This monograph sets the stage for experiments by first examining a sample data set that looks very much like the typical historical data one gathers from the field, only it was actually generated in the laboratory so that we know what really went on. The example demonstrates how misleading the...

Government regulation is ubiquitous today in rich and middle-income countries--present in areas that range from workplace conditions to food processing to school curricula--although standard economic theories predict that it should be rather uncommon. In this book, Andrei Shleifer argues that...

The theme of micro-foundation of economic theory has not been adequately addressed. This is true even of those who pioneered the area of micro-foundation of macro-economics. The great missing link in economic theory, both of micro-economics and macro-economics, is the inability to...

Outlines the difference between the attitude of Menger and that of Böhm-Bawerk to Roscher's economic system. Argues that this difference symbolizes the difference in their theoretical contributions in the field of interest theory. Contrasts Menger's use of theoretic assumption with...