Acknowledgments

For their insightful comments, I wish to thank Tom Tyler, Robert MacCoun, Yotam Kaplan, Assaf Hamdani, Doreen Lustig, Alon Klement, Michael Simkovic, Hajin Kim, Lior Strahilevitz, Omri Ben-Shachar, Jacob Goldin, Jonathan Masur, Richard McAdams, Koen Verhoest, Nicola Riva, Flaminio Squazzoni, Fabio Franchino, Alessia Damonte, Benjamin van Rooij, Clair Hill, Lucia Reisch, Peter John, Anne-Lise Sibony, Shaun Marcom, David Levi-Faur, David Zarrin, and Neysun Mahboubi. I am also grateful to the participants in workshops at Michigan Law School, Penn Law School, Cambridge Sustainability, Cambridge Law, University of Chicago Law and Economics Workshop, Boston College, Yale Law School, Northeastern Business School, Cambridge Law School, National University of Singapore, Rotterdam University, Hebrew University Law Faculty Workshop, LSE Law School, Erasmus Law School, and the Safra Center for Ethics.

I want to thank the postdoctoral fellows who have worked with me in the VComp Lab: Dr. Libby Maman, Dr. Michaela Assouline, Dr. Liran Maimoni, Dr. Rinat Markovitch, and Dr. Yoni Slater. For their excellent research assistance, I thank Michael Goldboim, Shira Gelb, Mari Aharony, Inbal Moussafir, Shachar Ankori, Daniell Ben Arie, Itay Faust, Sammey Green, Ayala Sela, Daniel Janeli, Stav Gershon, Raz Halperin, Arie Balaban, Shoshana Ben-David, and Gaia Sarfati. Special thanks to Shachar Ankori for also overseeing the production processes and her handling of the index. I am also thankful to Gily Keidar and Danielle Ben Arie for their help with the graphic design and to Sigal Doron for her excellent linguistic editing.

Finally, I would like to express my deepest gratitude to my siblings and their spouses – Ronen, Hedva, Amir, and Hava Feldman – for their unwavering love and support. I am also grateful to my parents-in-law, Menachem and Zippi Finkelstein, for welcoming me into their family with open arms. To my beautiful and compassionate children – Liav, Yaara, Adva, Ori, and Daniel – you bring immeasurable joy and meaning to my life. Finally, to my spouse Michal, my best friend, partner, and the love of my life – your presence makes everything possible.

This book is dedicated to the memory of my mother, Rachel Feldman, who, despite numerous health challenges, showed remarkable strength in raising us single-handedly after the untimely passing of my father. Her unwavering dedication and resilience inspired my work and will continue to guide me always.

This research was supported by ERC AdG VComp 101054656.