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Yoram Barzel
Professor
Areas of Interest: Property Rights, Applied Price Theory, Political Economy
Email: yoramb@u.washington.edu
Office: Savery 324
Phone: (206) 543-2510
Office Hours: by appointment
Curriculum Vitae
Professor Barzel received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1961. He specializes in price theory and economic organization.
 
Courses Taught
Econ 403 - The Economics of Property Rights
           | Spring 2009 | Winter 2009 |
Econ 406 - Undergraduate Seminar in Economics
           | Spring 2009 |
Econ 520 - The Economics of Property Rights
           | Autumn 2009 | Autumn 2008 |
Econ 523 - Emergence of the State
           | Winter 2008 | Winter 2006 |

Books
  • A Theory of the State: Economic Rights, Legal Rights, and the Scope of the State, Yoram Barzel. Cambridge University Press

Working Papers

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Published Papers
  • " The Evolution of Criminal Law and Police During the Pre-Modern Era , " Douglas W. Allen; Yoram Barzel; Forthcoming in Journal of Law, Economics and Organazation, .
  • " The Nature of Social Cost as a Key to the Problem of the Firm , " Yoram Barzel; Levis Kochin.
  • " Confiscation by the Ruler: The Rise and Fall of Jewish Lending in the Middle Ages , " Yoram Barzel.
  • " The Demands for Giffen Goods are Downward Sloping , " Yoram Barzel; Wing Suen.


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