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Full-Text Articles in Law and Economics
Mistaken About Mistakes, Kathryn Zeiler
Mistaken About Mistakes, Kathryn Zeiler
Faculty Scholarship
Theoretical work in behavioral economics aims to modify assumptions of standard neoclassical models of individual decision-making to better comport with observed behavior. The alternative assumptions fall into at least two categories: nonstandard preferences and psychological mistakes. Applications of behavioral economics models in law, however, tend to assume that deviations from standard neoclassical models are meant to build in psychological mistakes that produce regrettable choices. Often follow-on policy prescriptions suggest interventions that either help individuals choose correctly or go further to substitute the “correct” choices for those that mistake-prone individuals might choose in error. Such policy prescriptions are ill suited in …
What Explains Observed Reluctance To Trade? A Comprehensive Literature Review, Kathryn Zeiler
What Explains Observed Reluctance To Trade? A Comprehensive Literature Review, Kathryn Zeiler
Faculty Scholarship
Valuation gaps and exchange asymmetries are among the most widely studied phenomena in the field of behavioral economics. The purpose of this chapter is to present the current state of the social science literature related to observed reluctance to trade. Numerous theories have been proposed and only a few might be safe to rule out based on the evidence to date. The chapter begins by describing the standard model of preferences, which generally assumes that valuation is independent of ownership status, and then catalogs early findings that seem to suggest that ownership status influences valuation. Early research tested various potential …
¡Las Preferencias Dependen Del Punto De Referencia!: Un Desafío Al Análisis Económico –Y Coaseano– Del Derecho, Daniel A. Monroy
¡Las Preferencias Dependen Del Punto De Referencia!: Un Desafío Al Análisis Económico –Y Coaseano– Del Derecho, Daniel A. Monroy
Daniel A Monroy C
The “coasean” theory of Law and the theory of Law & Economics (L&E) in general, implicitly assume the truthfulness of certain behavioral assumptions: the "preference exogeneity" and "reference independence". In this context, this paper points out some objections to these assumptions, and in this order, the paper shows multiple and deep inconsistencies with regard to: (i) how the L&E predicts individual behavior and the effects of legal rules, and (ii) –from a normative point of view– the way that economic theory recommends the lawmakers decisions. The paper also shows some L&E challenges associated with the behavioral assumption that people value …
Behavioral Economics And Poverty [En Español] Behavioral Economics Y Pobreza, Daniel A. Monroy
Behavioral Economics And Poverty [En Español] Behavioral Economics Y Pobreza, Daniel A. Monroy
Daniel A Monroy C
No abstract provided.
Procedural Triage, Matthew Lawrence
Procedural Triage, Matthew Lawrence
Matthew B. Lawrence
Cooling-Off Periods And The Law [En Español] Periodos En Enfriamiento Y El Derecho, Daniel A. Monroy
Cooling-Off Periods And The Law [En Español] Periodos En Enfriamiento Y El Derecho, Daniel A. Monroy
Daniel A Monroy C
No abstract provided.
The Homo [Not So] Economicus And The Law: A Critique Of Positive Theory Of Rational Choice In The Law [En Español], Daniel A. Monroy
The Homo [Not So] Economicus And The Law: A Critique Of Positive Theory Of Rational Choice In The Law [En Español], Daniel A. Monroy
Daniel A Monroy C
From the Behavioral Economics point of view, this paper presents a critic to one dimension of rational choice theory that is widely accepted by Law and Economics scholars. Our hypothesis is that (i) individuals deviate anomalously but predictably of normative assumption of rational choice. We suggests that, (ii) more than –unbounded– rational self interested individuals, in certain contexts, people tend to deviate from this normative behavior and also, tend to judge the behavior of other people, according to the consistency of these behaviors with a hypothetical situation commonly referred to as the "reference transaction".
Desde la perspectiva del Behavioral Economics, …
How Much Is That Lawsuit In The Window; Pricing Legal Claims, Maya Steinitz
How Much Is That Lawsuit In The Window; Pricing Legal Claims, Maya Steinitz
Faculty Scholarship
This article poses the question: How should parties to litigation finance agreements – third party funding or contingency fees – deal with the inherent difficulty in pricing legal claims? It answers that a practical solution would be to use staged funding. Staged funding side-step the impossibility of accurately pricing litigation ex ante by allowing re-pricing and exit that are pegged to information disclosure. Done right, staging allows all parties to minimize the effects of uncertainty, better price their bargain, optimize the distribution of the proceeds of litigation between its different investors – far beyond practices common today. Staged funding also …
Economic Theory Lost In Translation: Will Behavioral Economics Reshape The Compelled Commercial Speech Doctrine, Kyle Rozema
Economic Theory Lost In Translation: Will Behavioral Economics Reshape The Compelled Commercial Speech Doctrine, Kyle Rozema
Scholarship@WashULaw
This Article consolidates the economic and legal theory needed to properly analyze the impact of salience measures on the commercial speech doctrine. By walking through various First Amendment scenarios, this Article describes and differentiates between the two main governmental interests motivating graphic image requirements on cigarette labels: reducing smoking and informing consumers. The Article then sets up a game-theoretic model of the compelled commercial speech doctrine and uses Bayesian inference to make assumptions about how the Supreme Court would rule if it eventually rules on similar graphic images placed on cigarette labels. Solving the model by way of forward induction …
Sea Changes In Consumer Financial Protection: Stronger Agency And Stronger Laws, Dee Pridgen
Sea Changes In Consumer Financial Protection: Stronger Agency And Stronger Laws, Dee Pridgen
Dee Pridgen
This article tracks the rising influence of behavioral economics as a guiding force in consumer protection. The Consumer Financial Protection Agency, formed by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, is a new and stronger agency for consumers. Two pieces of legislation, the Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act (Title XIV of Dodd-Frank), and the Credit Card Accountability , Responsibility and Disclosure Act (Credit CARD Act) of 2009, are stronger laws ensuring the safety of consumer financial products. This article examines the new agency and the new laws, explains how they differ from the prior governmental …
La Comercialización De Cigarrillos En Colombia Y El “Problema Del Autocontrol”: La Restricción De Venta Al Menudeo, Daniel Monroy
La Comercialización De Cigarrillos En Colombia Y El “Problema Del Autocontrol”: La Restricción De Venta Al Menudeo, Daniel Monroy
Daniel A Monroy C
La “Teoría de la Adicción Racional” y el denominado “Modelo de Inconsistencia Temporal de la Adicción” son los enfoques teóricos dominantes en la economía que tratan de explicar la dinámica del consumo de cigarrillo entendido este como un producto que genera adicción. Aunque la estructura de estos dos enfoques son ciertamente similares, las implicaciones de utilizar uno u otro modelo son bien diferentes, particularmente en lo relativo al criterio normativo relativo a la intervención del Estado respecto de la conducta individual en el mercado. El artículo se concentra en el segundo enfoque indicado, particularmente en el denominado “problema de autocontrol” …
Presentación: La Filosofía “Nudge”, Daniel Monroy
Presentación: La Filosofía “Nudge”, Daniel Monroy
Daniel A Monroy C
La presentación introduce la concepción de la filosofía "nudge" defendida por Cass Sunstein y Richard Thaler
El Razonamiento Heurístico Y Algunas Implicaciones En El Análisis Económico Del Derecho: El Caso De Las Normas Sobre Donación De Órganos Humanos V2, Daniel Monroy
Daniel A Monroy C
The following article contributes to the latest discussions and judgments that have taken place on the more important postulates of the Economic Analysis of Law. It exists an even nascent line of thought in economics that has accordingly questioned the behaviors of the individuals in the real world; this nascent movement is known as the “Behavioral Economics”, which through the “heuristics” and other hypotheses states a series of contrary ideas to the ones that the neoclassical economics have defended for more than a century.
All the preceding has an evident effect regarding the Economic Analysis of Law. Understanding this situation …
Teoría Prospectiva, Efecto Marco Y Los Mensajes De Disuasión De Consumo De Tabaco En Colombia, Daniel Monroy
Teoría Prospectiva, Efecto Marco Y Los Mensajes De Disuasión De Consumo De Tabaco En Colombia, Daniel Monroy
Daniel A Monroy C
The main target of this reflex paper is to explain some ideas about behavioral economics, such as the Prospect Theory and the framing effect, as well as its possible implications for the law, especially in the context of tobacco control law in Colombia and the current package warning labels. The paper concludes that these warnings have the potential to reduce the tobacco consumption. However the effectiveness of these messages could be increased if the information is reframed in an alternative way.
This paper is based in other one called: "ANÁLISIS ECONÓMICO-CONDUCTUAL DE LA REGULACIÓN ANTITABACO EN COLOMBIA: El efecto marco …
Más Vale Malo Conocido Que…: El Efecto Dotación Y Los Pronósticos Teóricos Del Teorema De Coase, Daniel Monroy
Más Vale Malo Conocido Que…: El Efecto Dotación Y Los Pronósticos Teóricos Del Teorema De Coase, Daniel Monroy
Daniel A Monroy C
Some studies of the "endowment effect" in behavioral economics have criticized the theoretical prediction of the Coase Theorem even in its most basic formulation. This document describes the evidence of the existence of this "anomaly" in individual decision-making in various contexts in order to determine the possible general implications of this effect in the economic analysis itself especially as an explanation for the sometimes, insuperable gap between the willingness to accept for giving a right and the correlative willingness to pay to get it, also the paper describes a contradiction with the assumption of reversibility of preferences at any dot …
Análisis Económico-Conductual De La Regulación Antitabaco En Colombia: El Efecto Marco Y La Fuerza De Voluntad Limitada, Daniel Monroy
Análisis Económico-Conductual De La Regulación Antitabaco En Colombia: El Efecto Marco Y La Fuerza De Voluntad Limitada, Daniel Monroy
Daniel A Monroy C
This paper explains some ideas about behavioral economics, such as the framing effect and the bounded willpower, and its possible implications for the law, especially in the context of tobacco control law in Colombia. The paper concludes that the current warnings on cigarette packages have the potential to reduce the tobacco consumption. However the effectiveness of these messages could be increased if the information is reframed; likewise, the paper shows that the legal ban of cigarette retail market, doesn’t weigh up the negative consequences of bounded willpower, which can lead paradoxically to encourage smoking.
Regulaciones Que Nos Hacen Más Inteligentes, Daniel Monroy
Regulaciones Que Nos Hacen Más Inteligentes, Daniel Monroy
Daniel A Monroy C
En presente artículo es una síntesis de algunas ideas puntuales relacionadas con las posibles consecuencias y retos que puede tener para el derecho la asunción de algunas ideas propias de la economía conductual, tal como la aceptación relativa a que los individuos muestran en su toma de decisiones, en ocasiones, una fuerza de voluntad limitada.
Behavioral Economic Issues In American & Islamic Marriage & Divorce Law, Ryan M. Riegg
Behavioral Economic Issues In American & Islamic Marriage & Divorce Law, Ryan M. Riegg
Ryan M. Riegg
Beyond Tinkering: Economics After Behavioral Economics, Stephen E. Ellis, Grant M. Hayden
Beyond Tinkering: Economics After Behavioral Economics, Stephen E. Ellis, Grant M. Hayden
Faculty Journal Articles and Book Chapters
This paper assesses the current state of law and economics, standard and behavioral, and proposes an additional element to the basic belief-desire apparatus of economic theory in order to create a more unified theory of behavior.
The first part of the paper assesses the current status of standard economic theory. While standard models have had their successes, a large and growing body of empirical evidence reveals that people often fail to live up its rational-actor ideal. In response, economists usually stick with standard consumer theory and attempt to explain the anomalous results by referring to some overlooked input (e.g., some …