Thesis title The Thin Boundary Between Custom and Law: A Law and Economics approach   Defence date 8 January 2026   Link to thesis   Link to personal website  

Thesis title Non-trial Resolutions for Corruption Crimes and the Brazilian Case   Defence date 26 March 2026   Link to thesis   Link to personal website    

Thesis Title Mandatory Sustainability Due Diligence: Normative foundations, operating principles and economic perspectives on legal design   Defence date 17 July 2026   Link to thesis   Link to personal website      

Thesis title Precautionary Principle: does it play a role in EU decision-making?   Defence date 6 February 2025   Link to thesis Link to personal website

Thesis title Taking Marketing Seriously: A Law and Economics Analysis of Personalized Marketing in the Digital Age   Defence date 13 March 2025   Link to thesis Link to personal website

Thesis title Plea Bargaining and Penal Orders: An Empirical Approach to Disappearing Criminal Trials   Defence date 28 March 2025   Link to thesis   Link to personal website -

Thesis title Political Legislation Cycles. A comparative approach   Defence date 2 October 2025   Link to thesis   Link to personal website  

Thesis title Experiments and Insights on Climate-Relevant Behaviours   Defence date 20 November 2025   Link to thesis   Link to personal website

Thesis title Ex ante Contracts to Arbitrate Tort Claims. A Law and Economics Perspective   Defence date 11 January 2024   Link to thesis   Link to personal website

Thesis title Transatlantic Regulatory Divergence in Pharmaceuticals: Exploring economic and cultural explanations   Defence date 30 May 2024   Link to thesis   Link to personal website    

Thesis title Law and Economics of Environmental Damage Assessment   Defence date 19 June 2024   Link to thesis   Link to personal website    

Thesis title Against all odds. Mobilization for large-scale collective action in the case of climate change   Defence date 5 December 2024   Link to thesis   Link to personal website

Thesis title The Quest for Product Safety in the Context of 3D Printing: A Law and Economics Analysis   Defence date 12 February 2021   Link to thesis   Link to personal website  

Thesis title Regulating Vertical Agreements: A comparative Law & Economics analysis of Brazil and Europe   Defence date 29 June 2020   Link to thesis   Link to personal website

Thesis title Challenges and Solutions to Environmental Tax Reforms   Defence date 9 July 2020   Link to thesis   Link to personal website          

Thesis title Bank Governance and the Bail-in in the EU: A Law & Finance analysis on the role of bail-inable creditors   Defence date 10 September 2020   Link to thesis   Link to personal websit

Thesis title Better Regulation in Latin American Countries: A tool for accountability?   Defence date 2 October 2020   Link to thesis   Link to personal website  

Thesis title Refugee Flow: A Law and Economics approach   Defence date 19 November 2020   Link to thesis   Link to personal website    

Thesis title An Economic Analysis of Judicial Performance   Defence date 10 January 2019   Link to thesis An Economic Analysis of Judicial Performance - Erasmus University Rotterdam   Link to personal website https://www.linkedin.com/in/tafauvrelle/

Thesis title The Economic Analysis of the One-way Fee-shifting Rule in Litigation   Defence date 25 January 2019   Link to thesis Search everything - Erasmus University Rotterdam   Link to personal website https://www.linkedin.com/in/filippo-roda      

Thesis title Regulating Retirement Savings: An Evolutionary Psychology Approach   Defence date 31 January 2019   Link to thesis Regulating retirement savings: An evolutionary psychology approach - Erasmus University Rotterdam   Link to personal website https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephen-billion

Thesis title The Impact of Capital Regulation on Bank Involvement in Securitized Banking   Defence date 31 January 2019   Link to thesis Search everything - Erasmus University Rotterdam   Link to personal website https://www.linkedin.com/in/ifrah-jameel/

Thesis title International Investment Law and Domestic Legislations in the MENA region: Egypt, Jordan and Morocco   Defence date 31 January 2019   Link to thesis International Investment Law and Domestic : Legislations in MENA: Egypt, Jordan and Morocco -...

Thesis title The Persistence of Non-Tariff Measures in ASEAN   Defence date 28 February 2019   Link to Thesis The Persistence of Non-Tariff Measures in ASEAN - Erasmus University Rotterdam   Link to personal website https://www.linkedin.com/in/gghirang/

Thesis title An Economic Analysis of the Intellectual Property Rights of Broadcasting Organisations   Defence date 28 February 2019   Link to thesis An Economic Analysis of the Intellectual Property Rights of Broadcasting Organisations - Erasmus University Rotterdam   Link...

Thesis title A Law and Economics Analysis of Policy Instruments to Prevent Deforestation and Forest Degradation in the Tropics   Defence date 24 May 2019   Link to thesis A Law and Economics Analysis of Policy Instruments to Prevent Deforestation...

Thesis title Allocation & Integration: Institutional solutions to the European Union's Refugee Crisis   Defence date 12 September 2019   Link to thesis Allocation & Integration: Institutional solutions to the European Union's refugee crisis - Erasmus University Rotterdam    

Thesis title The Policy Choices of Bureaucrats: An institutional analysis   Defence date 26 January 2018   Link to thesis The Policy Choices of Bureaucrats: an institutional analysis - Erasmus University Rotterdam   Link to personal website https://www.linkedin.com/in/shaheen-naseer    

Thesis title Accuracy, Gender and Race in Tort Trials: A (Behavioral) Law and Economics perspective   Defence date 9 March 2018   Link to thesis Accuracy, gender and race in tort trials: a (behavioral) law and economics perspective - Erasmus...

Thesis title The Law and Economics of Cyber Security   Defence date 25 June 2018   Link to thesis The Law and Economics of Cyber Security - Erasmus University Rotterdam   Link to personal website https://www.linkedin.com/in/bernold-nieuwesteeg      

Thesis title Do Home Country Institutions Matter in Cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions? The case of China   Defence date 25 June 2018   Link to thesis Do Home Country Institutions Matter in Cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions? : The case of...

Thesis title Essays on Precedent and Statute   Defence date 25 June 2018   Link to thesis Essays on Precedent and Statute - Erasmus University Rotterdam   Link to personal website https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Orlin_Yalnazov

Thesis title The Law and Economics of the 'Domaine Public Payant' - A case study of the Argentinian system   Defence date 22 November 2018   Link to thesis The law and economics of the 'Domaine Public Payant': a case...

Thesis title Ownership Choice, Contracts and Regulation: Forestalling ownership irrelevance - A Law and Economics perspective   Defence date 22 November 2018   Link to thesis Ownership choice, contracts and regulation: forestalling ownership irrelevance : a law and economics perspective...

Thesis title The Process of Constitution-making: A Law and Economics analysis   Defence date 19 January 2017   Link to thesis The Process of Constitution-Making: a Law and Economics Analysis - Erasmus University Rotterdam   Link to personal website https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-stephan-michel...

Thesis title The Legal Structure of Commercial Banks and Financial Regulation – Does organizational form matter for the design of bank regulation?   Defence date 02 March 2017   Link to thesis The Legal Structure of Commercial Banks and Financial...

Thesis title Law and Economics of Security Interests in Intellectual Property   Defence date 30 March 2017   Link to thesis Law and Economics of Security Interests in Intellectual Property - Erasmus University Rotterdam   Link to personal website https://www.linkedin.com/in/lindalinmin

Thesis title Cooperation and Conflict: A Law and Economics Analysis of Meta-Organizations   Defence date 31 March 2017   Link to thesis Cooperation and conflict: a Law and Economics Analysis of Meta-Organizations - Erasmus University Rotterdam   Link to personal...

Thesis title Harmonisation and the EU Internal Market: A Law and Economics approach   Defence date 8 June 2017   Repub link https://repub.eur.nl/pub/101133/   Link to personal website https://www.linkedin.com/in/miriambuiten  

Thesis title European Competition Policy in Financial Services: Rules & empirical insights   Defence date 30 September 2017   Link to thesis European Competition Policy in Financial Services: Rules and empirical insights - Erasmus University Rotterdam   Link to personal...

Thesis title Deciphering Securitisation and Covered Bonds: Economic analysis and regulations   Defence date 11 December 2017   Link to thesis Deciphering Securitisation and Covered Bonds : Economic analysis and regulations - Erasmus University Rotterdam   Link to personal website...

Thesis title The Relation between Large-Scale Land Acquisitions and Rural Households: Evidence from Ethiopia and Tanzania   Defence date 11 December 2017   Link to thesis The relation between large-scale land acquisitions and rural households: evidence from Ethiopia and Tanzania...

Thesis title The Bounded Rationality of Firms   Defence date 16 June 2016   Link to thesis Competition Law and the Bounded Rationality of Firms - Erasmus University Rotterdam   Link to personal website https://www.linkedin.com/in/shilpi-bhattacharya https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=1603461

Thesis title Institutions in Informal Markets   Defence date 16 June 2016   Link to thesis Institutions in Informal Markets - Erasmus University Rotterdam   Link to personal website https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yugank-Goyal https://ccs.in/people/yugank-goyal?width=600&height=500

Thesis title How Law and Law Enforcement Affect Labour Markets in Developing Countries; An empirical study on India   Defence date 13 October 2016   Link to thesis How Law and Law Enforcement Affect Labour Markets in Developing Countries; An...

Thesis title Industry Food Safety Standards: Public and Private Interest in Food Safety   Defence date 19 March 2015   Link to thesis Industry Food Safety Standards: Public and Private Interest in Food Safety - Erasmus University Rotterdam   Link...

Thesis title Fighting Corruption with Pyramids: A Law and Economics approach to combating corruption in post-socialist countries   Defence date 19 March 2015   Link to thesis Fighting Corruption with Pyramids: A Law and Economics approach to corruption combat in...

Thesis title A Law and Economics Analysis of Trade Secrets: Optimal Scope of Law, Misappropriation and Alternative Damages Regimes   Defence date 19 March 2015   Link to thesis A Law and Economics Analysis of Trade Secrets: Optimal Scope of...

Thesis title Fiscal Constitutions: An empirical approach   Defence date 4 June 2015   Repub link http://repub.eur.nl/pub/78226   Link to personal website https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaros%C5%82aw-kantorowicz https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=1599102 https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jarostaw_Kantorowicz https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/staffmembers/jaroslaw-kantorowicz

Thesis title Cost-Effective Criminal Enforcement: A law and economics approach   Defence date 4 June 2015   Repub link http://repub.eur.nl/pub/78227/   Link to personal website https://www.linkedin.com/in/elena-kantorowicz-reznichenko http://kantorowicz-reznichenko.weebly.com https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=1760564 https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Elena_Kantorowicz-Reznichenko

Thesis title The Determinants of China's Compliance with WTO Rules   Defence date 7 December 2015   Link to thesis The Determinants of China's Compliance with WTO Rules - Erasmus University Rotterdam   Link to personal website https://www.linkedin.com/in/hong-wei  

Thesis title Essays on Unemployment Insurance   Defence date 8 December 2015   Link to thesis Essays on Unemployment Insurance - Erasmus University Rotterdam   Link to personal website https://www.linkedin.com/in/diogo-gerhard-c-britto https://sites.google.com/site/diogobrittoecon/      

Thesis title Equity, Efficiency, and Ethics in Remedies for Breach of Contract: Theory and Experimental Evidence   Defence date 14 December 2015   Repub link http://repub.eur.nl/pub/79266   Link to personal website https://direitosp.fgv.br/en/professor/sergio-rubens-mittlaender-leme-de-souza https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=493745 https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sergio_Mittlaender

Thesis title Essays on the Law & Economics of Terrorism in Pakistan   Defence date 14 December 2015   Link to thesis Essays on the Law and Economics of Terrorism in Pakistan - Erasmus University Rotterdam   Link to personal...

Thesis title Law, Informal Institutions and Trust - An experimental perspective   Defence date 14 December 2015   Link to thesis Law, Informal Institutions and Trust - An experimental perspective - Erasmus University Rotterdam   Huojun Sun passed away on...

Thesis title Privacy Tradeoffs in Information Technology Law   Defence date 18 December 2015   Link to thesis Privacy Tradeoffs in Information Technology Law - Erasmus University Rotterdam   Link to personal website https://www.linkedin.com/in/ignaciocofone https://www.mcgill.ca/law/about/profs/cofone-ignacio

Thesis title Essays on The Economic Analysis of Tort Law   Defence date 18 December 2015   Link to thesis Essays on the Economic Analysis of Tort Law - Erasmus University Rotterdam   Link to personal website Homepage: https://sites.google.com/site/aliceguerrahome Institutional...

Thesis title Regulating State Aid: Inter-jurisdictional competition, public choice, and corporate governance   Defence date 24 June 2014   Link to thesis   Link to personal website Link to personal website-2

Thesis title The Law and Economics of Hedge Fund Regulation: A Comparison between the U.S. and the EU   Defence date 24 June 2014   Link to thesis   Link to personal website Link to personal website-2 Link to personal...

Thesis Title  Medical Malpractice in Public Healthcare Systems: An empirical investigation of scheduled damages   Defence Date 30 June 2014   Link to thesis   Link to personal website  

Thesis title Sanctions and public enforcement of insider trading laws in Europe   Defence date 30 June 2014   Link to thesis   Link to personal website

Thesis title Organizational Design and Tort Law - A Synthesis of Organizational Studies and the Economic Analysis of Tort Law   Defence date 1 July 2014   Link to thesis   Link to personal website        

Thesis title A Law and Economics Analysis of Lobbying Regulation - Towards an optimal structure through the Cost Indicator Index   Defence date 1 July 2014   Link to thesis   Link to personal website  

Thesis title Comparative Analysis of Merger Control Policy – Lessons for China   Defence date 1 July 2014   Link to thesis   Link to personal website Link to personal website-2

Thesis Title  The Influence of Direct Democracy on Agency Costs: Lessons from Corporate Governance   Defence Date 10 October 2014   Link to thesis   Link to personal website Link to personal website-2

Thesis Title Judges and Mass Litigation - A (Behavioural) Law & Economics Perspective   Defence Date 15 December 2014   Link to thesis   Link to personal website Link to personal website-2        

Thesis title The Application of European Competition Law in Arbitration Proceedings   Defence date 15 December 2014   Link to thesis   Link to personal website

Thesis title Social Welfare and Behavioral Public Policies   Defence date 16 December 2014   Link to thesis   Link to personal website        

Thesis title Determining the Effect of Regulation on Microfinance Institutions Financial Self-Sustainability - A Cross-Country Comparison   Defence date 16 December 2014   Link to thesis   Link to personal website

Thesis title The Structure of Financial Supervision: Consolidation or Fragmentation for Financial Regulators?   Defence date 16 December 2014   Link to thesis   Link to personal website Link to personal website-2 Link to personal website-3

Thesis Title  Patent Strategies and R&D in Complex Product Industries   Defence Date 31 January 2013   Link to thesis Patent Strategies and R&D in Complex Product Industries - Erasmus University Rotterdam   Link to personal website https://www.linkedin.com/in/meltem-bayramli

Thesis title Towards a Better Assessment of Pain and Suffering Damages for Personal Injuries: A Proposal Based on Quality Adjusted Life Years   Defence date 31 January 2013   Link to thesis Towards a Better Assessment of Pain and Suffering...

Thesis Title The Law and Economics of Eco-Labels   Defence Date 25 April 2013   Link to thesis The Law and Economics of Eco-Labels - Erasmus University Rotterdam  

Thesis Title An Economic Analysis of the Regulatory Compliance Defense   Defence Date 25 April 2013   Link to thesis An Economic Analysis of the Regulatory Compliance Defense - Erasmus University Rotterdam   Link to personal website http://eweb.ouc.edu.cn/siapa/2015/0122/c3300a32219/page.psp

Thesis Title  Banking Regulation in Turkey and Russia - An Economic Analysis   Defence Date 24 June 2013   Repub link http://repub.eur.nl/pub/40397/   Link to personal website https://www.linkedin.com/in/deniz-akun-ergun

Thesis title  Committed to Reform? - Pragmatic antitrust enforcement in electricity markets    Defence Date 24 June 2013   Link to thesis Committed to Reform? Pragmatic antitrust enforcement in electricity markets - Erasmus University Rotterdam   Link to personal website...

Thesis title  A threshold hypothesis of institutional change – Collective action in the Italian Alps during the 13th – 19th centuries   Defence date 2 December 2013   Link to thesis A Threshold Hypothesis of Institutional Change - Erasmus University...

Thesis title Inducing Corporate Proactive Compliance: Liability Controls & Corporate Monitors   Defence date 30 March 2012   Link to thesis Inducing Corporate Proactive Compliance: Liability Controls and Corporate Monitors - Erasmus University Rotterdam   Link to personal website https://www.nortonrosefulbright.com/en/people/135782...

Thesis title Civil Liability as an Enforcement Tool of Securities Underwriter Gatekeeping Duty   Defence date 30 March 2012   Link to thesis Civil Liability as an Enforcement Tool of Securities Underwriter Gatekeeping Duty - Erasmus University Rotterdam   Link...

Thesis title The Effectiveness of the Clean Development Mechanism - A Law and Economics analysis   Defence date 26 June 2012   Link to thesis The Effectiveness of the Clean Development Mechanism - A law and economic analysis - Erasmus...

Thesis title  Towards an Optimal Mix of Public and Private Enforcement in Consumer Law - A comparative law and economics analysis of European consumer law enforcement (package travel vs. misleading advertising)   Defence date 28 June 2012   Link to...

Thesis title The Law and Economics of Organ Procurement   Defence date 1 April 2011   Link to thesis The Law and Economics of Organ Procurement - Erasmus University Rotterdam   Link to personal website https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Firat-Bilgel        

Thesis title Economic criteria for criminalization: Optimizing Enforcement in Case of Environmental Violations   Defence date 15 April 2011   Link to thesis Economic Criteria for Criminalization: Optimizing Enforcement for Environmental Violations - Erasmus University Rotterdam   Link to personal...

Thesis title Temporary versus Permanent Legislation   Defence date 9 June 2011   Link to thesis Temporary versus Permanent Legislation - Erasmus University Rotterdam   Link to personal website http://ssrn.com/author=468606          

Thesis title Quantifying the Economics of Medical Malpractice - A View From a Civil Law Perspective   Defence date 29 November 2011   Link to thesis Quantifiying the Economics of Medical Malpractice: A view from a civil law perspective -...

Thesis title Re-examining the Role of Incarceration and Stigma in Criminal Law   Defence date 29 November 2011   Link to thesis Reexamining the Role of Incarceration and Stigma in Criminal Law - Erasmus University Rotterdam   Link to personal...

Thesis title Competition and Innovation in the EU Regulation of Pharmaceuticals: The Case of Parallel Trade   Defence date 7 May 2010   Link to thesis Competition and Innovation in the EU Regulation of Pharmaceuticals: 'The Case of Parallel Trade'...

Thesis title Behavioural Economics in Consumer Policy - The economic analysis of standard terms in consumer contracts revisited   Defence date 27 May 2010   Link to thesis Behavioural economics in public policy - The economic analysis of standard terms...

Thesis title Ex-Post Liability Rules in Modern Patent Law   Defence date 17 September 2010   Link to thesis Ex-post Liability Rules in Modern Patent Law - Erasmus University Rotterdam   Link to personal website https://www.linkedin.com/in/rosacastro https://ssrn.com/author=438220 https://sites.google.com/site/rosacastrobernier/ https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rosa_Castro3

Thesis title  Economic Analysis of the European Climate Policy: the European Emissions Trading Scheme   Defence date 17 September 2010   Link to thesis Economic Analysis of the European Climate Policy: the European Emissions Trading Scheme - Erasmus University Rotterdam...

Thesis title Group Litigation in European Competition Law -  A Law and Economics perspective   Defence date 15 December 2009   Link to thesis   Link to personal website