# kaal:claim:2267560-023

**Claim.** Unenforceable rules are irrelevant for purposes of economic analysis because they provide neither incentives nor sanctions, and legal rules without enforcement mechanisms do not qualify as institutions in the NIE framework.

**Type.** definitional  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- economic analysis within the NIE framework

**Source quote.**

> Unenforceable rules are generally irrelevant for purposes of economic analysis because they do not provide incentives and sanctions.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *Evolution of Law Dynamic Regulation in a New Institutional Economics Framework* (2013), III.1 Formal vs. Informal Rules, page 8

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, Evolution of Law Dynamic Regulation in a New Institutional Economics Framework (2013). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2267560

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**Topics.** compliance, institutional-design, economics

**Keywords.** informal-rules, enforcement, institutions, new-institutional-economics

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