Essays on the Law and Economics of Local Governments
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In the past several years, the study of law has become increasingly prevalent among economists, while the discipline of economics (as well as other social sciences) has increasingly come under scrutiny by legal scholars. In fact the range of subject matter included under “law and economics” is rather broad, and many of the underlying methodological issues are relevant for the study of disparate areas in both law and economics. The five papers include in this volume are an outgrowth of interest in the relationship between law and economics among economists and lawyers, with a specific, substantive interest in the economics of state and local governments. These papers were originally presented at the October, 1978 meeting of the Committee of Urban Public Economics (COUPE) held at Harvard Law School. The conference was organized by A. Mitchell Polinsky and Daniel L. Rubinfeld, and was supported financially by the Urban Institute. While each of the five papers touches, to ne extent or another, on the subject matter of local public economics, the range of materials and issues is extremely broad. Three of the conference papers are essentially normative essays.
Publication Date
1979
Recommended Citation
Rubinfeld, Daniel L., "Essays on the Law and Economics of Local Governments" (1979). Faculty Books & Edited Works. 921.
https://gretchen.law.nyu.edu/fac-books-edited-works/921
