Volume 32, Issue 2

October 2011

Special Issue: The law and economics of class actions

Issue Editors:

9 articles in this issue

The law and economics of class actions
Juergen Backhaus
Alberto Cassone
Giovanni B. Ramello
Guest Editorial 08 May 2011 Pages: 165 - 168
The costs of class actions: allocation and collective redress in the US experience
Guido Calabresi
Kevin S. Schwartz
OriginalPaper 12 March 2011 Pages: 169 - 183
An introduction to the law and economics of class action litigation
Thomas S. Ulen
OriginalPaper 05 May 2011 Pages: 185 - 203
The simple economics of class action: private provision of club and public goods
Alberto Cassone
Giovanni B. Ramello
OriginalPaper 08 May 2011 Pages: 205 - 224
The law firm as an investment bank in class actions
Juergen Backhaus
OriginalPaper 03 March 2011 Pages: 225 - 228
Incentive effects of class actions and punitive damages under alternative procedural regimes
Marta Cenini
Barbara Luppi
Francesco Parisi
OriginalPaper 25 March 2011 Pages: 229 - 240
Informational externalities and settlements in mass tort litigations
Bruno Deffains
Eric Langlais
OriginalPaper 21 April 2011 Pages: 241 - 262
The case against lawyers’ contingent fees and the misapplication of principal-agent models
Lorenzo Sacconi
OriginalPaper 11 April 2011 Pages: 263 - 292
Seeking rents through class actions and legislative lobbying: a comparison
Sophie Harnay
Alain Marciano
OriginalPaper 24 March 2011 Pages: 293 - 304

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