Democracy, sea power and institutional change: An economic analysis of the Athenian Naval Law

European Journal of Law and Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 117-132

  Kyriazis, Nicholas C ^a   Zouboulakis, Michel S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Ancient Greece; Institutional change; Property rights; Public goods

Indexed keywords

EID: 4043087847     PISSN: 09291261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026342010780     Document Type: Review

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