Entrepreneurial economics bright ideas from the dismal science /

Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Other Authors: Tabarrok, Alexander.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.
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Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10142526
Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: Part I. Wealth and Health Insurance 2. Macro Markets and FinancialSecurity 23
  • Stefano Athanasoulis, Robert Shiller, and Eric van Wincoop
  • 3. Gene Insurance 47
  • Alexander Tabarrok
  • 4. Time-Consistent Health Insurance 53
  • John H. Cochrane
  • Part II. The Use of Information in Markets
  • 5. Decision Markets 79
  • Robin D. Hanson
  • Part III. The Shortage of Human Organs
  • 6. A Market for Organs 89
  • Andy H. Barnett, Roger D. Blair, and David L. Kaserman
  • 7. The Organ Shortage: A Tragedy of the Commons? 107
  • Alexander Tabarrok
  • Part IV. Efficient Justice
  • 8. A Modest Proposal to Improve Judicial Incentives 115
  • Steven Landsburg
  • 9. Privatizing Probation and Parole 117
  • Morgan Reynolds
  • 10. More Juslice foI Less Money: A Slep beyond Cimino 129
  • David Friedman
  • Part V. Bankruptcy and Securities Regulation
  • 11. Improving Bankruptcy Procedure 153
  • Philippe Aghion, Oliver Hart, and John Moore
  • 12. Empowering Investors: A Market Approach to Securities
  • Regulation 177
  • Roberta Romano
  • Part VI. Patents without Monopoly
  • 13. Patent Buyouts: A Mechanism for Encouraging Innovation 245
  • Michael Kremer
  • Part VII. Urban Transit
  • 14. Curb Rights: Eliciting Competition and Entrepreneurship in Urban
  • Transit 275
  • Daniel B. Klein, Adrian T. Moore, and Binyam Reja
  • Index 299
  • About the Independent Institute 315.