Handbook of Law and Economics : Volume 2 Hardback
Edited by A. Mitchell (Stanford University, CA, U.S.A.) Polinsky, Steven (Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, U.S.A.) Shavell
Part of the Handbooks in Economics series
Hardback
Description
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.
This two volume Handbook is intended to foster the study of the legal system by economists.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:980 pages
- Publisher:Elsevier Science & Technology
- Publication Date:07/11/2007
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- ISBN:9780444531209
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:980 pages
- Publisher:Elsevier Science & Technology
- Publication Date:07/11/2007
- Category:
- ISBN:9780444531209