Using macro-level panel data, we examine the effects of taxation and tax progressivity on entrepreneurship in a large group of European countries. We address two main objectives. First, we try to explore whether tax increases discourage entrepreneurial activity, focusing on new self-employment...

Using macro-level panel data, we examine the effects of taxation and tax progressivity on entrepreneurship in a large group of European countries. We address two main objectives. First, we try to explore whether tax increases discourage entrepreneurial activity, distinguishing between the...

The paper analyzes a policy proposition to take into account indirect land use changes in the evaluation of GHG emissions by biofuel industry. Based on an extensive survey of scientific literature onILUC, it is argued that, due to the absence of a satisfactory scientific evaluation of ILUC, the...

As a process of “quiet harmonization” is taking among competition laws of the various Member States, the question I wish to address may seem a little bit provocative: Do we need competition law at all ? This may look even more extreme if you consider that most of the proponents of...

Le titre de cette conférence est très ambitieux. Si je devais toutefois résumer le contenu de la conférence en quatre mots ce serait : bilan : positif, perspectives : incertaines. A dire vrai, la Théorie de la Décision est en crise, et ce depuis vingt bonnes années ; depuis que les doutes...

Economics is a matter of choice and growth, of interaction and exchange among individuals. Because property rights define the rules of these interactions and the objects of exchange, it is vital to fully understand the institutions and implications of the various property-rights regimes. With...

This book comprises contributions on recent developments in China from a law and economics perspective. For the first time Chinese and European scholars jointly discuss some important attributes of China’s legal and economic system, and some recent problems, from this particular viewpoint.