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Bias in media coverage of antitrust actions 媒体对反垄断行动的报道存在偏见

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International Review of Law and Economics Pub Date : 2022-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.irle.2022.106085

Juan Luis Jiménez , Jordi Perdiguero , Inmaculada Gutiérrez

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Is it the firm, the innovator, or the innovation? Determinants of perceived non-imitability leading to unprotected intellectual property 是企业，创新者，还是创新?认知不可模仿性导致知识产权不受保护的决定因素

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International Review of Law and Economics Pub Date : 2022-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.irle.2022.106095

Marilena Vecco , Nikos Georgantzis , Pieter Kroonenberg

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Crime and the Mariel Boatlift 犯罪和玛丽埃尔劫船案

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International Review of Law and Economics Pub Date : 2022-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.irle.2022.106094

Alexander Billy , Michael Packard

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Consent or coordination? assemblies in early medieval Europe 同意还是协调?中世纪早期欧洲的集会

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International Review of Law and Economics Pub Date : 2022-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.irle.2022.106096

Andrew T. Young

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The value of fiduciary duties: Evidence from en bloc sales in Singapore 受托责任的价值:来自新加坡整体销售的证据

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International Review of Law and Economics Pub Date : 2022-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.irle.2022.106093

Jianfeng Hu , Kelvin F.K. Low , Wei Zhang

{"title":"The value of fiduciary duties: Evidence from en bloc sales in Singapore","authors":"Jianfeng Hu , Kelvin F.K. Low , Wei Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.irle.2022.106093","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irle.2022.106093","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span>This paper examines the impact of fiduciary duties on collective asset sales in the case of owners acting as delegates for other owners, thereby potentially inducing conflicts of interests. Our identification strategy exploits a unique legal shock in Singapore, which established fiduciary duties in those transactions in the real estate market known colloquially as </span><em>en bloc</em> sales. The imposition of fiduciary duties caused the price premium of units sold <em>via en bloc</em> sales to increase over units ineligible for <em>en bloc</em> sale, as well as over units that, although eligible for <em>en bloc</em> sale, are sold individually. In addition, this valuation effect is stronger for projects with especially severe agency problems as proxied by high ownership turnover. This legal reform also affects the general private housing market beyond the <em>en bloc</em><span> premium: findings show that residential owners are increasingly willing to participate and reduce condominium turnover. Finally, we find that the stock price of public real estate developers responded positively to the legal reform, which indicates a possible overall positive welfare effect. Our study highlights the importance of judicial oversight for addressing agency conflicts in non-consensual asset-sale mechanisms.</span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":47202,"journal":{"name":"International Review of Law and Economics","volume":"72 ","pages":"Article 106093"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"92078554","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Spatial and temporal correlations of crime in Detroit: Evidence from spatial dynamic panel data models 底特律犯罪的时空相关性:来自空间动态面板数据模型的证据

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International Review of Law and Economics Pub Date : 2022-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.irle.2022.106100

Xu Lin , Jihu Zhang , Shanhe Jiang

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Do women drive corporate social responsibility? Evidence from gender diversity reforms around the world 女性是否推动了企业的社会责任?来自世界各地性别多样性改革的证据

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International Review of Law and Economics Pub Date : 2022-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.irle.2022.106097

Rong Ding , Tinghua Duan , Wenxuan Hou , Xianda Liu , Ziwei Xu

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Time to resolve insolvency and political elections 是时候解决破产和政治选举了

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International Review of Law and Economics Pub Date : 2022-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.irle.2022.106104

Nicolae Stef , Sami Ben Jabeur , Robert F. Scherer

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Borrowers’ discouragement and creditor information 借款人的气馁和债权人的信息

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International Review of Law and Economics Pub Date : 2022-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.irle.2022.106098

Jérémie Bertrand, Paolo Mazza

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ON THE DECLINE IN STATE POPULATION DISTRIBUTION: A COASEAN ROLE FOR SECTION 111 OF THE AUSTRALIAN CONSTITUTION? 论各州人口分布的下降:澳大利亚宪法第111条的协调作用?

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International Review of Law and Economics Pub Date : 2022-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.irle.2022.106092

Benjamen Franklen Gussen

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