Handbook of law and economics Volume 2
by A. Mitchell Polinsky
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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 show more subdiscipline of economics. This two volume Handbook is intended to foster the study of the legal system by econo show lessMembers
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