Tomorrow 3.0

Michael C Munger

• Hardcover | Engels | Cambridge Studies in Economics, Choice, and Society
• With the growing popularity of apps such as Uber and Airbnb, there has been a keen interest in the rise of the sharing economy. Michael C. Munger brin... Lees meer

Governing Complexity

• Hardcover | Engels | Cambridge Studies in Economics, Choice, and Society
• There has been a rapid expansion of academic interest and publications on polycentricity. In the contemporary world, nearly all governance situations ... Lees meer

Anarchy Unbound

Peter T Leeson

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Studies in Economics, Choice, and Society
• In Anarchy Unbound, Peter T. Leeson uses rational choice theory to explore the benefits of self-governance. Relying on experience from the past and pr... Lees meer

Generating Generosity in Catholicism and Islam

Carolyn M Warner, Ramazan Kılınç, Christopher W Hale, Adam B Cohen

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Studies in Economics, Choice, and Society
• Using an innovative methodological approach combining field experiments, case studies, and statistical analyzes, this book explores how the religious ... Lees meer

The Laws and Economics of Confucianism

Taisu Zhang

• Hardcover | Engels | Cambridge Studies in Economics, Choice, and Society
• Tying together cultural history, legal history, and institutional economics, The Laws and Economics of Confucianism: Kinship and Property in Preindust... Lees meer

The Punisher's Brain

Morris B Hoffman

• Hardcover | Engels | Cambridge Studies in Economics, Choice, and Society
• Why do we punish, and why do we forgive? Are these learned behaviors, or is there something deeper going on? This book argues that there is indeed som... Lees meer

Persecution and Toleration

Noel D Johnson, Mark Koyama

• Hardcover | Engels | Cambridge Studies in Economics, Choice, and Society
• Religious freedom has become an emblematic value in the West. Embedded in constitutions and championed by politicians and thinkers across the politica... Lees meer

The Ethics of Influence

Cass R Sunstein

• Hardcover | Engels | Cambridge Studies in Economics, Choice, and Society
• In recent years, 'nudge units' or 'behavioral insights teams' have been created in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, and other nations. ... Lees meer

Following Their Leaders

Randall G Holcombe

• Hardcover | Engels | Cambridge Studies in Economics, Choice, and Society
• Models of democratic decision-making tend to assume that voters have preferences and that candidates adjust their platforms to conform with those pref... Lees meer

Islam Instrumentalized

Jean-Philippe Platteau

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Studies in Economics, Choice, and Society
• In this book, economist Jean-Philippe Platteau addresses the question: does Islam, the religion of Muslims, bear some responsibility for a lack of eco... Lees meer

Tomorrow 3.0

Michael C Munger

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Studies in Economics, Choice, and Society
• With the growing popularity of apps such as Uber and Airbnb, there has been a keen interest in the rise of the sharing economy. Michael C. Munger brin... Lees meer

Generating Generosity in Catholicism and Islam

Carolyn M Warner, Ramazan Kılınç, Christopher W Hale, Adam B Cohen

• Hardcover | Engels | Cambridge Studies in Economics, Choice, and Society
• Using an innovative methodological approach combining field experiments, case studies, and statistical analyzes, this book explores how the religious ... Lees meer

Humanomics

Vernon L Smith, Bart J Wilson

• Hardcover | Engels | Cambridge Studies in Economics, Choice, and Society
• While neo-classical analysis works well for studying impersonal exchange in markets, it fails to explain why people conduct themselves the way they do... Lees meer

Expert Failure

Roger Koppl

• Hardcover | Engels | Cambridge Studies in Economics, Choice, and Society
• The humble idea that experts are ordinary human beings leads to surprising conclusions about how to get the best possible expert advice. All too often... Lees meer

Environmental Markets

Terry L Anderson, Gary D Libecap

• Hardcover | Engels | Cambridge Studies in Economics, Choice, and Society
• Environmental Markets explains the prospects of using markets to improve environmental quality and resource conservation. No other book focuses on a p... Lees meer

Escaping Paternalism

Mario J Rizzo, Glen Whitman

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Studies in Economics, Choice, and Society
• The burgeoning field of behavioral economics has produced a new set of justifications for paternalism. This book challenges behavioral paternalism on ... Lees meer

Out of Poverty

Benjamin Powell

• Hardcover | Engels | Cambridge Studies in Economics, Choice, and Society
• This book provides a comprehensive defense of third-world sweatshops. It explains how these sweatshops provide the best available opportunity to worke... Lees meer

Rulers, Religion, and Riches

Jared Rubin

• Hardcover | Engels | Cambridge Studies in Economics, Choice, and Society
• For centuries following the spread of Islam, the Middle East was far ahead of Europe. Yet, the modern economy was born in Europe. Why was it not born ... Lees meer

The Laws and Economics of Confucianism

Taisu Zhang

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Studies in Economics, Choice, and Society
• Tying together cultural history, legal history, and institutional economics, The Laws and Economics of Confucianism: Kinship and Property in Preindust... Lees meer

Following Their Leaders

Randall G Holcombe

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Studies in Economics, Choice, and Society
• Models of democratic decision-making tend to assume that voters have preferences and that candidates adjust their platforms to conform with those pref... Lees meer

Political Capitalism

Randall G Holcombe

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Studies in Economics, Choice, and Society
• Problems associated with cronyism, corporatism, and policies that favor the elite over the masses have received increasing attention in recent years. ... Lees meer

The Politics of Order in Informal Markets

Shelby Grossman

• Hardcover | Engels | Cambridge Studies in Economics, Choice, and Society
• Property rights are important for economic exchange, but many governments don't protect them. Private market organizations can fill this gap by provid... Lees meer

Public Entrepreneurship, Citizenship, and Self-Governance

Paul Dragos Aligica

• Hardcover | Engels | Cambridge Studies in Economics, Choice, and Society
• In this book Paul Dragos Aligica revisits the theory of political self-governance in the context of recent developments in behavioral economics and po... Lees meer

Escaping Paternalism

Mario J Rizzo, Glen Whitman

• Hardcover | Engels | Cambridge Studies in Economics, Choice, and Society
• The burgeoning field of behavioral economics has produced a new set of justifications for paternalism. This book challenges behavioral paternalism on ... Lees meer