On Contractual Defaults and Experimental Law and Economics

Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, Vol. 163

5 Pages Posted: 22 Dec 2006 Last revised: 11 Jan 2009

Abstract

Sloof et al.'s [2006] elegant study of default breach remedies illustrates both the potential and limitations of experimental law and economics (ELE). Potentially, the rigorous methodology of experimental economics can provide fully controlled tests of relationships among legally significant variables. Human behavior is context-dependent, however. The validity of ELE would therefore be limited if it were, for example, to disregard legal institutions and context in an automatic adherence to all conventions of experimental economics.

Keywords: experimental law and economics, behavioral law and economics, institutions

JEL Classification: C90, C91, K00, K12

Suggested Citation

Tor, Avishalom, On Contractual Defaults and Experimental Law and Economics. Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, Vol. 163, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=953122

Avishalom Tor (Contact Author)

Notre Dame Law School ( email )

P.O. Box 780
Notre Dame, IN 46556-0780
United States

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