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Franchising has serious human consequences when misunderstood. It deserves to be studied very carefully.

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  • Annual Conference Proceedings, Society of Franchising, 1997, 1998 & 1999
  • Arlen, Jennifer, Spitzer, Matthew L. and Talley, Eric L., "Endowment Effects Within Corporate Agency Relationships" (August 2001). USC CLEO Research Paper No. C01-1; USC Law and Economics Research Paper No. 01-8; Yale Law & Economics Research Paper No. 261. Download without charge: SSRN & Abstract http://ssrn.com/abstract=276110
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  • Baker, Scott A. and Krawiec, Kimberly D., "Incomplete Contracts in a Complete Contract World" (April 26, 2006). ExpressO Preprint Series. Working Paper 1294. Download without charge: bepress Legal Repository http://law.bepress.com/expresso/eps/1294
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  • Barberis, Nicholas and Thaler, Richard H., "A Survey of Behavioral Finance" (September 2002). Download without charge: SSRN & Abstract http://ssrn.com/abstract=327880
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  • Bernardo, Antonio and Welch, Ivo, "On the Evolution of Overconfidence and Entrepreneurs" (June 2001). Yale Cowles Foundation Discussion Paper No. 1307; Yale ICF Working Paper No. 00-48. Download without charge: SSRN & Abstract http://ssrn.com/abstract=275516
  • Black, Ervin L., Carnes, Thomas A. and Richardson, Vernon J., "The Market Valuation of Firm Reputation" (March 1999). Download without charge: SSRN & Abstract http://ssrn.com/abstract=158050 Abstract
  • Camerer, Colin F., Loewenstein, George F. and Prelec, Drazen, "Neuroeconomics: How Neuroscience Can Inform Economics". Journal of Economic Literature, Forthcoming. Download without charge: SSRN & Abstract http://ssrn.com/abstract=590965
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  • Debo, Laurens G., Toktay, Beril and Van Wassenhove, Luk N., "Queuing for Expert Services" (July 2004). Carnegie Mellon University Tepper School of Business Working Paper No. 2004-E-10. Download without charge: SSRN & Abstract http://ssrn.com/abstract=629322
  • Dellarocas, Chrysanthos N., "Building Trust On-Line: The Design of Reliable Reputation Reporting : Mechanisms for Online Trading Communities" (October 2001). MIT Sloan Working Paper No. 4180-01. Download without charge: SSRN & Abstract http://ssrn.com/abstract=289967
  • __, "Sanctioning Reputation Mechanisms in Online Trading Environments with Moral Hazard" (July 2004). MIT Sloan Working Paper No. 4297-03. Download without charge: SSRN & Abstract http://ssrn.com/abstract=393043
  • __, "The Digitization of Word-of-Mouth: Promise and Challenges of Online Feedback Mechanisms" (March 2003). MIT Sloan Working Paper No. 4296-03. Download without charge: SSRN & Abstract http://ssrn.com/abstract=393042
  • Dellarocas, Chrysanthos N., Dini, Federico and Spagnolo, Giancarlo, "Designing Reputation (Feedback) Mechanisms". HANDBOOK OF PROCUREMENT, Nicola Dimitri, Gustavo Piga, Giancarlo Spagnolo, eds., Cambridge University Press, 2006. Download without charge: SSRN & Abstract http://ssrn.com/abstract=896729
  • Dellarocas, Chrysanthos N., Fan, Ming NMI and Wood, Charles A., "Self-Interest, Reciprocity, and Participation in Online Reputation Systems" (February 2004). MIT Sloan Working Papers No. 4500-04. Download without charge: SSRN & Abstract http://ssrn.com/abstract=585402
  • Dellarocas, Chrysanthos N. and Wood, Charles A., "The Sound of Silence in Online Feedback: Estimating Trading Risks in the Presence of Reporting Bias" (June 2006). Robert H. Smith School Research Paper No. RHS 06-041. Download without charge: SSRN & Abstract http://ssrn.com/abstract=923823
  • DeMarzo, Peter M., Vayanos, Dimitri and Zwiebel, Jeffrey H., "Persuasion Bias, Social Influence, and Uni-Dimensional Opinions" (November 2001). MIT Sloan Working Paper No. 4339-01; Stanford University Graduate School of Business Research Paper No. 1719. Download without charge: SSRN & Abstract http://ssrn.com/abstract=293139
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Differences between Successful and Unsuccessful Franchisors. Final Report (Revised). Scott (Shane), Atlanta, GA.; Small Business Administration, Washington, DC. Office of Advocacy.[October 1995] Paper: PB96-113162 To Order & Abstract http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.asp?ABBR=PB96113162&starDB=GRAHIST

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  • Dulleck, Uwe and Kerschbamer, Rudolf, “Experts versus Discounters: Consumer Free Riding and Experts Withholding Advice on Markets for Credence Goods", Discussion Paper No. 3565, CEPR, London. Download without charge: http://www.econ.jku.at/papers/2005/wp0509.pdf
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  • __, "Predatory Lending and Community Development at Loggerheads" (January 2006). Cleveland-Marshall Legal Studies Paper No. 05-105. Download without charge: SSRN & Abstract http://ssrn.com/abstract=687161
  • __, "The CRA Implications of Predatory Lending". Fordham Urban Law Journal, Vol. 29, P. 1571, 2002, Forthcoming. Download without charge: SSRN & Abstract http://ssrn.com/abstract=315103
  • __, "Turning a Blind Eye: Wall Street Finance of Predatory Lending" (June 19, 2006). Download without charge: SSRN & Abstract http://ssrn.com/abstract=910378
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  • Gulati, G. Mitu, Rachlinski , Jeffrey J. and Langevoort, Donald C., "Fraud by Hindsight". Georgetown Public Law Research Paper No. 442820; Georgetown Law and Econ. Research Paper No. 442820; Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 05-007. Download without charge: SSRN & Abstract http://ssrn.com/abstract=442820
  • Guthrie, Chris, "Prospect Theory, Risk Preference & The Law". Northwestern University Law Review, Forthcoming. Download without charge: SSRN & Abstract http://ssrn.com/abstract=344600
  • Hadfield, Gillian K., "Contract Law is Not Enough: The Many Legal Institutions That Support Contractual Commitments". HANDBOOK OF NEW INSTITUTIONAL ECONOMICS, Claude Menard and Mary Shirley, eds., Kluwer Press, 2004. Download without charge: SSRN & Abstract http://ssrn.com/abstract=537303
  • __, "Privatizing Commercial Law: Lessons from the Middle and the Digital Ages" (March 2000). Stanford Law and Economics Olin Working Paper No. 195. Download without charge: SSRN & Abstract * http://ssrn.com/abstract=220252

__, “Problematic Relations: Franchising and the Law of Incomplete Contracts”, Stanford Law Review, Vol. 42, No. 4 (April 1990), pp. 927-992.

  • __, "The Price of Law: How the Market for Lawyers Distorts the Justice System" (October 1999). Michigan Law Review, Vol. 98, No. 4, 2000. Download without charge: SSRN & Abstract http://ssrn.com/abstract=191908
  • __, "The Quality of Law: Judicial Incentives, Legal Human Capital and the Evolution of Law" (February 2007). USC CLEO Research Paper No. C07-3. Download without charge: SSRN & Abstract http://ssrn.com/abstract=967494
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Hardy, Daniel, "Regulatory Capture in Banking" (January 2006). IMF Working Paper No. 06/34. Download without charge: SSRN & Abstract http://ssrn.com/abstract=892925

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__, Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle, Nation Books, 2009. http://www.google.ca/search?q=9781568584379

Helland, Eric and Klick, Jonathon "The Impact of Attorney Compensation on the Timing of Settlements" (May 2006). American Law & Economics Association Annual Meetings. American Law & Economics Association 16th Annual Meeting. Working Paper 41. Download without charge: bepress Legal Repository
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Heuristics and Biases: the Psychology of Intuitive Judgment, Edited by Thomas Gilovich, Dale Griffin and Daniel Kahneman, Cambridge University Press, 2002. http://www.google.ca/search?q=0521796792

Hylton, Keith N. and Drahozal, Christopher R., "The Economics of Litigation and Arbitration: An Application to Franchise Contracts". Boston Univ. School of Law Working Paper No. 01-03. Download without charge: SSRN & Abstract http://ssrn.com/abstract=266545

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