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This chapter covers …

  • the importance of property rights.

  • the different forms of markets.

  • the importance of “money” as a barter good.

  • basic terminology that is useful in analyzing markets.

  • where economics and law meet.

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References

  • Berman, H. (1983). The Formation of the Western Legal Tradition. Harvard University Press.

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  • Weber, M. (1988). Politik als Beruf. In M. Weber, Gesammelte Politische Schriften (pp. 505–560). Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck.

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Further Reading

  • Roberts, J. (1987). Perfectly and Imperfectly Competitive Markets. The New Palgrave: A Dictionary of Economics. V. 3.

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  • Stigler J. G. (1987). Competition. The New Palgrave: A Dictionary of Economics. V. 3.

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Kolmar, M. (2017). Introduction. In: Principles of Microeconomics. Springer Texts in Business and Economics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57589-6_3

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