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The entrepreneurial economist : bright ideas from economic principles / Alexander Tabarrok.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tabarrok, Alexander, author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Economics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (329 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Entrepreneurial Economist reveals the power of economic thought to offer innovative solutions to some of the difficult problems facing society today.
- 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
- 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.
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2002.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-771013-1
- 1-280-48213-3
- 0-19-972809-7
- 1-4337-0062-X
- OCLC:
- 191036867
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