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Gerrit De Geest

Charles F. Nagel Professor of International and Comparative Law

Gerrit De Geest, an internationally renowned specialist in law and economics, is the Charles F. Nagel Professor of International and Comparative Law at Washington University School of Law, where he teaches contracts, law and economics, consumer law, and seminars on contracts. He served as the director of the Center on Law, Innovation & Economic Growth. Before moving to St. Louis with his family, he was a chaired professor at the Utrecht School of Economics and president of the European Association of Law and Economics. He is the co-editor of the Encyclopedia of Law and Economics (Edward Elgar, 2000, 5 volumes).

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  • Education
    • PhD , Ghent University (Law), 1993
    • Educational Master, Ghent University, 1986
    • License Law (JD), Ghent University, 1983
  • Courses
    • Contracts, Law and Economics, Consumer Law
  • Areas of Expertise
    • Law and Economics, Contracts
  • Publications

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    • DE GEEST, Gerrit (2020), American Law: A Comparative Primer, Cheltenham, Edward Elgar, 126 p.
    • DE GEEST, Gerrit (2018), Rents: How Marketing Causes Inequality, Beccaria Books, 341 p.
    • DARI-MATTIACCI, Giuseppe and DE GEEST, Gerrit (2017), ‘Carrots versus Sticks,’ in PARISI, Francesco (ed.), Oxford Handbook of Law and Economics, Oxford, Oxford University Press, pp. 439–465.
    • DE GEEST, Gerrit and DARI-MATTIACCI, Giuseppe (2013), ‘The Rise of Carrots and the Decline of
      Sticks’, 80 The University of Chicago Law Review, 341–392.
    • DE GEEST, Gerrit (2013), ‘N Problems Require N Instruments’, 35 International Review of Law and Economics, 42–57.
    • DE GEEST, Gerrit (2012), ‘Who Should Be Immune From Tort Liability?’ 41 Journal of Legal Studies, 291–319.
    • DE GEEST, Gerrit (ed.) (2011), Contract Law and Economics, Cheltenham, Edward Elgar (in the series Encyclopedia of Law and Economics, vol. 6), 482 p.
    • DARI-MATTIACCI, Giuseppe and DE GEEST, Gerrit (2010), ‘Carrots, Sticks, and the Multiplication Effect’, 26 Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 365–384.
    • DE GEEST, Gerrit (ed.) (2009), Economics of Comparative Law, Cheltenham, Edward Elgar (in the series Economic Approaches to Law, Vol. 24), 680 p.
    • DARI-MATTIACCI, Giuseppe and DE GEEST, Gerrit (2005), ‘The Filtering Effect of Sharing Rules’, 34 Journal of Legal Studies, 207–237.
    • DARI-MATTIACCI, Giuseppe and DE GEEST, Gerrit (2005), ‘Judgment Proofness under Four Different Precaution Technologies’, 161 Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 38–56.
    • DE GEEST, Gerrit and VAN DEN BERGH, Roger (eds.) (2004), Comparative Law and Economics, Cheltenham, Edward Elgar (in the series The International Library of Critical Writings in Economics), 3 volumes, 1648 p.
    • BOUCKAERT, Boudewijn and DE GEEST, Gerrit (eds.) (2000), The Encyclopedia of Law and Economics Volume One: The History and Methodology of Law and Economics, Cheltenham, Edward Elgar, 1094 p., ISBN 1 85898 984 1 (all chapters of the 5 volumes also downloadable at www.findlaw.com).
    • BOUCKAERT, Boudewijn and DE GEEST, Gerrit (eds.) (2000), The Encyclopedia of Law and Economics, Cheltenham, Edward Elgar, 5 Volumes, approx. 3,000 p.
    • DE GEEST, Gerrit (1996), ‘The Debate on the Scientific Status of Law & Economics’, 40 European Economic Review, 999–1006.
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