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Robert Cooter

2009

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Uc System: Layoffs, Not Pay Cuts, Robert D. Cooter, Aaron Edlin Jul 2009

Uc System: Layoffs, Not Pay Cuts, Robert D. Cooter, Aaron Edlin

Robert Cooter

The University of California should should respond to the financial crisis of 2009 by reducing employment, not salaries. Employment should be reduced by eliminating inferior programs and activities remote from the core mission of teaching and research.


Law And The Poverty Of Nations, Robert D. Cooter, Hans Bernd Schaefer Jan 2009

Law And The Poverty Of Nations, Robert D. Cooter, Hans Bernd Schaefer

Robert Cooter

This book manuscript uses the economic analysis of law and the theory of economic development to explain why some poor countries remain poor and others become rich. The book contributes to the economic analysis of law by reformulating its central conclusions in terms of growth, not static efficiency, and it contributes to the economic theory of growth by probing its legal foundations. The manuscript’s style is accessible to non-specialists and its substance challenges specialists. The book’s theme is that sustained growth comes from economic innovation, which combines novel ideas and capital. Combining them poses a “double trust problem” -- the …