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Articles

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Not the Power to Destroy: An Effects Theory of the Tax Power (with Neil Siegel), Virginia Law Review (2012)

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The Secret of Growth Is Financing Secrets: Corporate Law and Growth Economics (with Hans Bernd Schaefer), Journal of Law and Economics (2011)

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Maturing into Normal Science: The Effect of Empirical Legal Studies on Law and Economics, Maturing into Normal Science: The Effect of Empirical Legal Studies on Law and Economics (2011)

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A Theory of Direct Democracy and the Single Subject Rule (with Michae Gilbert), A Theory of Direct Democracy and the Single Subject Rule (2010)

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Charity and Information: Correcting the Failure of a Disjunctive Social Norm (with Brian Broughman), Michigan Journal of Law Reform (2010)

Books

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The Falcon’s Gyre: Legal Foundations of Economic Innovation and Growth (2013)

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Solomon's Knot: How Law Can End the Poverty of Nations (with Hans-Bernd Schaefer) (2011)

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The People and the Strangers: Narratives and a Theory of American Indian Life (with Robert K. Thomas) (2003)

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Introduction to Law and Economics (with Thomas Ulen) (2000)

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The Strategic Constitution (1999)

Contributions to Books

Overtaking (with Aaron Edlin), The American Illness: Essays on the Rule of Law (2012)

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Chapter 1: The Importance of Law in Promoting Innovation and Growth (with Aaron Edlin, Robert Litan, and George Priest), Rules for Growth: Promoting Innovation and Growth Through Legal Reform (2011)

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Bargaining with the State, Internationalization of the Law and its Economic Analysis (2008)

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Bargaining with the State: Offsets and Mitigation in Developing Land, This short paper will appear in a commemorative book for Hans-Bernd Schäfer's 65th Birthday (2007)

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Adapt or Optimize? The Psychology and Economics of Rules of Evidence, Heuristics and the Law (2006)

Preprints

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Clearings and Thickets (with Aaron Edlin), The Ratio Research Colloquium on Property Rights, the Conditions for Enterprise and Economic Growth; the Comparative Law and Economics Forum (2011)

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Anti-Sharing as a Theory of Partnerships and Firms (with Roland Kirstein) (2006)

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Sharing and Anti-Sharing in Teams (with Roland Kirstein) (2006)

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The Misperception of Norms: The Psychology of Bias and the Economics of Equilibrium (with Michal Feldman and Yuval Feldman) (2006)

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Information, Innovation, and the Poverty of Nations, Free Market Foundation Occasional Paper15 (2006)

Works in Progress

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Law and the Poverty of Nations (with Hans Bernd Schaefer) (2009)

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Accidents and Tort Law.new chapter for Law & Pvrty Nations (with Hans Bernd Schaefer) (2007)

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SelectedWorks of Robert Cooter

Robert Cooter

Berkeley Law

Articles

Not the Power to Destroy: An Effects Theory of the Tax Power (with Neil Siegel), Virginia Law Review (2012)

The Secret of Growth Is Financing Secrets: Corporate Law and Growth Economics (with Hans Bernd Schaefer), Journal of Law and Economics (2011)

Maturing into Normal Science: The Effect of Empirical Legal Studies on Law and Economics, Maturing into Normal Science: The Effect of Empirical Legal Studies on Law and Economics (2011)

A Theory of Direct Democracy and the Single Subject Rule (with Michae Gilbert), A Theory of Direct Democracy and the Single Subject Rule (2010)

Charity and Information: Correcting the Failure of a Disjunctive Social Norm (with Brian Broughman), Michigan Journal of Law Reform (2010)

Books

The Falcon’s Gyre: Legal Foundations of Economic Innovation and Growth (2013)

Solomon's Knot: How Law Can End the Poverty of Nations (with Hans-Bernd Schaefer) (2011)

The People and the Strangers: Narratives and a Theory of American Indian Life (with Robert K. Thomas) (2003)

Introduction to Law and Economics (with Thomas Ulen) (2000)

The Strategic Constitution (1999)

Contributions to Books

Overtaking (with Aaron Edlin), The American Illness: Essays on the Rule of Law (2012)

Chapter 1: The Importance of Law in Promoting Innovation and Growth (with Aaron Edlin, Robert Litan, and George Priest), Rules for Growth: Promoting Innovation and Growth Through Legal Reform (2011)

Bargaining with the State, Internationalization of the Law and its Economic Analysis (2008)

Bargaining with the State: Offsets and Mitigation in Developing Land, This short paper will appear in a commemorative book for Hans-Bernd Schäfer's 65th Birthday (2007)

Adapt or Optimize? The Psychology and Economics of Rules of Evidence, Heuristics and the Law (2006)

Preprints

Clearings and Thickets (with Aaron Edlin), The Ratio Research Colloquium on Property Rights, the Conditions for Enterprise and Economic Growth; the Comparative Law and Economics Forum (2011)

Anti-Sharing as a Theory of Partnerships and Firms (with Roland Kirstein) (2006)

Sharing and Anti-Sharing in Teams (with Roland Kirstein) (2006)

The Misperception of Norms: The Psychology of Bias and the Economics of Equilibrium (with Michal Feldman and Yuval Feldman) (2006)

Information, Innovation, and the Poverty of Nations, Free Market Foundation Occasional Paper15 (2006)

Works in Progress

Law and the Poverty of Nations (with Hans Bernd Schaefer) (2009)

Accidents and Tort Law.new chapter for Law & Pvrty Nations (with Hans Bernd Schaefer) (2007)

Theories Meet Facts.new chapter for Law & Pvrty Nations (with Hans Bernd Schaefer) (2007)