Handbook of law and economics. Volume 1 /
Law can be viewed as a body of rules and legal sanctions that channel behavior in socially desirable directions - for example, by encouraging individuals to take proper precautions to prevent accidents or by discouraging competitors from colluding to raise prices. The incentives created by the legal...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam ; London :
Elsevier,
2007.
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| Series: | Handbooks in economics ;
27. Handbook of Law and Economics series. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Law can be viewed as a body of rules and legal sanctions that channel behavior in socially desirable directions - for example, by encouraging individuals to take proper precautions to prevent accidents or by discouraging competitors from colluding to raise prices. The incentives created by the legal system are thus a natural subject of study by economists. Moreover, given the importance of law to the welfare of societies, the economic analysis of law merits prominent treatment as a subdiscipline of economics. Our hope is that this two volume Handbook will foster the study of the legal system by economists. *The two volumes form a comprehensive and accessible survey of the current state of the field. *Chapters prepared by leading specialists of the area. *Summarizes received results as well as new developments. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780080554242 0080554245 9780444512352 0444512357 |
| ISSN: | 0169-7218 ; 1574-0730 |