Recent Published Papers

• "Optimal pricing of court services", European Journal of Law and Economics, Vol. 20(1), 31-41, 2005 (with D. Tzavara).
• "The determinants of employee crime in the UK", Economica, Vol. 74, 161-175, 2007 (with R. Witt).
• "Optimal sliding scale regulation: An application to regional electricity distribution in England and Wales", Oxford Economic Papers, Vol. 59, 458-485, 2007 (with D. Hawdon, L. C. Hunt & P. Levine).
• "Standard fees for legal aid: An empirical analysis of contracts and incentives", Oxford Economic Papers, Vol. 59, 662-681, 2007 (with P. Fenn & A. Gray).
• "Favouritism and financial incentives: A natural experiment", Economica, forthcoming: doi: 10.1111/j.1468-0335.2007.00605.x, 2007 (with R. Witt).
• "Liability, insurance and medical practice", Journal of Health Economics, Vol. 26, 1057-1070, 2007 (with P. Fenn & A. Gray).
• "On the economics of plagiarism", European Journal of Law and Economics, Vol. 24, 93-107, 2007 (with A. Collins & G. Judge).
• "Legal expenses insurance and risk aversion in litigation", International Review of Law and Economics, Vol. 24, 107-119, 2004 (with A. Heyes & D. Tzavara).
• "The economics of clinical negligence reform in England", Economic Journal, Vol. 114, F272-F292, 2004 (with P. Fenn & A. Gray).
• "Third party contingency contracts in settlement and litigation", Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, Vol. 160, 1-21, 2004 (with R. Kirstein).
• "Making Amends – Burden or Benefit? Responses to the CMO’s Report on Patient Compensation", British Medical Journal (invited editorial), Vol. 328, 21 February, 147-148, 2004 (with P. Fenn, A. Gray & A. Towse).
• "Asymmetric information and the settlement of insurance claims: Theory and evidence", Journal of Risk and Insurance, Vol. 68(4), 615-630, 2001 (with P. Fenn).