“...Expenditure on legal services has been rising and has attracted considerable policy attention in the UK. We argue that an important reason for this increase...”

“...We develop a model to analyse the pattern of R&D network formation when unions have relative preferences over wages and employment. Within a three-firm...”

“...Principals who exercise favouritism towards certain agents may harm those who are not so favoured. We address this issue in the context of a natural experiment...”

“...We present evidence on employee theft in the UK using data on actual recorded crime, in a model where employees are 'rational cheaters' whose theft decisions...”

“...Wage claims have been an important feature of British industrial relations during the postwar period. They help set the boundaries within which wage...”

“...Abstract Objectives: To identify trends in the incidence and cost of clinical negligence claims. To determine the current annual cost to the NHS as a whole in...”

“...In Britain, the NHS spends millions of pounds a year compensating patients injured during medical treatment. Compensation is paid if the patient can...”

“...Cheating and plagiarism can involve the transgression of intellectual property rights across many areas of life. When a direct financial benefit from such...”

“...Policy makers and static economic models often argue that contingent fees cause lawyers to settle cases sooner than their clients would like, so as to avoid...”

“...This paper examines optimal price (i.e. 'sliding scale') regulation of a monopoly when productivity and managerial effort are not observed. We show generally...”