Vincy Fon

George Washington University - Department of Economics

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Judicial Precedents in Civil Law Systems: A Dynamic Analysis

International Review of Law and Economics, Forthcoming, George Mason Law & Economics Research Paper No. 04-15, Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper No. 07-19
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 22 Apr 2004
Vincy Fon and Francesco Parisi
George Washington University - Department of Economics and University of Minnesota - Law School
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Judicial Precedent, Stare Decisis, Jurisprudence Constante, Legal Evolution

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Reciprocity-Induced Cooperation

Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, Vol. 159, No. 1, pp. 76-92, March 2003, George Mason Law & Economics Research Paper No. 02-13
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 25 May 2002
Vincy Fon and Francesco Parisi
George Washington University - Department of Economics and University of Minnesota - Law School
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Reciprocity, Prisoner's Dilemma, Cooperation

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Optimal Remedies for Bilateral Contracts

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Optimal Remedies for Bilateral Contracts

Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper No. 07-45
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 11 Oct 2007 Last Revised: 03 Jun 2009
Francesco Parisi, Barbara Luppi and Vincy Fon
University of Minnesota - Law School, University of St. Thomas School of Law and George Washington University - Department of Economics
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Bilateral Contracts, Contract-Specific Investments, Remedies for Breach, Defense of Non-Performance, Preclusion Rules

Optimal Remedies for Bilateral Contracts

Journal of Legal Studies, Forthcoming, Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper No. 10-56
Posted: 28 Sep 2010
Francesco Parisi, Barbara Luppi and Vincy Fon
University of Minnesota - Law School, University of St. Thomas School of Law and George Washington University - Department of Economics

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Executory Contracts, Remedies for Breach, Defense of Non-Performance, Preclusion Rule

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Comparative Causation

American Law and Economics Review, Vol. 6, No. 2, Fall 2004, George Mason Law & Economics Research Paper No. 01-30
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 10 Dec 2001
Francesco Parisi and Vincy Fon
University of Minnesota - Law School and George Washington University - Department of Economics
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Litigation and the Evolution of Legal Remedies: A Dynamic Model

Public Choice, Vol. 116, Nos. 3-4, pp. 419-433, September 2003, George Mason Law & Economics Research Paper No. 02-17
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 12 Jun 2002
Vincy Fon and Francesco Parisi
George Washington University - Department of Economics and University of Minnesota - Law School
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Litigation, Judicial Path-Dependence, and Legal Change

European Journal of Law and Economics, Vol. 20, No. 1, July 2005, George Mason Law & Economics Research Paper No. 02-26
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 09 Nov 2004
Vincy Fon, Francesco Parisi and Ben Depoorter
George Washington University - Department of Economics, University of Minnesota - Law School and University of California Hastings College of Law
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Stability and Change in International Customary Law

George Mason Law & Economics Research Paper No. 03-21, Supreme Court Economic Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 29 Apr 2003 Last Revised: 08 Sep 2008
Vincy Fon and Francesco Parisi
George Washington University - Department of Economics and University of Minnesota - Law School
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Customary law, persistent objector, subsequent objector, norms

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The Hidden Bias of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties

George Mason Law & Economics Research Paper No. 03-20, Review of Law and Economics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 29 Apr 2003 Last Revised: 08 Sep 2008
Vincy Fon and Francesco Parisi
George Washington University - Department of Economics and University of Minnesota - Law School
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treaties, reservations, ratification, accession, Vienna Convention

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The Formation of International Treaties

Review of Law and Economics, 2007, George Mason Law & Economics Research Paper No. 05-33, Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper No. 07-16
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 09 Oct 2005
Vincy Fon and Francesco Parisi
George Washington University - Department of Economics and University of Minnesota - Law School
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Treaty Formation, Accession, Vienna Convention

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International Customary Law and Articulation Theories: an Economic Analysis

International Law and Management Review, Vol. 2, p. , 2007, George Mason Law & Economics Research Paper No. 02-24, Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper No. 07-28
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 07 Oct 2002
Vincy Fon and Francesco Parisi
George Washington University - Department of Economics and University of Minnesota - Law School
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Customary law, Custom Formation, Articulation, Norms

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On the Optimal Specificity of Legal Rules

Journal of Institutional Economics, 2007, George Mason Law & Economics Research Paper No. 04-32, Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper No. 07-17
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 27 Jul 2004
Vincy Fon and Francesco Parisi
George Washington University - Department of Economics and University of Minnesota - Law School
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Rules, Standards, Legislation, Codifications, Optimal Specificity of Laws

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The Value of Waiting in Lawmaking

European Journal of Law and Economics, Vol. 18, No. 2, September 2004, George Mason Law & Economics Research Paper No. 01-16
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 06 May 2004
Francesco Parisi, Vincy Fon and Nita Ghei
University of Minnesota - Law School, George Washington University - Department of Economics and Mercatus Center at George Mason University
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Revenge and Retaliation

THE LAW AND ECONOMICS OF IRRATIONAL BEHAVIOR, Francesco Parisi, Vernon Smith, eds., Stanford University Press, 2005, George Mason Law & Economics Research Paper No. 02-31
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 12 Dec 2002
Vincy Fon and Francesco Parisi
George Washington University - Department of Economics and University of Minnesota - Law School
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Negative Reciprocity, Retaliation, Revenge, Vindictiveness

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Causation and Responsibility: The Compensation Principle from Grotius to Calabresi

Maryland Law Review, Vol. 64, No. 1, 2005, pp. 108-135, George Mason Law & Economics Research Paper No. 04-13
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 06 Sep 2004
Francesco Parisi and Vincy Fon
University of Minnesota - Law School and George Washington University - Department of Economics
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torts, liability, comparative causation, negligence

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Electoral College Alternatives and U.S. Presidential Elections

Supreme Court Economic Review, Vol. 12, 2004
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 26 Apr 2004 Last Revised: 08 Sep 2008
Vincy Fon
George Washington University - Department of Economics
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Presidential election, Electoral College, Winner-take-all

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Matching Rules

Managerial and Decision Economics, Forthcoming, George Mason Law & Economics Research Paper No. 06-03 , Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper No. 24
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 21 Feb 2006
Vincy Fon and Francesco Parisi
George Washington University - Department of Economics and University of Minnesota - Law School
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Conditions for social optimum, Cooperation, Matching rules

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The Limits of Reciprocity for Social Cooperation

George Mason Law & Economics Research Paper No. 03-08
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 04 Mar 2003
Vincy Fon and Francesco Parisi
George Washington University - Department of Economics and University of Minnesota - Law School
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Reciprocity, Cooperation, Conditions for Social Optimum

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State Liability for Wrongful Conviction: Incentive Effects on Crime Levels

Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, Vol. 163, No. 2, June 2007
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 07 Nov 2006 Last Revised: 04 Nov 2009
Vincy Fon and Hans-Bernd Schäfer
George Washington University - Department of Economics and Bucerius Law School
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Wrongful conviction, State Liability, Crime

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Role-Reversibility, Stochastic Ignorance, and Social Cooperation

Journal of Socio-Economics, Forthcoming, George Mason Law & Economics Research Paper No. 03-43, Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper No. 07-20
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 02 Oct 2003
Vincy Fon and Francesco Parisi
George Washington University - Department of Economics and University of Minnesota - Law School
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social norms, role-reversibility, stochastic ignorance, veil of uncertainty, custom

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Treaty Formation and Reservations

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 26 Aug 2010
Vincy Fon
George Washington University - Department of Economics
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Treaties, Treaty, Formation, Reservation, Customary International Law

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The Economics of Treaty Ratification

George Mason Law & Economics Research Paper No. 06-02, Journal of Law, Economics and Policy, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 21 Feb 2006 Last Revised: 08 Sep 2008
Vincy Fon and Francesco Parisi
George Washington University - Department of Economics and University of Minnesota - Law School
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Reservations, Treaty ratification, Vienna Convention

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Entrepreneurial Activities: A Microeconomic Analysis

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 11 Jul 2008
Vincy Fon and Ying Lowrey
George Washington University - Department of Economics and Tsinghua University
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Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurial Activities, Institutional Contraints

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Incentive Effects of State Liability for Wrongful Conviction on the Level of Crime

German Working Papers in Law and Economics, Vol. 2005, No. 2
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 13 Jul 2007
Hans-Bernd Schäfer and Vincy Fon
Bucerius Law School and George Washington University - Department of Economics
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Incentive Effects, State Liability, Wrongful Conviction, Crime

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Integral Proportional System: Aligning Electoral Votes More Closely with State Popular Votes

Supreme Court Economic Review, Vol. 16, 2008
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 07 Nov 2006 Last Revised: 08 Sep 2008
Vincy Fon
George Washington University - Department of Economics
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U.S. Election, Election, Presidential Election, Electoral College, Elector

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A Talmudic Bankruptcy Solution: The CCC Principle

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 21 Mar 2016
Vincy Fon
George Washington University - Department of Economics
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Bankruptcy, CCC principle, Contested Garment, Contested-Garment Consistent, CG-consistent, Contested-Claim Consistent, Distributive Justice, Fair Division, Nucleolus, pari passu, sovereign debt, sovereign default