A massive decrease in successful mediation procedures at the Alternative Dispute Resolution Department at the District Court in Ljubljana raises the question of what its causes are. To recognize factors that contribute to a successful mediation we did qualitative research on a sample of nine...

Developing countries with large greenhouse gas emissions play a decisive role in negotiating a post-Kyoto climate agreement. No effective program to reduce global emissions is possible without their support. At the same time, developing countries face a delicate task in balancing their growing...

This paper develops a model of child custody based on an incomplete-contract approach to the allocation of property rights. Because of the presence of transaction costs in marriage, altruistic parents cannot contract upon the investments they make into their children, but can reduce the...