Economics Uncut : A Guide To Life, Death And Misadventure Simon W. Bowmaker Death, Edward Elgar
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- Economics Uncut
- PART I SINS AND NEEDLES
- 1 Economics of drug addiction
- 2 Economics of drug prohibition
- 3 Economics of drug liberalization
- PART II GUNS AND ROSES
- 4 Economics of crime
- 5 Economics of marriage and divorce
- PART III BODY AND SOUL
- 6 Economics of pornography
- 1 Social outcomes of pornography: negative externalities
- 2 Characteristics of the industry
- 3 Defining ponography
- 4 Demand analysis of pornography
- 5Regulation of porn: methods and problems
- 6 Supply and demand analysis of the effect of the Internet
- 7A reconsideration of porn as an economic good
- 8 Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- 7 Economics of prostitution
- 8 Economics of suicide
- 1 An overview of the study of suicide
- 1.1 The Durkheim approach
- 1.1.1 Anomic suicide Anomic derives from the Greek word, anomie,
- 1.1.2 Fatalistic suicide In contrast to anomic, fatalistic suicide may
- 1.1.3 Egoistic suicide Egoistic suicide refers to the case where the indi-
- 1.1.4 Altruistic suicide Integration is too great in the case of altruistic
- 1.2 By their own (invisible) hand
- 2 Statistics of suicide
- 3 The simple microeconomics of suicide
- 4 Not so simple?
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- 5 Empirical work
- 6 Economic costs of suicide for society
- 7 Economics of anti-suicide policy
- 8 Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- 1 An overview of the study of suicide
- 9 Economics of religion
- 6 Economics of pornography
- PART IV CONCEPTION AND REJECTION
- 10 Economics of assisted reproduction
- 11 Economics of abortion
- PART V FUN AND GAMES
- 12 Economics of sport
- 13 Economics of gambling
- 14 Economics of rock ’n’ roll
- 1A brief history of the music industry
- 2 Size and scope of global music market
- 3 Economics of record contracts
- 4 The winner takes it all: economics of rock superstars
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- 5 Copying music: more economics of Napster and all that
- 5.1 Size of copying market
- 5.2 Economic theory of music copying
- 5.2.1 Indirect appropriability The term ‘indirect appropriability’ was
- 5.2.2 Exposure e.ects, space-shifting, network externalities and price commitments The ‘exposure e.ect’ is another means by whic
- 5.3 Music copying and empirical evidence
- 6 Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- Index