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Thomas Eger is Professor Emeritus of Law and Economics at the University of Hamburg, Faculty of Law, former Director of the Institute of Law and Economics, and he used to be the Vice-Dean for Research and International Affairs (2010-2015), Director of the Graduate School on “The Economics of the Internationalisation of the Law” (2010 – 2014) and the Director of the international and interdisciplinary European Master in Law and Economics Program (2008 – 2014). He studied economics at the Universities of Marburg and Zagreb, obtained his diploma in 1974 (Marburg) and a doctoral degree in 1980 (University of Paderborn), and completed his habilitation at the University of Kassel in 1995. Thomas Eger has published more than 100 books and articles in the field of Law and Economics (with special focus on the economics of intellectual property rights), Institutional Economics, Comparative Economic Systems, and European Integration. He has spent some time as a Visiting Professor at the University of Frankfurt/Oder (Viadrina) and at the University of Flensburg, and provided guest lectures at the Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai, the Fudan University, Shanghai, the Central University of Hyderabad, the National Law School of India University, Bangalore, the China-EU School of Law in Bejing, the University of Haifa, the University of Cairo and others. Currently he is working on an international survey on open access publishing in academia.

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Works (24)

Thomas Eger/Peter Weise, Target-Forderung und Netto-Kapitalexport - Farce in 1 Akt

Metropolis, Marburg
2020-03-28 | Book
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Thomas Eger

Thomas Eger/Marc Scheufen, The Economics of Open Access

Edward Elgar
2018 | Book
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Thomas Eger

International Law and the Rule of Law under Extreme Conditions. An Economic Perspective

Mohr Siebeck
2017 | Edited book
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Thomas Eger

2. The determinants of open access publishing: survey evidence from countries in the Mediterranean Open Access Network (MedOANet)

Economia e Politica Industriale
2016 | Journal article
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Thomas Eger

Introduction: Eurobonds beyond Crisis Management

Review of Law and Economics
2016 | Journal article
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Thomas Eger

4. Copyright under Fire: Some Comments from a Law and Economics Perspective on the Heated Debate on Copyright Law

Hamburg Law Review
2015 | Journal article
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Thomas Eger

5. The Determinants of Open Access Publishing: Survey Evidence from Germany

European Journal of Law and Economics
2015 | Journal article
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Thomas Eger

Are Consumers Really the Main Victims of Price Cartels?

Homo Oeconomicus
2015 | Journal article
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Thomas Eger

a. Europäische Integration. Wirtschaft und Recht, Geschichte und Politik, 3. vollständig überarbeitete Auflage

Vahlen
2014 | Book
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Thomas Eger

Economic Analysis of International Law

Mohr Siebeck
2014 | Edited book
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Thomas Eger

Research Handbook on the Economics of European Union Law,

Edward Elgar
2012 | Edited book
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Thomas Eger

6. Some Limits to the Private Enforcement of Antitrust Law: A Grumbler’s View on Harm and Damages in Hardcore Price Cartel Cases

Global Competition Litigation Review
2010 | Journal article
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7. The European Master in Law and Economics: A Program with a Focus on the Economics of the Europeanization and Internationalization of the Law

Revista de Educación y Derecho
2010 | Journal article
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Thomas Eger

Economic Analysis of Law in India: Theory and application

Oxford University Press
2010 | Edited book
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Economic Analysis of Law in China

EWdward Elgar
2007 | Edited book
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Thomas Eger

Neue Mikroökonomie, 5. Auflage

Physica (Springer)
2005 | Book
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Thomas Eger

10. Opportunistic Termination of Employment Contracts and Legal Protection Against Dismissal in Germany and the USA

International Review of Law and Economics
2004 | Journal article
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Thomas Eger

9. Insolvenzrecht zwischen privatautonomer Gestaltung und öffentlicher Regulierung

Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik
2004 | Journal article
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12. Bankruptcy Regulations and the New German Insolvency Law from an Economic Point of View

European Journal of Law and Economics
2001 | Journal article
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15. Die Evolution von Normen aus Unordnung: Ein synergetisches Modell

Jahrbuch Ökonomie und Gesellschaft 11
1995 | Journal article
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Thomas Eger

Eine ökonomische Analyse von Langzeitverträgen

Metropolis
1995 | Book
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17. On the equilibrium proportion of innovation and imitation. A game-theoretic approach

Economics Letters
1992 | Journal article
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20. Das Koordinationsproblem sozialer Gruppen

European Journal of Political Economy
1987 | Journal article
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Das regionale Entwicklungsgefälle in Jugoslawien

Schöningh
1980 | Book
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Thomas Eger