Distributions of language rights in multilingual settings are analyzed from a normative viewpoint in this chapter. If …-benefit calculation has to be augmented in various ways if rights influence the status of a language, which in turn influences the … preferences for language rights. Also the inter-generational transfer of language repertoires to the next generation leads to an …

The essay gives an overview of how language planning and language policy can be motivated and analyzed by economic … methods. It is discussed what type of value language-related goods possess and what type of goods they are. Properties like … degrees of rivalry, exclusion, and shielding and how they can justify language planning are treated. A cost-benefit approach …

We model political contestation over school language policy, within linguistic communities where weak property rights … property rights protection might exacerbate such language conflicts, even as they reduce the chances of persisting with …

to several categories of literature in language economics. It consolidates the respective literature lists used by the …

language shapes bilateral bargaining. Our dataset extends existing work in two ways: 1) we recruit participants via behavioral …

The essay gives an overview of how language planning and language policy can be motivated and analyzed by economic … methods. It is discussed what type of value language-related goods possess and what type of goods they are. Properties like … degrees of rivalry, exclusion, and shielding and how they can justify language planning are treated. A cots-benefit approach …

obstructing the free market within Europe. Even when language policies are set down by means of conceding aid or advantages for … linguistic promotion can justify restrictions on European Community freedoms. At present, the European Court of Justice has been … discusses the European Court of Justice's approach to accommodating linguistic diversity within the European internal market and …