Overview
Transaction costs (TC) are the “friction” in an economic system, and their analysis is vital to understanding institutional design and economic performance. Law and Transaction Costs in the Ancient Economy is the first volume to collect specific studies from a transaction cost perspective. The volume offers models of this new way of looking at ancient evidence, and suggests ways in which traditional subject areas might inform problems in contemporary economics and legal studies. After the editors’ methodological introduction, the contributors investigate the roles and effects of transaction costs in fourth-century Athens, Ptolemaic Egypt, the Roman Empire, and late antiquity, on the basis of legal texts, papyri, and inscriptions. Collected here are some of the leading voices on TC analysis in ancient history, as well as established scholars, including several who do not usually publish in English: Alain Bresson, Giuseppe Dari-Mattiacci, Rudolf Haensch, Dennis Kehoe, François Lerouxel, J. G. Manning, Brian Muhs, Josiah Ober, David M. Ratzan, Gerhard Thür, and Uri Yiftach. This volume will speak to those who identify with traditional subject areas, like epigraphy or Greek law, and will also demonstrate the value of experimenting with this new way of looking at ancient evidence.
Full Product Details
Author: David Ratzan ,
Dennis P. Kehoe ,
Uri Yiftach
Publisher: The University of Michigan Press
Imprint: The University of Michigan Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 3.30cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.603kg
ISBN: 9780472119608
ISBN 10: 0472119605
Pages: 310
Publication Date: 11 November 2015
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
"""Provides historians with an interesting instrument regarding characteristics of law and transaction costs in antiquity."" --Latomus-- ""Latomus"" (1/16/2018 12:00:00 AM)"
""Provides historians with an interesting instrument regarding characteristics of law and transaction costs in antiquity."" --Latomus * Latomus *
Provides historians with an interesting instrument regarding characteristics of law and transaction costs in antiquity. --Latomus-- Latomus (1/16/2018 12:00:00 AM)
Provides historians with an interesting instrument regarding characteristics of law and transaction costs in antiquity. --Latomus-- (01/16/2018)
Author Information
Dennis P. Kehoe is Professor of Classical Studies and Associate Faculty Member of the School of Law, Tulane University. David M. Ratzan is Head Librarian at New York University’s Institute for the Study of the Ancient World. Uri Yiftach is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Classical Studies at Tel Aviv University.
