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K - Law and Economics

Economists whose primary contribution applies economic reasoning to legal institutions, property rights, transaction costs and contracts. Belongs here: founders of the economic analysis of law and of property-rights and contract theory grounded in transaction costs. Does not belong here: an economist whose institutional analysis is chiefly about economic history or development rather than legal institutions themselves.

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1. JEL Classification Codes (AEA)
American Economic AssociationJEL guide, letter K (economist field)
Quote, JEL guide, letter K (economist field)
K0: General; K1: Basic Areas of Law; K2: Regulation and Business Law; K3: Other Substantive Areas of Law; K4: Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior
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