Roee Sarel

Institute of Law and Economics, University of Hamburg

Johnsallee 35

Hamburg, 20148

Germany

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Scholarly Papers (22)

1.

How Crisis Affects Crypto: Coronavirus as a Test Case

74 Hastings Law Journal 433 (2023)
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 23 Mar 2020 Last Revised: 13 Feb 2023
Hadar Yoana Jabotinsky and Roee Sarel
The Hadar Jabotinsky Center for Interdisciplinary Research of Financial Markets, Crises and Technology (HJC) and Institute of Law and Economics, University of Hamburg
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Coronavirus, Covid-19, Cryptocurrencies, Blockchain, Financial regulation, Securities Law

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Co-authoring with an AI? Ethical Dilemmas and Artificial Intelligence

Arizona State Law Journal, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 21 Dec 2022 Last Revised: 12 Sep 2023
Hadar Yoana Jabotinsky and Roee Sarel
The Hadar Jabotinsky Center for Interdisciplinary Research of Financial Markets, Crises and Technology (HJC) and Institute of Law and Economics, University of Hamburg
Downloads 1,755 (21,789)
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Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, Legal Writing, Authorship, Ethics

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Restraining ChatGPT

75 UC Law Journal (formerly Hastings Law Journal) 155 (2023)
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 15 Feb 2023 Last Revised: 16 Jan 2024
Roee Sarel
Institute of Law and Economics, University of Hamburg
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ChatGPT, Artificial Intelligence, Liability, Regulation, Strict Liability, Negligence

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Property Rights in Cryptocurrencies: A Law and Economics Perspective

North Carolina Journal of Law and Technology, Vol. 22, No. 3, 2021
Number of pages: 69 Posted: 25 Feb 2020 Last Revised: 18 Apr 2021
Roee Sarel
Institute of Law and Economics, University of Hamburg
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Cryptocurrencies, Blockchain, Property Law, Property Rights, Property Rules, Liability Rules, Law and Economics, Transaction Costs

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Climate Change as Unjust Enrichment

Georgetown Law Journal, Forthcoming, Bar Ilan University Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 4502750
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 12 Jul 2023
Maytal Gilboa, Yotam Kaplan and Roee Sarel
Western University, Canada, Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Institute of Law and Economics, University of Hamburg
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Let it Flow: Information Exchange in Video Conferences versus Face-to-Face Meetings

Connecticut Law Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 30 Apr 2020 Last Revised: 15 Apr 2024
Hadar Yoana Jabotinsky and Roee Sarel
The Hadar Jabotinsky Center for Interdisciplinary Research of Financial Markets, Crises and Technology (HJC) and Institute of Law and Economics, University of Hamburg
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face-to-face, video conference, virtual teams, social distancing, COVID-19, communication, information flow

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The Smart Contracts Trilemma

University of Illinois Law Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 25 Jan 2024 Last Revised: 28 Jun 2024
Bahadir Koksal and Roee Sarel
University of Hamburg - Institute of Law and Economics and Institute of Law and Economics, University of Hamburg
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Smart contracts, contract law, transaction costs, blockchain, distributed ledger technology

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Globalize Me: Regulating Distributed Ledger Technology

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, Forthcoming 2023
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 26 Jul 2022 Last Revised: 26 Aug 2022
Institute of Law and Economics, University of Hamburg, The Hadar Jabotinsky Center for Interdisciplinary Research of Financial Markets, Crises and Technology (HJC) and Ariel University - Department of Economics and Business Administration
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Distributed Ledger Technology, Blockchain, Global Regulation, Law and economics

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Algorithms in the Court: Does it Matter Which Part of the Judicial Decision-Making is Automated?

Artificial Intelligence and Law (forthcoming)
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 07 Sep 2022 Last Revised: 17 Jan 2023
Dovilė Barysė and Roee Sarel
Institute of Psychology, Vilnius University and Institute of Law and Economics, University of Hamburg
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Artificial Intelligence, Courts, Automated Decision Making, Algorithms, Perceived Fairness

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Crime and Punishment in Times of Pandemics

This preprint has not undergone peer review or any post-submission improvements or corrections. The Version of Record of this article will be published in the European Journal of Law & Econonomics and will be available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10657-021-09720-7
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 08 Jun 2020 Last Revised: 30 Nov 2021
Roee Sarel
Institute of Law and Economics, University of Hamburg
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law and economics, crime deterrence, pandemic, COVID-19, uncertainty, crisis

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Framing Effects in Proportionality Analysis: Experimental Evidence

Number of pages: 66 Posted: 21 Oct 2022 Last Revised: 20 Jul 2023
Anne van Aaken, Anne van Aaken and Roee Sarel
Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective GoodsUniversity of Hamburg, Law School and Institute of Law and Economics, University of Hamburg
Downloads 259 (254,933)
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Proportionality Analysis, Behavioral Law and Economics, Judges

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Measuring Constitutional Loyalty: Evidence from the COVID-19 Pandemic

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 07 Feb 2022
Jerg Gutmann, Roee Sarel and Stefan Voigt
University of Hamburg - Institute of Law and Economics, Institute of Law and Economics, University of Hamburg and University of Hamburg - Institute of Law & Economics
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Constitutional loyalty, Constitutions, Courts, COVID-19, Judicial power

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Regulating Product Return Policies: The Trade-off between Efficiency and Distribution

52 The Journal of Legal Studies 137-191 (2023)
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 19 Dec 2018 Last Revised: 20 May 2023
Samuel Becher, Eberhard Feess and Roee Sarel
Victoria University of Wellington, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management and Institute of Law and Economics, University of Hamburg
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product returns, return policy, consumer protection, consumer uncertainty, cancellations, withdrawals

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Partially Right Means Generally Wrong: Why Some COVID-19 Mitigation Strategies Keep on Failing

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 02 Feb 2021
Jan-Philip Elm and Roee Sarel
University of Hamburg and Institute of Law and Economics, University of Hamburg
Downloads 237 (278,423)
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COVID-19, Coronavirus, Substitution Effects, General Equilibrium, Law and Economics

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Judicial Errors, Crime Deterrence and Appeals: Evidence from U.S. Federal Courts

Number of pages: 60 Posted: 02 Mar 2016 Last Revised: 05 Dec 2018
Roee Sarel
Institute of Law and Economics, University of Hamburg
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Judicial errors, Adjudication errors, Crime rates, Crime deterrence, Appeals, Courts, Wrongful Convictions

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Do Moral Transgressions Lead to Pro-Social Effort? A Real-Effort Experiment

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 13 Aug 2018 Last Revised: 07 Jul 2020
Eberhard Feess and Roee Sarel
Frankfurt School of Finance & Management and Institute of Law and Economics, University of Hamburg
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Moral licensing, conscience accounting, licensing effect, stable preferences, real effort

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Do Wrongfully Convicted Defendants Receive Higher Punishments?

Number of pages: 56 Posted: 29 Jun 2018 Last Revised: 09 Apr 2020
Roee Sarel
Institute of Law and Economics, University of Hamburg
Downloads 191 (341,828)
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Wrongful convictions, false convictions, compromise verdicts, sentencing, judicial errors, crime deterrence

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Judicial Effort and the Appeal System: Theory and Experiment

Number of pages: 64 Posted: 27 Sep 2017 Last Revised: 30 Sep 2019
Eberhard Feess and Roee Sarel
Frankfurt School of Finance & Management and Institute of Law and Economics, University of Hamburg
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Judges, Appeals, Effort, Experimental Law and Economics

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Public Perceptions of Judicial Use of AI: A Legal & Psychological Perspective

The Cambridge Handbook on AI and Technologies in Courts (Agne Limante and Monika Zalnieriute eds., forthcoming 2026)
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 17 Dec 2024
Roee Sarel and Dovilė Barysė
Institute of Law and Economics, University of Hamburg and Institute of Psychology, Vilnius University
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Public Perceptions, Trust in the Courts, Judicial use of AI, Judges

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Optimal Fine Reductions for Self-Reporting: The Impact of Loss Aversion

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 23 May 2021 Last Revised: 01 Jun 2021
Eberhard Feess and Roee Sarel
Victoria University of Wellington - Te Herenga Waka and Institute of Law and Economics, University of Hamburg
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Self-reporting, optimal law enforcement, loss aversion, fine reductions, crime deterrence

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Delegation in a Multi-Tier Court System: Are Remands in the U.S. Federal Courts Driven by Moral Hazard?

European Journal of Political Economy, forthcoming
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 04 Jan 2018 Last Revised: 26 Dec 2020
Roee Sarel and Melanie Demirtas
Institute of Law and Economics, University of Hamburg and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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appeals, remands, delegation, federal courts, judicial ideology, ideological distances, strategic delegation

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Moral Accounting and Real Effort: Experimental Evidence 

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 19 May 2025
Victoria University of Wellington - Te Herenga Waka, Institute of Law and Economics, University of Hamburg and University of Trier
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Moral Accounting, Moral Licensing, Moral Cleansing, Real effort, Crime deterrence