The Journal of Law and Economics

Title Publication Date Language Citations
Separation of Ownership and Control1983/06/01English9,710
The Problem of Social Cost1960/10/01English6,480
Transaction-Cost Economics: The Governance of Contractual Relations1979/10/01English4,459
Vertical Integration, Appropriable Rents, and the Competitive Contracting Process1978/10/01English2,689
Agency Problems and Residual Claims1983/06/01English2,347
Toward a More General Theory of Regulation1976/08/01English2,170
Free Competition and the Optimal Amount of Fraud1973/04/01English1,920
The Informational Role of Warranties and Private Disclosure about Product Quality1981/12/01English1,500
Calculativeness, Trust, and Economic Organization1993/04/01English1,280
The Structure of Ownership and the Theory of the Firm1983/06/01English1,136
Industry Structure, Market Rivalry, and Public Policy1973/04/01English1,100
Firm Performance and Board Committee Structure1998/04/01English900
Durability and Monopoly1972/04/01English894
Corporate Governance and Accounting Scandals2005/10/01English812
Agency Problems, Auditing, and the Theory of the Firm: Some Evidence1983/10/01English722
Consumer Reaction to Measures of Poor Quality: Evidence from the Mutual Fund Industry1992/04/01English653
Do Some Outside Directors Play a Political Role?2001/04/01English650
Why Regulate Utilities?1968/04/01English595
Ownership and Performance in Competitive Environments: A Comparison of the Performance of Private, Mixed, and State-Owned Enterprises1989/04/01English577
The Theory of the Firm and the Structure of the Franchise Contract1978/04/01English560
The Federal Communications Commission1959/10/01English553
Information and Efficiency: Another Viewpoint1969/04/01English536
Identifying the Effect of Unemployment on Crime2001/04/01English530
The Problem of Externality1979/04/01English505
Bureaucrats and Politicians1975/12/01English486
Inequality and Violent Crime2002/04/01English469
Measurement Cost and the Organization of Markets1982/04/01English463
Eat, Drink, Firms, Government: An Investigation of Corruption from the Entertainment and Travel Costs of Chinese Firms2011/02/01English428
Self‐Regulation and Social Welfare: The Political Economy of Corporate Environmentalism2000/10/01English422
The Reputational Penalties for Environmental Violations: Empirical Evidence2005/10/01English417