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Contracting In Japan - The Bargains People Make When Information Is Costly, Commitment Is Hard, Friendships Are Unstable, And Suing Is Not Worth It

by J. Mark (Harvard Law School, Massachusetts) Ramseyer

100,04€ + 10% CARD

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 Many people interested in Japan have no background in economic theory of contracting; many people with that economic background have no knowledge of Japan; this book puts the two together.
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Ideological Foundations Of Qing Taxation - Belief Systems, Politics, And Institutions

by Taisu Zhang

131,18€ + 10% CARD

 This survey of the fiscal history of China's last imperial dynasty explains why its ability to tax was unusually weak. It argues that the answer lies in the internal ideological worldviews of the political elite, rather than in external political or economic constraints.
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Following Their Leaders - Political Preferences And Public Policy

by Randall G. (Florida State University) Holcombe

37,85€ + 10% CARD

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 Models of democratic decision-making tend to assume that voters have preferences, and that candidates conform to those preferences. In reality, voters adopt the policies of those political elites - they follow their leaders. Policies are designed by the elite and the masses have little influence over them.
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The Politics Of Order In Informal Markets - How The State Shapes Private Governance

by Shelby (Stanford University, California) Grossman

29,74€ + 10% CARD

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 This is a book for political scientists and economists interested in the political economy of development and private governance, along with anyone interested in the micro-dynamics of informal markets. The book introduces a theory for how the state shapes private governance, using data from traders and market associations in Nigeria.
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The Ideological Foundations Of Qing Taxation - Belief Systems, Politics, And Institutions

by Taisu Zhang

133,84€ + 10% CARD

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 This survey of the fiscal history of China's last imperial dynasty explains why its ability to tax was unusually weak. It argues that the answer lies in the internal ideological worldviews of the political elite, rather than in external political or economic constraints.
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The Laws And Economics Of Confucianism - Kinship And Property In Preindustrial China And England

by Taisu (Yale University, Connecticut) Zhang

45,96€ + 10% CARD

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 This book explores how property institutions in preindustrial China and England differed, and how those differences changed the trajectories of agricultural production. Tying together previously separated fields of cultural and legal history and institutional economics, it will be of interest to scholars of history, law, sociology, and economics.
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Persecution And Toleration - The Long Road To Religious Freedom

by Mark (George Mason University, Virginia) Koyama e Noel D. (George Mason University, Virginia) Johnson

35,15€ + 10% CARD

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 The emergence of religious liberty in the West is one of the most important developments in modern history. This book treats the subject in an integrative way, borrowing tools from economics, history, and political science. Researchers in fields across the humanities and social sciences will find it a valuable resource.
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Land, The State, And War - Property Institutions And Political Order In Afghanistan

by Ilia Murtazashvili e Jennifer Brick Murtazashvili

131,18€ + 10% CARD

 This book explains how people define and enforce property rights when they cannot rely on the government to do so, why governments are unable or unwilling to recognize property rights, and why legal titling is unable to improve economic livelihoods in fragile states.
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Politics Of Order In Informal Markets - How The State Shapes Private Governance

by Shelby Grossman

29,15€ + 10% CARD

 This is a book for political scientists and economists interested in the political economy of development and private governance, along with anyone interested in the micro-dynamics of informal markets. The book introduces a theory for how the state shapes private governance, using data from traders and market associations in Nigeria.
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The Politics Of Order In Informal Markets - How The State Shapes Private Governance

by Shelby (Stanford University, California) Grossman

147,35€ + 10% CARD

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 This is a book for political scientists and economists interested in the political economy of development and private governance, along with anyone interested in the micro-dynamics of informal markets. The book introduces a theory for how the state shapes private governance, using data from traders and market associations in Nigeria.
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Land, The State, And War - Property Institutions And Political Order In Afghanistan

by Ilia (University Of Pittsburgh) Murtazashvili e Jennifer Brick (University Of Pittsburgh) Murtazashvili

133,84€ + 10% CARD

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 This book explains how people define and enforce property rights when they cannot rely on the government to do so, why governments are unable or unwilling to recognize property rights, and why legal titling is unable to improve economic livelihoods in fragile states.
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Wretched Refuse? - The Political Economy Of Immigration And Institutions

by Alex Nowrasteh e Benjamin Powell

45,05€ + 10% CARD

 Establishes the economic case for free immigration by reviewing the predominant obstacle in its path: the notion that immigrants harm destination country institutions. Cross-country case-study evidence is utilised to reject this concept. This text will engage any reader curious about the relationship between immigration policy and economics.
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Wretched Refuse? - The Political Economy Of Immigration And Institutions

by Alex Nowrasteh e Benjamin Powell

140,60€ + 10% CARD

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 Establishes the economic case for free immigration by reviewing the predominant obstacle in its path: the notion that immigrants harm destination country institutions. Cross-country case-study evidence is utilised to reject this concept. This text will engage any reader curious about the relationship between immigration policy and economics.
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Wretched Refuse? - The Political Economy Of Immigration And Institutions

by Alex Nowrasteh e Benjamin Powell

45,96€ + 10% CARD

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 Establishes the economic case for free immigration by reviewing the predominant obstacle in its path: the notion that immigrants harm destination country institutions. Cross-country case-study evidence is utilised to reject this concept. This text will engage any reader curious about the relationship between immigration policy and economics.
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Escaping Paternalism - Rationality, Behavioral Economics, And Public Policy

by Glen Whitman e Mario J. Rizzo

53,00€ + 10% CARD

 This book carefully dissects the claims of nudge theory and other forms of paternalism based on behavioral economics. The authors reveal how paternalist normative standards are unjustified and why paternalist policymaking is unlikely to produce desirable results, arguing instead for a more inclusive theory of rationality in economic policymaking.
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Escaping Paternalism - Rationality, Behavioral Economics, And Public Policy

by Glen (Professor, California State University, Northridge) Whitman e Mario J. (Professor, New York University) Rizzo

177,10€ + 10% CARD

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 This book carefully dissects the claims of nudge theory and other forms of paternalism based on behavioral economics. The authors reveal how paternalist normative standards are unjustified and why paternalist policymaking is unlikely to produce desirable results, arguing instead for a more inclusive theory of rationality in economic policymaking.
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Governing Complexity - Analyzing And Applying Polycentricity

147,35€ + 10% CARD

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 Building on the work of Elinor and Vincent Ostrom and the 'Bloomington School', Governing Complexity provides an updated explanation of polycentric governance, and critically evaluates its usefulness through examples in contemporary settings involving complex natural resource systems.
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Persecution And Toleration - The Long Road To Religious Freedom

by Mark Koyama e Noel D. Johnson

34,45€ + 10% CARD

 The emergence of religious liberty in the West is one of the most important developments in modern history. This book treats the subject in an integrative way, borrowing tools from economics, history, and political science. Researchers in fields across the humanities and social sciences will find it a valuable resource.
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Humanomics - Moral Sentiments And The Wealth Of Nations For The Twenty-First Century

by Bart J. Wilson e Vernon L. Smith

33,13€ + 10% CARD

 Articulates Adam Smith's model of human sociality, illustrated in experimental economic games that relate easily to business and everyday life. Shows how to re-humanize the study of economics in the twenty-first century by integrating Adam Smith's two great books into contemporary empirical analysis.
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Persecution And Toleration - The Long Road To Religious Freedom

by Mark (George Mason University, Virginia) Koyama e Noel D. (George Mason University, Virginia) Johnson

82,46€ + 10% CARD

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 The emergence of religious liberty in the West is one of the most important developments in modern history. This book treats the subject in an integrative way, borrowing tools from economics, history, and political science. Researchers in fields across the humanities and social sciences will find it a valuable resource.
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Public Entrepreneurship, Citizenship, And Self-Governance

by Paul Dragos Aligica

38,43€ + 10% CARD

 Building on the work of Nobel Prize in Economics winner Elinor Ostrom, the book revisits the theory of political self-governance in the context of recent developments in social sciences and political philosophy. Aligica presents a fresh conceptualization of self-governance as a response to cutting-edge challenges of populism, paternalism and authoritarianism.
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Political Capitalism - How Economic And Political Power Is Made And Maintained

by Randall G. Holcombe

38,43€ + 10% CARD

 Explains why unequal political and economic power is perpetuated through the self-interested behavior of well-connected politicians and economic elites. Describes developments in political and economic policy that maintain these advantages and discusses ways in which public policy could be redirected back toward the public interest.
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Public Entrepreneurship, Citizenship, And Self-Governance

by Paul Dragos (George Mason University, Virginia) Aligica

39,20€ + 10% CARD

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 Building on the work of Nobel Prize in Economics winner Elinor Ostrom, the book revisits the theory of political self-governance in the context of recent developments in social sciences and political philosophy. Aligica presents a fresh conceptualization of self-governance as a response to cutting-edge challenges of populism, paternalism and authoritarianism.
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Public Entrepreneurship, Citizenship, And Self-Governance

by Paul Dragos (George Mason University, Virginia) Aligica

140,60€ + 10% CARD

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 Building on the work of Nobel Prize in Economics winner Elinor Ostrom, the book revisits the theory of political self-governance in the context of recent developments in social sciences and political philosophy. Aligica presents a fresh conceptualization of self-governance as a response to cutting-edge challenges of populism, paternalism and authoritarianism.
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