Massimiliano Vatiero

University of Trento

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Trento, Trento 38122

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Università della Svizzera italiana

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1.

Corporate Governance and Its Political Economy

Roe M. and M. Vatiero (2018), “Corporate governance and its political economy,” in Gordon J.N. and W.-G. Ringe (eds.), Oxford Handbook of Corporate Law and Governance, Oxford University Press, pp. 56-83.
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 04 Apr 2015 Last Revised: 29 Sep 2019
Mark J. Roe and Massimiliano Vatiero
Harvard Law School and University of TrentoUniversità della Svizzera italiana
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corporate governance, ownership separation, politics and public choice, securities markets, social democracy

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Smart Contracts vs Incomplete Contracts: A Transaction Cost Economics Viewpoint

Computer Law & Security Review, Volume 46, September 2022, 105710.
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 16 Nov 2018 Last Revised: 18 Jan 2023
Massimiliano Vatiero
University of TrentoUniversità della Svizzera italiana
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Adaptation, Blockchain, Enforcement, Incomplete contracts, Smart contracts, Transaction costs

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Towards a Law and Economics of Power

UNDERSTANDING POWER: A LAW AND ECONOMICS APPROACH, Saarbrücken: VDM-Verlag Publisher, 2009
Number of pages: 163 Posted: 15 Apr 2008 Last Revised: 21 Oct 2010
Massimiliano Vatiero
University of TrentoUniversità della Svizzera italiana
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power, institutions, jural positionality, Commonsian transaction, contractual incompleteness, liberalism, market dominance, firm hierarchy, outside options, New Institutional Economics, State imposition

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Positional Goods: A Diagrammatic Exposition

Quaderni del Dipartimento di Economia Politica No. 575
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 21 Nov 2009 Last Revised: 23 Jul 2014
Massimiliano Vatiero
University of TrentoUniversità della Svizzera italiana
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Positional Good, Externality, Market Failure

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Programma di clemenza. Alcuni spunti di riflessione. (Some Issues on Leniency Program.)

CONCORRENZA E MERCATO, 16/2008 Rassegna degli orientamenti dell’Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 31 Jul 2014
Massimiliano Vatiero
University of TrentoUniversità della Svizzera italiana
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Leniency Programm, antitrust, Clemenza

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'Measuring' Independent Regulatory Authorities: A Review

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 07 Oct 2008 Last Revised: 12 Jul 2014
Massimiliano Vatiero
University of TrentoUniversità della Svizzera italiana
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Dominant Market Position and Ordoliberalism

published on International Review of Economics, Volume 62, Issue 4, pp 291-306 (2015)
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 29 Mar 2015 Last Revised: 10 Dec 2015
Massimiliano Vatiero
University of TrentoUniversità della Svizzera italiana
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Ordoliberalism, Market Power, Dominant Position

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Ownership and Innovation: Evidence from Switzerland

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 02 Mar 2016 Last Revised: 26 Sep 2017
Marcello Puca and Massimiliano Vatiero
University of Bergamo and University of TrentoUniversità della Svizzera italiana
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Takeover Law, Innovation, Patents, R&D, Corporate Ownership.

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Origine politica ed 'evoluzionismo' negli assetti di governo delle imprese (Political Origin and Evolution of Corporate Governance Regimes)

Mercato Concorrenza Regole, Vol. 1, 2015, pp. 107-132
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 18 May 2015 Last Revised: 10 Aug 2015
Sergio Di Nola and Massimiliano Vatiero
Università Carlo Cattaneo (LIUC) and University of TrentoUniversità della Svizzera italiana
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corporate governance, legal origin theory, path-dependence, Italian cooperative banks, politics.

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Positional Goods and Legal Orderings

Published on the Encyclopedia of Law and Economics (Marciano A. and G.B. Ramello, Eds.; Springer)
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 05 Oct 2017 Last Revised: 19 Feb 2018
Ugo Pagano and Massimiliano Vatiero
University of Siena - Department of Economics and University of TrentoUniversità della Svizzera italiana
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Positional good, Relative Consumption, Zero-sum game

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How Judicial Efficiency Affects Economic Transactions: A Review of the Empirical Literature

Number of pages: 17 Posted: 08 May 2020
Massimiliano Vatiero
University of TrentoUniversità della Svizzera italiana
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Length of proceedings, court delay, economic transaction, judicial efficiency, judicial independence

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Positional Goods and Robert Lee Hale's Legal Economics

Vatiero M. (2013), “Positional goods and Robert Lee Hale’s legal economics,” Journal of Institutional Economics, 9(3):351-362.
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 25 Jul 2014 Last Revised: 19 Aug 2016
Massimiliano Vatiero
University of TrentoUniversità della Svizzera italiana
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Coercion, Freedom, Positional Good, Robert Lee Hale.

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Extending Amartya Sen’s Paretian liberal paradox to a firm’s hierarchy

Vatiero M. (2021), “Extending Amartya Sen’s Paretian liberal paradox to a firm’s hierarchy,” in Faldetta G., E. Mollona and M.M. Pellegrini (eds.), Philosophy and Business Ethics: Organizations, CSR and Moral Practice, Palgrave Macmillan.
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 06 Jan 2021 Last Revised: 29 Apr 2022
Massimiliano Vatiero
University of TrentoUniversità della Svizzera italiana
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Paretian Liberal, Amartya Sen, Firm, Transaction Costs, Hierarchy

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Fifty Years of Richard Posner’s Economic Analysis of Law: An Introduction

Schäfer Hans-Bernd and Massimiliano Vatiero (2023), “Fifty Years of Richard Posner’s Economic Analysis of Law: An Introduction,” History of Economic Ideas, XXXI, 3.
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 08 Sep 2023 Last Revised: 24 Sep 2023
H-B. Schafer and Massimiliano Vatiero
University of Hamburg and University of TrentoUniversità della Svizzera italiana
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Posner, Economic Analysis of Law

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Robots and Labor Regulation: A Cross-Country/Cross-Industry Analysis

Economics of Innovation and New Technology
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 10 Sep 2021 Last Revised: 31 Dec 2022
Silvio Traverso, Massimiliano Vatiero and Enrico Zaninotto
Università degli Studi di Genova, University of TrentoUniversità della Svizzera italiana and University of Trento - Department of Computer and Management Sciences (DISA)
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Robot adoption, Labor regulation, Hold-up.

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The Contract and the Market: Towards a Broader Notion of Transaction?

Studi e Note di Economia, Anno XII, n. 1-2007, pagg. 07-22
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 29 Jul 2014
Antonio Nicita and Massimiliano Vatiero
University of Siena - Department of Economics and University of TrentoUniversità della Svizzera italiana
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Ordoliberal Competition

CONCORRENZA E MERCATO, 2010 - Rivista annuale di concorrenza
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 29 Jul 2014 Last Revised: 06 Mar 2015
Massimiliano Vatiero
University of TrentoUniversità della Svizzera italiana
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Costly Institutions as Substitutes: Novelty and Limits of the Coasian Approach

Journal of Institutional Economics, vol. 11, issue 2, 2015, pp. 265-281 (Ronald H. Coase memorial issue)
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 20 May 2015
Ugo Pagano and Massimiliano Vatiero
University of Siena - Department of Economics and University of TrentoUniversità della Svizzera italiana
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Ronald Coase, transaction costs, institutions, institutional complementarities.

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Learning from the Swiss Corporate Governance Exception

Forthcoming on Kyklos
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 11 Jul 2016
Massimiliano Vatiero
University of TrentoUniversità della Svizzera italiana
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Corporate governance and ownership, innovation, employment protection, institutional complementarity, Swiss economy

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On the (Political) Origin of ‘Corporate Governance’ Species

Journal of Economic Surveys, 31(2):393-409, 2016
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 17 Mar 2016 Last Revised: 08 Aug 2017
Massimiliano Vatiero
University of TrentoUniversità della Svizzera italiana
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Corporate governance, Darwin, politics, path-dependency

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Alla ricerca di regole (e istituzioni) efficienti (Looking for Efficient Rules (and Institutions))

Vatiero M. (2013), “Alla ricerca di regole (e istituzioni) efficienti,” Rivista Critica di Diritto Privato, 31(1): 123-138.
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 25 Jul 2014 Last Revised: 02 Jan 2023
Massimiliano Vatiero
University of TrentoUniversità della Svizzera italiana
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Law and Economics, Coase

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Un confronto tra i rapporti giuridici in Hohfeld e in Commons (A Comparison between Jural Relations in Hohfeld and in Commons)

Studi e Note di Economia, Anno XV, n. 1-2010, pagg. 37-51
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 30 Jul 2014
Massimiliano Vatiero
University of TrentoUniversità della Svizzera italiana
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Hohfeld, Commons, positional good, Institutionalism, positionality, bene posizionale, mural relations

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On the Origins of American Business Leaders: Frank W. Taussig, Carl S. Joslyn and the “Brain Trust” of American Eugenics

Fiorito Luca and Massimiliano Vatiero. 2023. "On the Origins of American Business Leaders: Frank W. Taussig, Carl S. Joslyn and the “Brain Trust” of American Eugenics." Journal of Economic Issues
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 16 Sep 2019 Last Revised: 05 Sep 2023
Luca Fiorito and Massimiliano Vatiero
University of Palermo and University of TrentoUniversità della Svizzera italiana
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Taussig, Frank Williams, Eugenics, Hereditarianism, Business Leaders, Harvard

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Frank H. Knight on Social Values in Economic Consumption. An Archival Note

The European Journal of the History of Economic Thought
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 25 Jan 2021
Luca Fiorito and Massimiliano Vatiero
University of Palermo and University of TrentoUniversità della Svizzera italiana
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Frank H. Knight; Social Value; Economic Consumption

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K. William Kapp e Ronald H. Coase: Un tentativo di riconciliazione (K. William Kapp and Ronald H. Coase: A Reconciliation)

Studi e Note di Economia, Anno XII, n. 3-2007, pagg. 369-383
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 30 Jul 2014
Giuseppe Niglia and Massimiliano Vatiero
University of Siena and University of TrentoUniversità della Svizzera italiana
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Coase, Law and Economics, Institutionalism, Kapp

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A Joint Reading of Positional and Relational Goods

Published in Economia Politica, 2013, issue 1, pp. 87-96
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 22 Jul 2014 Last Revised: 16 Aug 2016
Luca Fiorito and Massimiliano Vatiero
University of Palermo and University of TrentoUniversità della Svizzera italiana
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positional goods, relational goods

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An Institutionalist Explanation of Joint Dominance

World Competition - Law and Economics Review, Vol. 32, No. 2, pp. 221-226, 2009
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 30 Apr 2008 Last Revised: 08 Dec 2017
Massimiliano Vatiero
University of TrentoUniversità della Svizzera italiana
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market power, individual and joint dominance

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Positional Goods and Social Welfare: A Note on George Pendleton Watkins' Neglected Contribution

European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 25(3):460-472.
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 14 Aug 2018 Last Revised: 31 Dec 2022
Luca Fiorito and Massimiliano Vatiero
University of Palermo and University of TrentoUniversità della Svizzera italiana
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Firm hierarchy and the market for knowledge

Number of pages: 62 Posted: 16 Mar 2023
Fabio Pieri and Massimiliano Vatiero
Renmin University of China - University of Trento and University of TrentoUniversità della Svizzera italiana
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firm hierarchy, number of layers, span of control, market for knowledge

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Does Brick Size Matter? Albert G. Keller on Another QWERTY Story

Economics Letters, Vol. 223, 2023
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 09 Jan 2023
Luca Fiorito and Massimiliano Vatiero
University of Palermo and University of TrentoUniversità della Svizzera italiana
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Lock-in, QWERTY keyboard, institutional lag

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Specific Investments and Residual Control Rights: A Reassessment

Published in Oligopoly, institutions and firms' performance, Fanti L. (ed.), Pisa: Pisa University Press, 2017 (ISBN: 978-886741-8121).
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 25 Jul 2017 Last Revised: 16 Aug 2018
Massimiliano Vatiero
University of TrentoUniversità della Svizzera italiana
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Incomplete Contracts, Residual Control Rights, Specific Investments, Endogenous Outside Options

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The Theory of Transaction in Institutional Economics. A History

Vatiero M. (2021), The Theory of Transaction in Institutional Economics. A History, London: Routledge.
Number of pages: 103 Posted: 03 Jan 2023 Last Revised: 06 Sep 2023
Massimiliano Vatiero
University of TrentoUniversità della Svizzera italiana
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Transaction

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Transaction and Transactors' Choices: What We Have Learned and What We Need to Explore

in Ménard C. and M.M. Shirley (eds.), A research agenda for New Institutional Economics, Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 97-107.
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 14 Nov 2018 Last Revised: 02 Jan 2023
Massimiliano Vatiero
University of TrentoUniversità della Svizzera italiana
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Transaction, Transaction Costs, Political economy, New Institutional Economics, Coase, John Commons, Oliver Williamson

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Law, Transaction Costs and Coase’s Institutions. A Reappraisal

Economia e Politica Industriale - Journal of Industrial and Business Economics 2013 vol. 40 (4)
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 21 Sep 2019
Massimiliano Vatiero
University of TrentoUniversità della Svizzera italiana
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ronald Coase, institution, firm, market, transaction costs

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Do Smart Contracts Incur Higher Transaction Costs than Traditional Contracts?

in Mathis K. and A. Tor (eds.), Law and Economics of the Digital Transformation, Springer, pp. 21-32, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-25059-0_2
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 28 Jun 2023
Massimiliano Vatiero
University of TrentoUniversità della Svizzera italiana
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Smart contracts; blockchain; adaptation; incomplete contracts; transaction costs; enforcement costs; consensus mechanism; governance; Mancur Olson’s Logic..

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Understanding Power: A ‘Law and Economics’ Approach

Vatiero M. (2009), Understanding power: a ‘Law and Economics’ approach, VDM Verlag.
Number of pages: 170 Posted: 03 Jan 2023
Massimiliano Vatiero
University of TrentoUniversità della Svizzera italiana
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On John Bates Clark’s 'Naive Productivity Ethics.' A Note

Forthcoming on History of Political Economy
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 28 Dec 2022
Luca Fiorito and Massimiliano Vatiero
University of Palermo and University of TrentoUniversità della Svizzera italiana
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John Bates Clark, distributive justice, marginal productivity theory, neoclassical economics

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Warner Winslow Gardner’s The Institutional Theory of John R. Commons (1933)

Fiorito L. and M. Vatiero (2011), “Warner Winslow Gardner’s The institutional theory of John R. Commons,” Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology, 29C:1-12.
Number of pages: 84 Posted: 05 Jan 2023
Luca Fiorito and Massimiliano Vatiero
University of Palermo and University of TrentoUniversità della Svizzera italiana
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Origine politica ed ‘evoluzionismo’ negli assetti di governo delle imprese (Political Origins and 'Evolution' of Corporate Governance Structures)

Di Nola S. and M. Vatiero (2015), “Origine politica ed ‘evoluzionismo’ negli assetti di governo delle imprese,” Mercato, Concorrenza, Regole, 1: 107-132.
Posted: 10 Jan 2023
Sergio Di Nola and Massimiliano Vatiero
Independent and University of TrentoUniversità della Svizzera italiana

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Il Codice del Capitale: una breve postfazione (The Code of Capital: A Brief Afterword)

Di Ciommo F., S. Di Nola, and M. Vatiero (2021), “Postfazione” [afterword] to the Italian edition of The Code of Capital by Katharina Pistor, LUISS University Press.
Posted: 10 Jan 2023
Francesco Di Ciommo, Sergio Di Nola and Massimiliano Vatiero
Independent, Independent and University of TrentoUniversità della Svizzera italiana

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The Ordoliberal Notion of Market Power: An Institutionalist Reassessment

European Competition Journal, 6: 689-707, 2010
Posted: 10 Jan 2023
Massimiliano Vatiero
University of TrentoUniversità della Svizzera italiana

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Dixit Versus Williamson: The ‘Fundamental Transformation’ Reconsidered

Eur J Law Econ 37, 439–453 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10657-012-9299-2
Posted: 10 Jan 2023
Antonio Nicita and Massimiliano Vatiero
University of Siena and University of TrentoUniversità della Svizzera italiana

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Fundamental transformation, Asset-specificity, Entry deterrence.

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From W. N. Hohfeld to J. R. Commons, and beyond?

American Journal of Economics and Sociology, 69: 840-866, 2010. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1536-7150.2010.00724.x
Posted: 10 Jan 2023
Massimiliano Vatiero
University of TrentoUniversità della Svizzera italiana

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Beyond Legal Relations: Wesley Newcomb Hohfeld’s influence on American Institutionalism

Journal of Economic Issues, 45:1, 199-222, 2011, DOI: 10.2753/JEI0021-3624450111
Posted: 10 Jan 2023
Luca Fiorito and Massimiliano Vatiero
University of Palermo and University of TrentoUniversità della Svizzera italiana

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J. M. Clark, J. R. Commons, R. Lee Hale, W. N. Hohfeld, institutionalism

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Ordo and European Competition Law

A Research Annual (Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology, Vol. 32), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Bingley, pp. 147-157, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0743-415420140000032006
Posted: 10 Jan 2023
Flavio Felice and Massimiliano Vatiero
Independent and University of TrentoUniversità della Svizzera italiana

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Ordoliberalism, Freiburg School, European competition law, market power

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Lezioni di Analisi Economica del Diritto (Lectures on Economic Analysis of Law)

Number of pages: 123 Posted: 20 May 2022
Massimiliano Vatiero
University of TrentoUniversità della Svizzera italiana
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Oliver E. Williamson (1932-2020): An Institutionalist Researcher

History of Economic Ideas
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 02 Apr 2021 Last Revised: 09 Jan 2023
Geoffrey M. Hodgson and Massimiliano Vatiero
Loughborough University London and University of TrentoUniversità della Svizzera italiana
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Motivi per un ordoliberalismo permanente

Vatiero M. (2017), “Motivi per un ordoliberalismo permanente,” in De Angelis. M. and F. Felice (eds.), Ordoliberalismo e globalizzazione, Istituto Studi Germanici, pp. 95-106.
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 05 Jan 2023
Massimiliano Vatiero
University of TrentoUniversità della Svizzera italiana
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Prof. Ronald H. Coase. An Obituary

Number of pages: 1 Posted: 11 May 2020
Massimiliano Vatiero
University of TrentoUniversità della Svizzera italiana
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Valutazione delle Autorità di Regolazione: una nuova introduzione

Vatiero M. (2009), “Valutazione delle Autorità di Regolazione: una nuova introduzione,” Economia Pubblica, 5/6: 5-16.
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 05 Jan 2023
Massimiliano Vatiero
University of TrentoUniversità della Svizzera italiana
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Autorità di regolazione

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Review of: Atkinson G. and S.P. Paschall, Law and Economics from an Evolutionary Perspective, Cheltenham, Edward Elgar, 2016.

History of Economic Thought and Policy, 1:135-138, 2017
Posted: 10 Jan 2023
Massimiliano Vatiero
University of TrentoUniversità della Svizzera italiana

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