Handbook of law and economics Volume 2
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
Elsevier
2007, 2007
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| Series: | Handbooks in economics
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| Collection: | Elsevier Handbooks in Economics - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| 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. This two volume Handbook is intended to 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 v. 2. Corporate law and governance / Marco Becht, Patrick Bolton, Ailsa Röell -- Empirical study of corporate law / Sanjai Bhagat, Roberta Romano -- Bankruptcy law / Michelle J. White -- Antitrust / Louis Kaplow, Carl Shapiro -- Regulation of natural monopoly / Paul L. Joskow -- Employment law / Christine Jolls -- Antidiscrimination law / John J. Donohue -- Intellectual property law / Peter S. Menell, Suzanne Scotchmer -- Norms and the law / Richard H. McAdams, Eric B. Rasmusen -- Experimental study of law / Colin Camerer, Eric Talley -- The political economy of law / McNollgast. |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Physical Description: | 1 volume illustrations |
| ISBN: | 0080554237 9780080554235 9780444531209 0444531203 |