Law and Transaction Costs in the Ancient Economy

by Dennis P. Kehoe, Uri Yiftach, David Ratzan

Transaction costs (TC) are the "friction" in an economic system, and their analysis is vital to understanding institutional design and economic performance. Law and Transaction Costs in the Ancient Economy is the first volume to collect specific studies from a transaction cost perspective. The volume offers models of this new way of looking at ancient evidence, and suggests ways in which traditional subject areas might inform problems in contemporary...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472119605
• ISBN13: 9780472119608
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 310 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.9" x 9.1"