Hume's Counterpoint: A Chapter on Property

Schlicht, Ekkehart (1995): Hume's Counterpoint: A Chapter on Property. Discussion Papers in Economics 1995

Abstract

This is a draft of chapter three of the book "On Custom in the Economy" by Ekkehart Schlicht that has been published in 1998 by the Clarendon Press, Oxford and is now available in paperback from Oxford University Pess (ISBN: 9780198823469). The chapter focusses on the behavioral foundations of property formation.

• Item Type: Paper
• Keywords: Keywords: entitlements, obligations, contracting, norms, behavioral economics, self-enforcing contracts non-enforcable contracts, norms, moralistic aggression
• Faculties: Economics > Munich Discussion Papers in Economics; Economics > Munich Discussion Papers in Economics > Behavioral Economics; Economics > Munich Discussion Papers in Economics > Institutional Economics; Economics > Munich Discussion Papers in Economics > Law and Economics; Economics > Chairs > Chair of Institutional Economics (closed)
• Subjects: 300 Social sciences > 330 Economics
• JEL Classification: A12, D01, D03, D86, K11, K12, L14, P14, P48
• ISBN: 0-19-829224-4
• Language: English

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