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The entrepreneurial economist : bright ideas from economic principles / Alexander Tabarrok.

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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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