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A Test of the Coase Conjecture Using Prices of Electronic Books

Southern Economic Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Coase Conjecture predicts that a durable‐goods monopolist without commitment will rapidly cut price toward marginal cost. We test this prediction in the electronic‐book market using release‐day prices. To proxy for marginal cost, we use competitive prices of public‐domain electronic books on the same platforms.
Tim Groseclose, Alex Tabarrok
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Calvin and Hobbes, or, Hobbes as an Orthodox Christian [PDF]

Journal of the History of Philosophy, 1996
Ensemble de trois articles consacres au debat sur la position religieuse de Hobbes: le premier, defendant la these du theisme, analyse le traitement hobbesien des doctrines du christianisme orthodoxe (E. Curley); le second, defendant la these du calvinisme, denonce l'interpretation ironique des textes de Hobbes developpee par Curley (A. P.
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The natural kingdom of God in Hobbes’s political thought [PDF]

, 2019
In Leviathan, Hobbes outlines the concept of the ‘Kingdome of God by Nature’ or ‘Naturall Kingdome of God’, terms rarely found in English texts at the time. This article traces the concept back to the Catechism of the Council of Trent, which sets forth a
Jones, Ben
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The Power of Persuasion. Rhetoric, Common Judgment and Machiavelli in Hobbes

Scienza & Politica, 2019
In this article, I explore the elusive function of rhetoric as a means to political pacification. With particular reference to Hobbes’s doctrine of the prophetic foundation of commonwealths, I contend that public persuasion, while being in most cases ...
Guido Frilli
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"Acquired wit" and Hobbesian education [PDF]

, 2018
This thesis analyzes and evaluates the scheme for civil education discussed in Thomas Hobbes’ political works. Hobbes argues in The Elements of Law, De Cive, and Leviathan that the preservation of political order requires that all subjects learn the ...
Solecki, Daniel Joseph
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Three readings of the political philosophy of Thomas Hobbes

, 1991
Hobbes's Leviathan has been lauded as "the greatest, perhaps the sole, masterpiece of political philosophy written in the English language." I Such accolades are supported, at least in the twentieth century, by the prodigious volume of literature which ...
Worthington, Glenn
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The Appearance of Power in Hobbes’ Leviathan

Scienza & Politica, 2019
Power is widely acknowledged as central to Thomas Hobbes’ political philosophy. There is ongoing debate over whether singular human beings or, instead, plural relationships, are the true source of power. After tracing the debate between the individualist
Meghan Robison
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HOBBES

, 2022
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Philosophy at Cambridge, Newsletter of the Faculty of Philosophy [PDF]

, 2009
Philosophy at Cambridge. Newsletter of the Philosophy Faculty. Articles by: Simon Blackburn, 'From the Chairman' ; Philip Pettit, 'Hobbes, Berlin and Freedom' ; Matthew Kramer, 'What is Legal Philosophy?' ; 'A Conversation with Tim Crane' Interviewed by ...
Lecky-Thompson, Jenni
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The State Itself as a Vulnerable Subject? Existential Resilience under International Law

The Modern Law Review, EarlyView.
This paper proposes a new framework for analysis of the law governing State continuity, with particular reference to Small Island Developing States (SIDS) threatened with legal extinction as a result of rising sea‐levels. Prevailing wisdom suggests that if States were to lose their inhabitable land or permanently resident populations, their status ...
Alex Green (文浩航)
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