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Economics of Family Law Volume I
Edited by
Margaret F. Brinig Fritz Duda Family Chair in Law Notre Dame University, USA
ECONOMIC APPROACHES TO LAW
An Elgar Reference Collection Cheltenham, UK • Northampton, MA, USA
Contents A cknowledgements Introduction Margaret F. Brinig PARTI
BEFORE MARRIAGE AND PARENTHOOD A
Outside Family Institutions
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George A. Akerlof, Janet L. Yellin and Michael L. Katz (1996), 'An Analysis of Out-of-Wedlock Childbearing in the United States', Quarterly Journal of Economics, CXI (2), May, 277-317 2. Elisabeth M. Landes and Richard A. Posner (1975), 'The Economics of the Baby Shortage', Journal of Legal Studies, 7 (2), June, 323-48 3. Margaret F. Brinig (1990), 'Rings and Promises', Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, 6(1), Spring, 203-15 4. Margaret F. Brinig and Steven L. Nock (2004), 'Marry Me, Bill: Should Cohabitation Be the (Legal) Default Option?', Louisiana Law Review, 64 (3), Spring, 403-42 5. Stephane Mechoulan (2006), 'Divorce Laws and the Structure of the American Family', Journal of Legal Studies, 35, January, 143-74 B 6.
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PART II
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Choice of Spouse and Premarital Bargaining Margaret F. Brinig and Michael V. Alexeev (1995), 'Fraud in Courtship: Annulment and Divorce', European Journal of Law and Economics, 2(1), March, 45-62 Douglas W. Allen (1992), 'What Does She See in Him? The Effect of Sharing on the Choice of Spouse', Economic Inquiry, XXX (1), January, 57-67 Amy L. Wax (1998), 'Bargaining in the Shadow of the Market: Is There a Future for Egalitarian Marriage?', Virginia Law Review, 84 (4), May, 509-672
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PARENTING AND BEING MARRIED A 9.
Family and State Gary S. Becker and Kevin M. Murphy (1988), 'The Family and The State', Journal of Law and Economics, XXXI (1), April, 1-18
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Economics
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Elizabeth S. Scott and Robert E. Scott (1995), 'Parents as Fiduciaries', Virginia Law Review, 81 (8), November, 2401-76 Jennifer Roback Morse (1995), The Development of the Child, Prepared for the Liberty Fund Symposium: The Family, the Person and the State, March, 1-40
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The Family Firm
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Steven L. Nock and Margaret F. Brinig (2002), 'Weak Men and Disorderly Women: Divorce and the Division of Labor', in Antony W. Dnes and Robert Rowthorn (eds), The Law and Economics of Marriage and Divorce, Chapter 10, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 171-90 Brian H. Bix (2001), 'How to Plot Love on an Indifference Curve', Michigan Law Review, 99 (6), May, 1439-54 Saul Levmore (1995), 'Love It or Leave It: Property Rules, Liability Rules, and Exclusivity of Remedies in Partnership and Marriage', Law and Contemporary Problems, 58 (2), Spring, 221-49
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The Unhappy Family
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Shelly Lundberg and Robert A. Pollak (1993), 'Separate Spheres Bargaining and the Marriage Market', Journal of Political Economy,
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Allen M. Parkman (1998), 'Why are Married Women Working So Hard?', International Review of Law and Economics, 18 (1), March, 41_9
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