Law and Economics of the Coronavirus Crisis

The coronavirus pandemic presents a unique opportunity for reflection and research on legal regulation, policymaking, and other areas. This volume explores the immediate impact and responses, including compliance with regulations, safety measures, nudging, decision-making, and emergency policy responses. It also examines current issues and challenges, such as internet platform regulation, excessive pricing, the right to adequate food, risk and loss allocation, remote learning, and examinations. Future possibilities in data access rights, economic instability, the balance between political-economic interests and social interests, patenting, food labels, and open data are illustrated.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 405 pages
Publication date: 29 April 2023
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG

The coronavirus pandemic has brought about unprecedented challenges worldwide, presenting a unique opportunity for reflection, research, and insight into global and domestic crises. Analyzing the effects of this crisis is crucial in learning valuable lessons and understanding the impact of legal regulation, policymaking, and other relevant aspects. This volume explores these questions from diverse perspectives in Law and Economics, divided into two parts. The first part examines the immediate impact and responses to the pandemic, including compliance with regulations, safety measures, nudging, and decision-making. Behavioural economics is employed to analyze these issues, as well as the short- and long-term effects of emergency policy responses on contract law. The volume also delves into current challenges such as regulating internet platforms, excessive pricing, ensuring access to adequate food, managing risk and loss allocation, and addressing issues related to remote learning and examinations. Furthermore, it explores potential opportunities in areas such as data access rights, economic instability, balancing political-economic interests with social interests, patenting, food labels, and open data. By examining these topics from various angles, this volume aims to provide valuable insights and contribute to the ongoing discussion on addressing and overcoming the challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic.

Weight: 635g
Dimension: 235 x 155 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783030958787
Edition number: 1st ed. 2022