Measuring legal systems

Journal of Comparative Economics

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 711-728

  Rosenthal, Howard ^a   Voeten, Erik ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian; Courts; Development; Factor analysis; Item response; Law and economics; Legal origin; Measurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 36148999085     PISSN: 01475967     EISSN: 10957227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2007.08.001     Document Type: Article

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