Guido Calabresi's economic analysis of law, Coase and the Coase theorem

International Review of Law and Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 110-118

  Marciano, Alain ^a  

^a Lameta and University of Montpellier 1   (France)

Author keywords

Calabresi; Coase theorem; Economic analysis of law; Invariance; Problem of social cost; Stigler

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859269962     PISSN: 01448188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.irle.2011.09.001     Document Type: Article

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