A note on optimal law enforcement under asymmetric information

European Journal of Law and Economics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 5-13

  Garoupa, Nuno ^a,b   Jellal, Mohamed ^c,d  

^a NOVA SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS   (Portugal)

^b CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^c TOULOUSE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^d MOHAMMED V UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Asymmetry of information; Fine; Probability of detection

Indexed keywords

EID: 49349116816     PISSN: 09291261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015677632233     Document Type: Review

References (15)

1. Ballard, C., Shoven, J., & Whalley, J. (1985). "General Equilibrium of the Marginal Welfare Costs of Taxes in the United States." American Economic Review. 75, 128-138.
2. Becker, G. S. (1968). "Crime and Punishment: An Economic Approach." Journal of Political Economy. 76, 169-217.
3. Becker, G. S. & Stigler, G. J. (1974). "Law Enforcement, Malfeasance and Compensation of Enforcers." Journal of Legal Studies. 3, 1-18.
4. Friedman, D. D. (1984). "Efficient Institutions for the Private Enforcement of Law." Journal of Legal Studies. 13, 379-397.
5. Garoupa, N. (1997a). "The Theory of Optimal Law Enforcement." Journal of Economic Surveys. 11, 267-295.
6. Garoupa, N. (1997b). "A Note on Private Enforcement and Type I Error." International Review of Law and Economics. 17, 423-429.
7. Garoupa, N. & Klerman, D. (2002). "Optimal Law Enforcement with a Rent-Seeking Government." American Law and Economics Review. 4, 116-140.
8. Guesnerie, R. & Laffont, J.-J. (1984). "A Complete Solution to a Class of Principal Agent Problems with an Application to the Control of a Self-Managed Firm." Journal of Public Economics. 25, 329-369.
9. Hausman, J. & Poterba, J. (1987). "Household Behavior and the Tax Reform Act of 1986." Journal of Economic Perspectives. 1, 101-119.
10. Laffont, J.-J. & Tirole, J. (1986). "Une théorie normative des contrats Etat-enterprises (A Normative Theory of State-Firms Contracts)." Annates d'Economie et de Statistique. 1, 107-132.
11. Laffont, J.-J. & Tirole, J. (1993). A Theory of Incentives in Procurement and Regulation, Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press.
12. Landes, W. M. & Posner, R. A. (1975). "The Private Enforcement of Law." Journal of Legal Studies. 4, 1-46.
13. Polinsky, A. M. (1980). "Private versus Public Enforcement of Fines." Journal of Legal Studies. 9, 105-127.
14. Polinsky, A. M. & Shavell, S. (2000). "The Economic Theory of Public Enforcement of Law." Journal of Economic Literature. 38, 45-76.
15. Shavell, S. (1993). "The Optimal Structure of Law Enforcement." Journal of Law and Economics. 36, 255-287.