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Lawlessness and economics : alternative modes of governance / Avinash K. Dixit.
- Title
- Lawlessness and economics : alternative modes of governance / Avinash K. Dixit.
- Author
- Dixit, Avinash K.
- Publication
- Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2004.
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Details
- Description
- x, 167 p. : ill.; 25 cm.
- Summary
- "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.
- Series Statement
- The Gorman lectures in economics
- Uniform Title
- Gorman lectures in economics.
- Subjects
- Contracts
- Corporation law
- Contracts > Developing countries
- Corporation law > Developing countries
- Developing countries > Economic policy
- Corporate governance > Developing countries
- Business enterprises > Law and legislation > Developing countries
- International cooperation
- Right of property > Developing countries
- Economic policy
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [155]-161) and index.
- Contents
- 1. Economics with and without the law -- 2. Private ordering in the shadow of the law -- 3. Relation-based contract enforcement -- 4. Profit-motivated contract enforcement -- 5. Private protection of poverty rights -- 6. Conclusion.
- ISBN
- 0691114862 (cl : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2003068992
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries