The power of public choice in law and economics
讨论法与经济学如何通过融入公共选择的见解来改进分析，回顾了实验方法的演变，并探讨了腐败、税收遵从、宪法选择等主题，指出纯法与经济学方法在这些领域面临挑战。
Abstract In this paper I discuss how Law and Economics can benefit from incorporating some insights from Public Choice into their analyses. Within this argument, I examine the evolution of experimental methods by looking at laboratory, field, and natural experiments; and conducting a very simple scientometrics analysis on the relative frequency of experimental studies in journals such as Public Choice, European Journal of Political Economy, Constitutional Political Economy, Journal of Law and Economics , and Journal of Law, Economics and Organization compared with top economics journals such as American Economic Review, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Journal of Political Economy, Econometrica , or Review of Economic Studies . I also refer to the connectivity of Behavioral Law and Economics and Behavioral Public Choice. The paper then finishes with a discussion of a selected number of topics covering areas such as corruption, tax compliance, shitstorms/firestorms, constitutional choices, globalization, and international organizations; all of which present scientific challenges when applying pure Law and Economics approaches without also implementing a Public Choice analysis.