Private governance : creating order in economic and social life / Edward Peter Stringham.
From the world's first stock markets in the seventeenth century, to private policing in the early days of San Francisco, to the millions of credit card transactions and the complex financial markets governed by private rules today, 'Private Governance' makes the case that private rule...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
[2015]
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| Online Access: | Oxford Scholarship Online |
| Summary: | From the world's first stock markets in the seventeenth century, to private policing in the early days of San Francisco, to the millions of credit card transactions and the complex financial markets governed by private rules today, 'Private Governance' makes the case that private rules and regulations are more common, effective, and promising than most of us believe. Analytical narratives weave together history and economics to show readers how private governance works. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 283 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0199366128 0199366136 9780199366125 9780199366132 |