Essay

Laws, Enforcement, Legality, and Economic Development

Authors: Frank H. Stephen (The University of Manchester) , Stefan Van Hemmen (Autonomous University of Barcelona)

Abstract

This Essay will examine the relationship between laws, enforcement, legality, and economic development by utilizing a framework developed within the New Institutional Economics.

Keywords: Law & economics, Institutional economics, Economic development, New institutional economics (NIE), Governance, Institutional environment, United States

How to Cite: Stephen, F. & Van Hemmen, S. (2008) “Laws, Enforcement, Legality, and Economic Development”, Washington University Journal of Law and Policy. 26(1).