Principles and methods of law and economics:basic tools for normative reasoning
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Cambridge University Press,
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Publisher Address: | Cambridge New York |
Publication Dates: | 2005. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
Edition: | 1st ed. |
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Carrier Form: | xiv, 378 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
Publication Frequency: | View table of contents on the Internet via the World Wide Web. |
ISBN: |
0521826810 (hardcover) 9780521826815 (hardcover) 0521534119 (pbk.) 9780521534116 (pbk.) |
Index Number: | D90 |
CLC: | D90-059 |
Call Number: | D90-059/G346 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. From formal logic to normative reasoning -- Social welfare versus moral philosophy -- From political philosophy to game theory -- The importance of distribution of wealth -- Coase and law's irrelevance -- More failures of Coasean irrelevance -- Mathematical modelling -- Confronting uncertainty : basic probability theory -- Advanced probability : distributions as the shape of randomness -- How to price uncertainty : finance -- Finance and probability : options and derivatives -- Using spreadsheets -- Statistics -- Conclusion : importing methodological innovations. |