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Intro -- Foreword -- References -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Charts -- List of Tables -- 1: Introduction to the Palgrave Handbook of Comparative Economics -- 1 What's in a Term? -- 2 The "Old" Comparative Economics: The Origin of the Field -- 3 From "Old" to "New" Comparative Economics -- 4 Further Evolutions: More Institutions, More Outcomes -- 5 Structure of the Book -- 6 Some More Guidance on How to Read This Handbook -- References -- Part I: Evolution of the Field of Comparative Economics Systems -- 2: A Historiography of Comparative Economics -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Early Economic Comparisons -- 3 Economic Systems Based on Religion and Utopias -- 4 Toward Systems Based on Self-Interest -- 5 General Equilibrium Theory and the Pareto Principle -- 6 Sovietology as Comparative Economics -- 7 The Economic System -- 8 The Economics of Transition -- 9 The New Comparative Economics -- 10 Institutions -- 11 Conclusion -- References -- 3: The Soviet Economic System: An Archival Re-evaluation -- 1 Western Historiography of the Soviet Economy -- 2 The Archival Revolution -- 3 Planners' Preference of the Dictator -- 4 The Stalin Dictatorship -- 5 The Planned Economy: Gosplan -- 6 Resource Managers Versus Planners -- 7 Money and Prices -- 8 Freezing the Economy at the Achieved Level -- 9 Conclusions -- References -- 4: Institutions, Institutional Systems and Their Dynamics -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Institutions and Institutional Systems -- 3 Different Institutional Systems Have Different Dynamics -- 4 The Typology of Institutional Systems and of the Major Transitions -- 5 Transition Toward Socialism and Away from It -- 6 Economic Transitions Under Democracy -- 7 Authoritarian Transitions After Free Elections -- 8 Concluding Comments -- References.

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Preface -- Overview of comparative economics -- How do we compare economies? -- The theory and practice of market capitalism -- The theory and history of marxism and socialism -- Islamic economics and the economics of other religions varieties of advanced market capitalism -- The United States of America : the market capitalist leader -- Japan : can a former planned new traditional economy thrive? -- France : whither indicative planning? : the case of France -- Sweden: crisis and reform of the capitalist welfare state -- The unification of germany and the unification of europe -- Varieties of the systemic transition process -- The myth and reality of the soviet command socialist economy and Russia's economic transition -- Post-soviet states : alternative paths of transition and divergent models of market economies -- Poland : a success story of economic transition? -- China's socialist market economy : the sleeping giant wakes -- North and south korea : the lingering shadow of the cold war -- Alternative paths among developing economies -- India : the elephant walks -- Iran : the struggle for a new traditional islamic economy -- South africa : systemic change and the struggle for racial justice -- Mexico : revolution and reform in the mexican economy -- Brazil : the search for sustainable development and socioeconomic equality -- Evolving trends of the transforming world economy -- Glossary -- Index -- References

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The Past, Present and Future of Comparative Law and Economics / Giovanni B. Ramello -- Markets, Contracts, and Firms: A Unified Model of Organizational Choice / Thomas J. Miceli -- Law, Social Norms, and Standards: Their Nexus with Government and their Impact on the Economic Performance of Nation States / Nicholas Mercuro -- The Market for Legal Innovation: Law and Economics in Europe and the United States / Nuno Garoupa and Thomas S. Ulen -- Principles, Tolerance and Institutional Torpor / Enrico Colombatto -- Structure and Style in Comparative Property Law / Yun-chien Chang and Henry E. Smith -- A Comparative View of Local Tax and Expenditure Limitations and their Consequences / Federico Revelli -- Iron Fist in a Velvet Glove? Judicial Behavior in Mixed Courts / Valerie P. Hans and Anne Jolivet -- Global Competition Law Convergence: Potential Roles for Economics / David J. Gerber -- The Comparative Law and Economics of Energy Markets / Giuseppe Bellantuono -- A Comparative Law and Economics Analysis of Damages for Patent Infringement / Thomas F. Cotter -- The Comparative Economics of International Intellectual Property Agreements / Peter K. Yu -- Copyright and Tort as Mirror Models: On Not Mistaking for the Right Hand What the Left Hand is Doing / Wendy J. Gordon -- The Eurozone Crisis, the Defective Policy Response and the Need for Institutional Innovation / Enrico Marelli and Marcello Signorelli -- The Effect of Stakes on Settlement: An Empirical Lesson from Taiwan / Kuo-Chang Huang -- Comparative Judicial Efficiency: Examining Case Disposition in Five Countries' Courts of Last Resort / Anthony Kreis, John Szmer and Robert K. Christensen -- Copyright Law and the Supply of Creative Work: Evidence from the Movies / Ivan Paak Liang Png and Qiu-hong Wang -- International Environmental Agreement Effectiveness: A Review of Empirical Studies / Kendall A. Houghton and Helen T. Naughton -- The American and the European Market of Human Experimentation, A Comparative Study on Regulation and Competitiveness / Antonella Foddis and Roberto Ippoliti.

The book is a short introduction to comparative law and economics, a growing field in the interaction between law, economics and comparative political science. It is a guide to economists, lawyers and political scientists looking for a brief overview. It includes both strands of the traditional literature, namely the role of legal families and microeconomic analysis of legal rules in a comparative perspective. The study of courts at the global level is complemented by comparative judicial politics

"The book is a short introduction to Comparative Law and Economics, a growing field in the interaction between Law, Economics and Comparative Political Science. It is guide to economists, lawyers and political scientists looking for a brief overview. It includes both strands of the traditional literature, namely the role of legal families and microeconomic analysis of legal rules in a comparative perspective. The study of courts at the global level is complemented by comparative judicial politics."