Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
1 The Rule of Law in the Historical Context.- 2 The Institutional Change: Historical Background.- 3 Fundamental economic indicators of the Ottoman Economy.- 4 A comparison with European societies under the State Finance.- 5 Tax -farming contracts.- 6 Law and economics of tax-farming contracts.- 7 Prisoner's Dilemma as a tool to analyze tax-farming institutions.- 8 Commitment Problems and the Law Enforcement.- 9 A comparison with France.- 10 Concluding Remarks.