Economic analysis of contract law, antitrust law, and safety regulations / edited with an introduction by Jenny B. Wahl.
1998
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Title
Economic analysis of contract law, antitrust law, and safety regulations / edited with an introduction by Jenny B. Wahl.
Published
New York : Garland Pub., 1998.
Call Number
KF801 .E24 1998
ISBN
0815330863 (alk. paper)
Description
xv, 384 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)40200371
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references.
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Table of Contents
Introduction
The Market for "Lemons": Qualitative Uncertainty and the Market Mechanism / George A. Akerlof
2
Transaction Costs, Risk Aversion, and the Choice of Contractual Arrangements / Steven N. S. Cheung
15
A Theory of Contract Choice and the California Gold Rush / John Umbeck
35
Impossibility and Related Doctrines in Contract Law: An Economic Analysis / Richard A. Posner Andrew M. Rosenfield
53
Hadley v. Baxendale
90
Sherwood v. Walker
94
Williams v. Walker-Thomas
97
Unconscionability: A Critical Reappraisal / Richard A. Epstein
105
Rings and Promises / Margaret F. Brinig
129
The Economics of the Baby Shortage / Elisabeth M. Landes Richard A. Posner
143
The Market for Children: Evidence from Early Modern Japan / J. Mark Ramseyer
169
Paris v. Stepney Borough Council
192
"Square Deal" or Raw Deal? Market Compensation for Workplace Disamenities, 1884-1903 / Price V. Fishback Shawn Everett Kantor
196
Property Rights, Risk Sharing, and Player Disability in Major League Baseball / Kenneth Lehn
219
The Nature of the Firm / R. H. Coase
244
The Theory of Economic Regulation / George J. Stigler
265
What Can Regulators Regulate? The Case of Electricity / George J. Stigler Claire Friedland
285
Alcoa: The Influence of Recycling on Monopoly Power / Peter L. Swan
298
A Reconsideration of Taxi Regulation / Edward C. Gallick David E. Sisk
323
The Lulling Effect: The Impact of Child-Resistant Packaging on Aspirin and Analgesic Ingestions / W. Kip Viscusi
336
Are Drivers of Air-Bag-Equipped Cars More Aggressive? A Test of the Offsetting Behavior Hypothesis / Steven Peterson George Hoffer Edward Millner
341
Crisis in the Cockpit? The Role of Market Forces in Promoting Air Travel Safety / Mark L. Mitchell Michael T. Maloney
355
Acknowledgments
383