Economic Analysis of Law

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Preprint 01 Jan 2005 English Publisher:Elsevier BVJournal:SSRN Electronic Journal (eissn: 1556-5068,

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Authors: A. Mitchell Polinsky; Steven Shavell;

doi: 10.2139/ssrn.859406

Economic Analysis of Law

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Abstract

This entry for the forthcoming The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics (Second Edition) surveys the economic analysis of five primary fields of law: property law; liability for accidents; contract law; litigation; and public enforcement and criminal law. It also briefly considers some criticisms of the economic analysis of law.

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