Amsterdam Center for Law & Economics

About us

The Amsterdam Center for Law & Economics (ACLE) is a joint initiative of the economics and law faculties of the University of Amsterdam. The objective of the ACLE is to promote high-quality research in the fields at the interface of law and economics. Located in the heart of Amsterdam’s old city, the ACLE presently associates around twenty scholars in law and economics, ranging from full professors to PhD students.
The ACLE is directed by Arnoud Boot. Co-directors are Giuseppe Dari-Mattiacci and Maarten Pieter Schinkel.

Three main focus areas

The Center’s main research programs are:
• Foundations of Law & Economics
• Competition & Regulation
• Corporate Governance & Law

Law & Economics Journals

Law & Economics is by nature an interdisciplinary subject and hence research papers in Law & Economics can be published in a vast array of journals in economics and law and in few specialized Law & Economics journals. An absolute measurement of the quality of these journals is impossible due to the heterogeneity of the subject matters, the criteria for publications and the organization of editorial boards. The information below is meant to provide some guidelines on where Law & Economics papers are usually published and on the quality of journals within each field.

ACLE-News

Every month the ACLE publishes a digital newsletter with information on ACLE-events and seminars.

Biweekly ACLE Law & Economics seminars.

Monthly newsletter

A series of annual workshops that focus on topics in competition law enforcement and regulation.
http://c-rmeetings.acle.nl

Projects at ACLE with NWO funding

Tinbergen Institute