Bruno Deffains

Université Paris II - Panthéon-Assas

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12 place du Pantheon

Paris cedex 05, 75005

France

Institut Universitaire de France

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103, bld Saint-Michel

75005 Paris

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1.

Governance of Electronic Commerce in Consumer and Business Markets

GOVERNANCE, REGULATIONS AND POWERS ON THE INTERNET, E. Brousseau, M. Marzouki, C. Méadel, eds., Cambridge University Press, 2008
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 03 Mar 2008 Last Revised: 03 Aug 2014
Bruno Deffains and Jane K. Winn
Université Paris II - Panthéon-Assas and University of Washington - School of Law
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electronic commerce, business-to-business, business-to-consumer, electronic signature

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Uncertainty of Law and the Legal Process

Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, Vol. 163, No. 4, pp. 627-656, December 2007, George Mason University Law & Economics Research Paper No. 05-39, Amsterdam Center for Law & Economics Working Paper No. 2005-10
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 14 Dec 2005 Last Revised: 01 Apr 2011
Giuseppe Dari‐Mattiacci and Bruno Deffains
Amsterdam Law School and Université Paris II - Panthéon-Assas
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incompleteness of law, complexity of law, litigation, judge-made law, legislation

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The Dynamics of the Legal System

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Forthcoming, Amsterdam Center for Law & Economics Working Paper No. 2009-08
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 07 May 2009 Last Revised: 30 Mar 2011
Giuseppe Dari‐Mattiacci, Bruno Deffains and Bruno Lovat
Amsterdam Law School, Université Paris II - Panthéon-Assas and University of Lorraine - Universite Nancy 2
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incompleteness of law, litigation, legislation, adjudication, judge-made law

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Informational Externalities and Information Sharing in Class Action Suits

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 11 May 2006 Last Revised: 04 Feb 2009
Bruno Deffains and Eric Langlais
Université Paris II - Panthéon-Assas and EconomiX, CNRS & University of Paris Ouest
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Mass Tort Class Action, information sharing, repeated litigation, contingent fees

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Formal and Informal Mechanisms of Accountability in Local Governance: Towards a New Authoritarian Governance Model

BUSINESS SYSTEMS REVIEW (ISSN 2280-3866). 2013. Volume 2. Issue 2. pp.330-367. Special Issue - Selected Papers of the 1st Business Systems Laboratory International Symsposium
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 06 Apr 2013
Thanh Thuy Vu and Bruno Deffains
Université Paris X Nanterre and Université Paris II - Panthéon-Assas
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Informal accountability, Local governance, Authoritarian regime, Responsiveness

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Credibility and Monitoring: Outsourcing as a Commitment Device

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Credibility and Monitoring: Outsourcing as a Commitment Device

European Business School Research Paper No. 09-08
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 09 Apr 2009 Last Revised: 17 Jun 2009
Benjamin Bental, Bruno Deffains and Dominique Demougin
University of Haifa - Department of Economics, Université Paris II - Panthéon-Assas and EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht - EBS Business School - Department of Governance & Economics
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Incentive scheme, integration, outsourcing, credibility

Credibility and Monitoring: Outsourcing as a Commitment Device

Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, Vol. 21, Issue 1, pp. 31-52, 2012
Posted: 19 Jan 2012
Benjamin Bental, Bruno Deffains and Dominique Demougin
University of Haifa - Department of Economics, Université Paris II - Panthéon-Assas and EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht - EBS Business School - Department of Governance & Economics
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On the Role of Inequalities in Legal Systems: A Tocquevilian View

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 04 Mar 2008
Bertrand Crettez and Bruno Deffains
Université de Franche-Comté - L.I.B.R.E. and Université Paris II - Panthéon-Assas
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legal systems, codification, judge, inequalities, Tocqueville

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Real Options Theory for Law Makers

Recherches Economiques de Louvain - Louvain Economic Review, Vol. 75, No. 1, 2009
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 03 Mar 2008 Last Revised: 09 Jul 2010
Bruno Deffains and Marie Obidzinski
Université Paris II - Panthéon-Assas and Université Paris II - Panthéon-Assas
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Degree of precision, flexibility, obsolescence, rulemaking

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The Interrelationship between Formal and Informal Decentralization and its Impact on Sub-Central Governance Performance: The Case of Vietnam

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3714
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 02 Feb 2012
Thanh Thuy Vu, Messaoud Zouikri and Bruno Deffains
Université Paris X Nanterre, University Paris West La Défense and Université Paris II - Panthéon-Assas
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formal decentralization, informal decentralization, sub-central governance, accommodating, and competing

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Competitive Dynamics between MNOs in the Mobile Telecommunications Single Market: Lessons from the U.S. Experience

Communications and Strategies, No. 82, pp. 127-145, 2nd quarter 2011
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 19 Jul 2012
Laurent Benzoni, Bruno Deffains, Anh Nguyen and Olivier Salesse
Université Paris II - Panthéon-Assas, Université Paris II - Panthéon-Assas, Tera Consultants and Tera Consultants
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single market, competitive dynamics, harmonisation, main mobile groups, telecommunication services

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Social Norms and Legal Design

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Social Norms and Legal Design

CIRPEE Working paper 15-20
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 24 Sep 2015
Bruno Deffains and Claude Fluet
Université Paris II - Panthéon-Assas and Université Laval
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Social preferences, regulatory offences, law enforcement, strict liability, fault, legal standard, compliance, deterrence

Social Norms and Legal Design

CRREP Working Paper Series 2019-02
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 27 Mar 2019
Bruno Deffains and Claude Fluet
Université Paris II - Panthéon-Assas and Université Laval
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stigmatization, reputational sanctions, social norms, law enforcement, legal standard, com-pliance, deterrence

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Legal Liability When Individuals Have Moral Concerns

CIRPEE Working Paper 09-51
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 04 Dec 2009 Last Revised: 21 Oct 2010
Bruno Deffains and Claude Fluet
Université Paris II - Panthéon-Assas and Université Laval
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Intrinsic motivations, social norms, esteem, strict liability, negligence, crowding out

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Legal Interpretative Process and Litigants' Cognitive Biases

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 09 Jan 2009
Eric Langlais and Bruno Deffains
EconomiX, CNRS & University of Paris Ouest and Université Paris II - Panthéon-Assas
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D81, K42

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Legal Competition, Political Process and Irreversible Investment Decisions

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 03 Mar 2008
Bruno Deffains and Dominique Demougin
Université Paris II - Panthéon-Assas and EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht - EBS Business School - Department of Governance & Economics
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legal competition, hold up, political process, firms organization

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Legal Versus Normative Incentives Under Judicial Error

CIRPEE Working Paper No. 07-18
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 10 Aug 2007
Bruno Deffains and Claude Fluet
Université Paris II - Panthéon-Assas and Université Laval
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Social interactions, socio-legal multiplier, stigma, judicial error, evidentiary standard

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Laws and Norms: Experimental Evidence with Liability Rules

CRREP working paper serie 2017-05
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 22 May 2018
Bruno Deffains, Romain Espinosa and Claude Fluet
Université Paris II - Panthéon-Assas, CREM - CNRS, Université Rennes 1 and Université Laval
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Behavioral law and economics, liability rules, Social norms, social preferences, legal norms

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On Legal Cooperation and the Dynamics of Legal Convergence

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 22 Feb 2016
Bertrand Crettez, Bruno Deffains and Olivier Musy
Université de Franche-Comté - L.I.B.R.E., Université Paris II - Panthéon-Assas and Paris II Panthéon Assas
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Law-and-Economics, Legal Convergence, Legal harmonization, Legal Uniformization

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The Role of Social Image Concerns in the Design of Legal Regimes

CIRPEE Working Paper 13-21
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 28 Aug 2013
Bruno Deffains and Claude Fluet
Université Paris II - Panthéon-Assas and Université Laval
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Normative motivations, prosocial behavior, fault, negligences, strict liability, tort law, public enforcement of law, burden of proof, standard of proof

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The General versus Specific Deterrence Effects of Expungements: Experimental Evidence

George Mason Law & Economics Research Paper No. 19-10
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 01 May 2019 Last Revised: 03 May 2019
Romain Espinosa, Gregory J. DeAngelo, Bruno Deffains, Murat C. Mungan and Rustam Romaniuc
CREM - CNRS, Université Rennes 1, West Virginia University - Department of Economics, Université Paris II - Panthéon-Assas, George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School, Faculty and Université de Montpellier - LAMETA
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Expungement, Specific Deterrence, General Deterrence, Recidivism, Social Sanctions, Legal Norms

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Legal Centralization: A Tocquevillian View

CRED Working Paper No. 2019-2
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 25 Apr 2019
Bertrand Crettez, Bruno Deffains and Olivier Musy
Université Paris II - Panthéon-Assas - CRED, Université Paris II - Panthéon-Assas and Paris II Panthéon Assas
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aversion to inequality before the law, codification, institutional legal design, legal origins, legal centralization, French Revolution

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Labor Conflicts and Inefficiency of Relationship-Specific Investments: What is the Judge's Role?

Posted: 27 Feb 2007
Yannick Gabuthy, Eve-Angéline Lambert and Bruno Deffains
National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), Bureau of Economic Theory and Application (BETA), University Nancy 2, University of Lorraine - Universite Nancy 2 and Université Paris II - Panthéon-Assas

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Labor Law, Litigation, Investment Incentives, Bargaining

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Incentives to Cooperate and the Discretionary Power of Courts in Divorce Law

Review of the Economics of the Household, Vol. 4, No. 4, pp. 423-439, 2006
Posted: 12 Dec 2006
Bruno Deffains and Eric Langlais
Université Paris II - Panthéon-Assas and EconomiX, CNRS & University of Paris Ouest

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Cooperation in divorce, bargaining with risk averse parties in divorce litigation, scales of alimony

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An Economic Analysis of Conflicts Resolution in Cyberspace

Posted: 30 Mar 2006
Yannick Gabuthy, Bruno Deffains and Philippe Fenoglio
National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), Bureau of Economic Theory and Application (BETA), University Nancy 2, Université Paris II - Panthéon-Assas and Universite Nancy 2

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Online Dispute Resolution, Regulation of Internet, Electronic Commerce, Bargaining

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Efficiency of Online Dispute Resolution: A Case Study

Posted: 23 Mar 2006
Yannick Gabuthy and Bruno Deffains
National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), Bureau of Economic Theory and Application (BETA), University Nancy 2 and Université Paris II - Panthéon-Assas

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Online Dispute Resolution, Regulation of Internet, Electronic Commerce, Bargaining

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Institutions and Contracts: Franchising

European Journal of Law and Economics, November 2005
Posted: 01 Nov 2005
Bruno Deffains, Stéphane Saussier, Etienne Pfister and Myriam Doriat-Duban
Université Paris II - Panthéon-Assas, IAE - University of Paris I Sorbonne, Universite Nancy 2 and University Nancy 2 - Department of Economics

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Institutions, Contracts, Franchising