Lawlessness and Economics
Subtitle: Alternative Modes of Governance (The Gorman Lectures)
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: March 16, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9780691114866
Subjects: Economics; Jurisprudence & General Issues; Economic policy; Contracts; Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; Business/Economics; Economics - Theory; Business & Economics / Economics / Theory; Law; Political Science and International Relations; Corporate governance; Corporation law; Right of property
Description: "How can property rights be protected and contracts be enforced in countries where the rule of law is ineffective or absent? How can firms from advanced market economies do business in such circumstances? in Lawlessness and Economics, Avinash Dixit examines the theory of private institutions that transcend or supplement weak economic government from the state."--BOOK JACKET.