| Description |
viii, 312 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction Economic fables and public policy / Daniel F. Spulber -- The lighthouse in economics / Ronald H. Coase -- The voluntary provision of public goods? The turnpike companies of early America / Daniel B. Klein -- The fable of the bees : an economic investigation / Steven N.S. Cheung -- The fable of the keys / Stan J. Liebowitz / Stephen E. Margolis -- Beta, Macintosh, and other fabulous tales / Stan J. Liebowitz / Stephen E. Margolis -- Delivering coal by road and rail in Britain : the efficiency of the "silly little bobtailed wagons" / Va Nee L. Van Vleck -- The acquisition of Fisher Body by General Motors / Ronald H. Coase -- The fable of Fisher Body / Ramon Casadesus-Masanell / Daniel F. Spulber -- Sharecropping / Steven N.S. Cheung -- Predatory price cutting : the standard oil (N.J.) case / John S. McGee -- Another look at Alcoa: raising rivals' costs does not improve the view / John E. Lopatka / Paul E. Godek -- How much did the Liberty Shipbuilders learn? New evidence for an old case study / Peter Thompson -- Financial legends The / Economist |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Business failures -- History.
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Economic policy -- History.
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| Author |
Spulber, Daniel F.
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| LC no. |
2001025583 |
| ISBN |
0631226753 |
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0631226745 |
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