''The Journal of Law and Economics'' is an
academic journal
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published by the
University of Chicago Press
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. It publishes articles on the
economic analysis
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of regulation and the behavior of regulated firms, the
political economy
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of
legislation
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and legislative processes,
law
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and
finance
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,
corporate finance
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and governance, and
industrial organization
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. The journal is sponsored by the
University of Chicago Law School
The University of Chicago Law School is the law school of the University of Chicago, a private research university in Chicago, Illinois. It is consistently ranked among the best and most prestigious law schools in the world, and has many dist ...
.
The journal was founded by
Aaron Director
Aaron Director (; September 21, 1901 – September 11, 2004) was a Russian-born American economist and academic who played a central role in the development of the field Law and Economics and the Chicago school of economics. Director was a profe ...
at the
University of Chicago
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in 1958, and
Ronald Coase
Ronald Harry Coase (; 29 December 1910 – 2 September 2013) was a British economist and author. Coase received a bachelor of commerce degree (1932) and a PhD from the London School of Economics, where he was a member of the faculty until 1951. ...
joined him later as the co-editor.
The journal played an important role in the formation of the field
Law and Economics
Law and economics, or economic analysis of law, is the application of microeconomic theory to the analysis of law, which emerged primarily from scholars of the Chicago school of economics. Economic concepts are used to explain the effects of laws ...
.
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Law and economics journals
Economics journals
University of Chicago Press academic journals
Quarterly journals
English-language journals
Publications established in 1958