Application of the concept of law and economics to public law Introduction to the concept of law and economics Economic theory of bureaucracy, organisations, finance and tax law, public economic law and environmental law

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Prof. Dr. Michael Rodi has been a professor at the University of Greifswald Faculty of Law and Economics since 2000. Since 2010, he has also been the managing director and director of research at the Institute for Climate Change, Energy and Mobility, which has offices in Berlin, Greifswald and Brussels.

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Part 1 Basic Principles.- 1 Key Questions in an Economic Analysis of Public Law.- Studying Law from Outside the Legal Field: The Purpose and Perspective of an Economic Analysis of Law.- Theoretical Concepts.- 2 StateConstitutionDemocracy.- Principles of an Institutional Economics of the State and Constitution.- Constitutional Theory of Democracy (Contract Theories).- Tasks of the State.- State Structure (Specifically Federalism).- Open Statehood.- 3 Economic Theory of Institutions and Organisations.- Basic Principles.- Key Problems in Organisational Economics.- Types of Organisations.- 4 Theory of State Decision-making.- Decision-makers.- Regulation.- Part 2 Focus Areas.- 5 Public Finance.- National Budget.- Government Spending.- Government Revenue.- Public Finances Under Federalism.- 6 Public Economic Law.- Basic Principles.- Stateand Competition.- Economic Regulation.- International Economic Relations and the Global Economic Constitution.- 7 Environmental Economics.- Principles of Environmental Economics.- Environmental Policy Measures.- Instrument Variety and Instrument Mix.- International Aspects of Environmental Policy. <p