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Rational Treaties: Article II, Congressional-Executive Agreements, and International Bargaining

Yoo, John - Law, Economics and Institutions, Boalt School of Law - 2011

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Bernardo, Antonio; Talley, Eric; Welch, Ivo - Law, Economics and Institutions, Boalt School of Law - 2011

large and subsidies small; eliminate incumbent owners and managers to improve a priori incentives; and finance bailouts …

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Inefficiencies in the Information Thicket: A Case Study of Derivative Disclosures During the Financial Crisis

Bartlett, Robert P. III - Law, Economics and Institutions, Boalt School of Law - 2010

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The Consent Problem in International Law

Guzman, Andrew - Law, Economics and Institutions, Boalt School of Law - 2011

International law is built on the foundation of state consent. A stateâ€™s legal obligations are overwhelmingly â … individual states. If a country feels that a proposed change to international law does not serve its interests, it can avoid that … problem for the international system. Because any state can object to any proposed rule of international law, only changes …

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Three Essays On Tax Salience: Market Salience and Political Salience

Gamage, David; Shanske, Darien - Law, Economics and Institutions, Boalt School of Law - 2011

This Article analyzes the behavioral economics literatures on how individuals understand taxation (i.e., tax salience). We evaluate how taxpayers respond to different presentations of tax prices both in their roles as market participants and as voters. We aim to combat several naïve notions...

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Emissions Trading and Social Justice

Farber, Daniel A - Law, Economics and Institutions, Boalt School of Law - 2011

Cap and trade is controversial in part because of claims that it is unjust, an issue that was highlighted by recent litigation against Californiaâ€™s proposed carbon market. This essay considers an array of fairness issues relating to cap and trade. In terms of fairness to industry, the...

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Freedom to Trade and the Competitive Process

Edlin, Aaron; Farrell, Joseph - Law, Economics and Institutions, Boalt School of Law - 2011

Although antitrust courts sometimes stress the competitive process, they have not deeply explored what that process is. Inspired by the theory of the core, we explore the idea that the competitive process is the process of sellers and buyers forming improving coalitions. Much of antitrust can be...

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Antitrust in two-sided markets: Is competition always desirable?

Fiedler, Ingo C - Law, Economics and Institutions, Boalt School of Law - 2010

The main objective of antitrust interventions is to assure competition in markets to benefit consumers. This paper challenges this common approach by examining the case of a satellite broadcasting network with monopoly power. First, satellite TV is identified as a two-sided market. It is then...

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Fixing Failed States

Yoo, John - Law, Economics and Institutions, Boalt School of Law - 2010

market economy within existing state borders. But many international law scholars remain openly dubious about the ability of …

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Understanding the Democratic Transition in South Africa

Inman, Robert P.; Rubinfeld, Daniel L. - Law, Economics and Institutions, Boalt School of Law - 2012

South Africaâ€™s transition from apartheid to democracy stands as one of the past centuryâ€™s most important political events. The transition has been successful to this point because the new constitution adopted a form of federal governance that has been able to provide protection for...

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