

In corporate restructuring under Chapter 11, an asset valuation is a central task for both legal and financial reasons. In the area of intangible assets, however, generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) do not reflect internally-generated assets such as brands, trademarks, and other...

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Marktüberblick : Anwendungen und Systeme für das Wissensmanagement

Gronau, Norbert - 2005

Diese Marktstudie vermittelt einen Überblick über Software, die zur Unterstützung von Wissensmanagement eingesetzt werden kann und berücksichtigt dabei die Spannweite von spezialisierten Suchmaschinen bis zu umfassenden integrierten Wissensmanagementsystemen. Die untersuchte Software bietet...

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The effects of the 2012 Spanish law reform to protect mortgage debtors

González-Val, Rafael - 2020

We examine the effects of the legal reform passed in 2012 in Spain to protect mortgage debtors. Under the new regime, it is difficult for low-income debtors who meet certain requirements to be evicted. In the case of default, the bank is forced to offer the debtor a restructuring of the debt, or...

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Foreign Direct Investment and Civil Rights: Testing Decreasing Returns to Civil Rights

Ponce, Aldo - 2010

In this paper, I examine the effectiveness of improvements in political and civil rights for attracting foreign direct investment flows (FDI) into democracies. I contend that advances in the quality of democracy – specifically those concerning civil rights – present positive but decreasing...

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Price Setting Rules, Rounding Tax, and Inattention Penalty

Sayag, Doron; Snir, Avichai; Levy, Daniel - 2024

We study Israel’s “price rounding regulation” of January 1, 2014, which outlawed non-0-ending prices, forcing retailers to round 9-ending prices, which in many stores comprised 60%+ of all prices. The regulation’s goals were to eliminate (1) the rounding tax—the extra amount consumers...

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