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Environmental liability and product customization choices : strict liability vs negligence revisited by Cosnita-Langlais, Andreea, Langlais, Eric

“…This paper studies the role of environmental liability in shaping firms' product differentiation choices, both horizontally (product design) and vertically…”
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Artificial intelligence, inattention and liability rules by Obidzinski, Marie, Oytana, Yves

“…We characterize the socially optimal liability sharing rule in a situation where a manufacturer develops an artificial intelligence (AI) system that is then…”
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Is justice delayed justice denied? An empirical approach by Melcarne, Alessandro, Ramello, Giovanni Battista, Rok, Spruk

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Do women drive corporate social responsibility? Evidence from gender diversity reforms around the world by Ding, Rong, Duan, Tinghua, Hou, Wenxuan, Liu, Xianda, Xu, Ziwei

“…In this study we investigate the effect of female director on corporate social responsibility (CSR) by taking the advantage of the introduction of legal gender…”
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Girls Just Wanna Have Funds? The effect of women-friendly legislation on female-led firms’ access to credit by Bertrand, Jérémie, Perrin, Caroline

“…Does a women-friendly legal environment help women overcome discrimination in credit markets? By examining antidiscrimination laws and their implications for…”
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Did the French reform of the judicial map affect conciliation activities? by Belarouci, Matthieu, Vaillant, Nicolas, Wolff, François-Charles

“…In France, the reform of the judicial map, initiated in mid-2007 and completed in 2010, led to a large reduction in the number of courts of first instance,…”
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The dominance of skill in online poker by Hergueux, Jerome, Smagghue, Gabriel

“…Does skill dominate luck in online poker? In many countries around the world, the legality of the online poker industry rests on courts’ evaluation of the…”
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Judicial compliance in district courts by Chen, Daniel L.

“…Are judges motivated only by policy preferences? Public enforcement of law relies on the use of public agents, such as judges, to follow the law. We use the…”
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Advance disclosure of insider transactions: Empirical evidence from the Vietnamese stock market by Lefebvre, Jérémie, Mazza, Paolo

“…We investigate the impact of legal insider trading announcements on stock returns in Vietnam. Vietnamese insiders must announce their trading intentions in…”
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Borrowers’ discouragement and creditor information by Bertrand, Jérémie, Mazza, Paolo

“…Bank discouragement is one of the most important factors preventing firms from accessing credit. This discouragement stems from strong information asymmetry…”
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Quorum Rules and Shareholder Power by Souam, Saïd, Charléty, Patricia, Fagart, Marie-Cécile

“…We analyze how a minimum quorum affects shareholder voting in meetings. We show that a quorum creates an incentive for coalition formation of shareholders…”
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Counteracting offshore tax evasion: Evidence from the foreign account tax compliance act by D’Avino, Carmela

“…This paper aims to investigate the effect of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) on the deposits held by US global banks through their branches…”
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Should environment be a concern for competition policy when firms face environmental liability? by Charreire, Maxime, Langlais, Eric

“…•We consider a basic oligopoly model where firms produce a joint and indivisible environmental harm.•We analyze firms decisions of care and output under…”
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Mandatory employee board representation: Good news for family firms? by Belot, François, Waxin, Timothée

“…We assess the corporate performance and corporate governance consequences of mandatory employee board representation through a natural experiment: the passage…”
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Public law enforcement under ambiguity by Chopard, Bertrand, Obidzinski, Marie

“…•Potential offenders have a vague idea of their own probability of being fined.•Potential offenders may either over or under estimate the probability of…”
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Laws and norms: Experimental evidence with liability rules by Deffains, Bruno, Espinosa, Romain, Fluet, Claude

“…We conduct an experiment where participants choose between actions that provide private benefits but may also impose losses on others. Three legal environments…”
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Does debt relief “irresistibly attract banks as honey attracts bees”? Evidence from low-income countries’ debt relief programs by Ferry, Marin, Raffinot, Marc, Venet, Baptiste

“…•Debt relief contributed to increase HIPCs’ borrowing from private foreign banks.•HIPCs credit market access did not occur at greater costs with respect to…”
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Does voting on tax fund destination imply a direct democracy effect? by Jacquemet, Nicolas, Luchini, Stéphane, Malézieux, Antoine

“…•Voting on the destination of tax revenues tends to increase tax compliance.•We design a new tax game that controls for self-selection into the chosen…”
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The price of expungements by Espinosa, Romain, DeAngelo, Gregory, Deffains, Bruno, Mungan, Murat, Romaniuc, Rustam

“…•Expungements may allow one to mitigate both the pecuniary and social costs associated with having a criminal record.•However, expungements may reduce general…”
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Prosecutors, judges and sentencing disparities: Evidence from traffic offenses in France by Melcarne, Alessandro, Monnery, Benjamin, Wolff, François-Charles

“…While there is widespread evidence that sentences for similar cases tend to differ across courts, the production of sentencing disparities by prosecutors…”
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