Public authorities in many jurisdictions are concerned about the proliferation of illegal content and products on online platforms. In this paper, we provide an economic appraisal of platform liability that highlights the effects of a stricter liability rule on several key variables such as...

Certification organisations have become important players in the monitoring of compliance by operators, in particular, from developing countries with social and environmental standards. At the same time, some of the worst disasters in recent years, such as the Ali Enterprises factory fire in...

I examine the real effects of financial markets on the timing of vehicle firms' safety-related recalls. Firms strategically time recalls in response to previously issued long-term debt prescheduled to mature by the end of the fiscal year in which defective products are manufactured. Maturing...

We evaluate the effect of vehicle recalls on vehicle transactions in the second-hand market. Using a rich dataset of Dutch vehicle registrations, we exploit the quasi-experimental variation in recalls across nearly-identical cars. We find strong heterogeneities across market segment: vehicles...

We evaluate the effect of vehicle recalls on vehicle transactions in the second-hand market. Using a rich dataset of Dutch vehicle registrations, we exploit the quasi-experimental variation in recalls across nearly-identical cars. We find strong heterogeneities across market segment: vehicles...

Problem definition: This paper studies the effects of product tracing and recalls in a supply chain with one retailer and multiple manufacturers, each of which may reduce the product quality below the required standard to save production cost, but at the risk of being caught.Academic/practical...

The purpose of this study is to find out how jingles used in advertisement plays a role in retention of the product. A questionnaire was developed to acknowledge people about retention and recall of jingles. This survey is carried out in Karachi and about 100 responses were received from the...

This paper addresses the role of product liability for the emergence and development of smart products such as autonomous vehicles (AVs). We analyze how the liability regime affects innovative activities, as well as the timing of market introduction and market penetration of such smart products....

This article explores the tort liability of MNEs and looks at corporate tort as a negative externality that results from the limited liability rule (LLR). The analysis mainly uses an economic model of cost-benefit analysis. This article proposes a partial reform of the LLR in the case of tort...

Prices that end with 9, also known as psychological price points, are common, comprising about 70% of the retail prices. They are also more rigid than other prices. We take advantage of a natural experiment to document an emergence of a new price ending that has the same effects as 9-endings. In...

Problem definition: We study firms' reliability and extended warranty (EW) pricing decisions in different supply chain structures. We also consider the product reliability information may or may not be observable by the consumers. Academic/Practical Relevance: This paper contributes to the...

The purpose of this paper is to provide insights into the effects of product recalls on shareholder wealth of manufacturing firms in different supply chains. Previous research examining this phenomenon is largely uni-sectorial and/or does not consider the interplay of hazard, recall strategy and...

This chapter for the Cambridge Handbook on Comparative and International Trademark Law compares the doctrinal strategies deployed by the European Union and United States to serving the anti-misappropriation impulse in trademark law. While the EU's enforcement regime openly embraces...

When a safety defect occurs, manufacturers often use product recalls to mitigate potential consequences. Our empirical observation on large recalls in the automobile industry suggests that the timing of a recall is a key decision in this recall process, as we find that only recalls made in an...