Entitlements and Obligations

Schlicht, Ekkehart (1995): Entitlements and Obligations. Münchener Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Beiträge (VWL) 1995-20

Abstract

This is an electronic reprint of the second chapter of the book "On Custom in the Economy" by Ekkehart Schlicht that has been published in 1998 by the Clarendon Press, Oxford. The chapter focusses on the behavioral entailments of concluding a contract.

• Dokumententyp: Paper
• Publikationsform: Publisher's Version
• Keywords: Keywords: entitlements, obligations, contracting, norms, behavioral economics, self-enforcing contracts non-enforcable contracts, norms, moralistic aggression
• Fakultät: Volkswirtschaft > Munich Discussion Papers in Economics ; Volkswirtschaft > Munich Discussion Papers in Economics > Verhaltenswissenschaftliche Ökonomik ; Volkswirtschaft > Munich Discussion Papers in Economics > Institutionenökonomik ; Volkswirtschaft > Munich Discussion Papers in Economics > Ökonomie des Rechts ; Volkswirtschaft > Lehrstühle > Seminar für Theorie und Politik der Einkommensverteilung (aufgelöst)
• Themengebiete: 300 Sozialwissenschaften > 330 Wirtschaft
• JEL Classification: A12, D01, D03, D86, K11, K12, L14, P14, P48
• ISBN: 0-19-829224-4
• Sprache: Englisch

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