Alain Marciano

Universita degli Studi di Torino

Pr. of Economics

Dipartimento di Economia e Statistica

Lungo Dora Siena, 100

Torino, 10153

Italy

Karl Mittermaier Centre for Philosophy of Economics, University of Johannesburg

Senior Fellow

Johannesburg

South Africa

George Mason University - Mercatus Center

Distinguished Affiliated Fellow, F. A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics

VA

United States

  • Universita degli Studi di Torino

  • Karl Mittermaier Centre for Philosophy of Economics, University of Johannesburg

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The Sound of Silence. A Review Essay of Nancy Maclean's Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America

Journal of Economic Literature, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 22 May 2018 Last Revised: 02 Jun 2018
Jean-Baptiste Fleury and Alain Marciano
THEMA and Universita degli Studi di Torino
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Buchanan, MacLean, Democracy, History of Political Economy, Public Choice

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Tragedy of the Commons after 50 Years

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 19 Sep 2019
Alain Marciano, Brett M. Frischmann and Giovanni Battista Ramello
Universita degli Studi di Torino, Villanova University - Charles Widger School of Law and Università di Torino
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Garrett Hardin, Tragedy of the Commons, Commons, Common Pool Resources, Vincent Ostrom, Elinor Ostrom, Open Access, Infrastructures

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Value and Exchange in Law and Economics: Buchanan Versus Posner

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 16 Nov 2006
Alain Marciano
Universita degli Studi di Torino
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Political economy, law and economics, economic analysis of law, subject matter, Buchanan, Posner, exchange, value

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Hayek's Theory of Social Evolution in the Light of Darwin's Descent of Man

International Centre for Economic Research Working Paper No. 4/2007
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 23 Mar 2007
Alain Marciano
Universita degli Studi di Torino
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Cultural evolution, Biological evolution, Darwin, Hayek

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Where Economics and Philosophy Meet

Economic Journal, Vol. 116, pp. F306-F325, June 2006
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 19 Jan 2010
Peter J. Boettke, Peter J. Boettke, Christopher J. Coyne, Guala Francesco, Alain Marciano, Jochen Runde, Margaret Schabas and John Davis
George Mason University - Department of EconomicsMercatus Center at George Mason University, George Mason University - Department of Economics, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Universita degli Studi di Torino, University of Cambridge - Judge Business School, University of British Columbia (UBC) - Department of Philosophy and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Calabresi, ‘Law and Economics’ and the Coase Theorem

ICER Working Paper No. 26/2010
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 19 Nov 2010 Last Revised: 28 Feb 2016
Alain Marciano
Universita degli Studi di Torino
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Calabresi, Economic Analysis of Law, Coase Theorem, Invariance, Problem of Social Cost

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Economists on Darwin's Theory of Social Evolution and Human Behaviour

Max Planck Institute of Economics, Papers on Economic and Evolution No. 0521
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 14 Jun 2006
Alain Marciano
Universita degli Studi di Torino
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Darwin, social evolution, evolutionary economics, bioeconomics

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The Distance between Buchanan's 'An Economic Theory of Clubs' and Tiebout's 'A Pure Theory of Local Public Expenditures'. New Insights Based on an Unpublished Manuscript

GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 16-10
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 09 Feb 2016 Last Revised: 10 Apr 2016
Peter J. Boettke, Peter J. Boettke and Alain Marciano
George Mason University - Department of EconomicsMercatus Center at George Mason University and Universita degli Studi di Torino
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Buchanan, Tiebout, Clubs, Fiscal federalism, Fiscal justice, spatial competition, free riding

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Understanding the Problem of Social Cost

Cardozo Legal Studies Research Paper No. 435
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 05 Jun 2014
Brett M. Frischmann and Alain Marciano
Villanova University - Charles Widger School of Law and Universita degli Studi di Torino
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Coase, The Problem of Social Cost, Liability, Law and Economics

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Why Markets Do Not Fail. Buchanan on Voluntary Cooperation and Externalities

HOPE Center Working Paper No. 2010-05
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 01 Dec 2010
Alain Marciano
Universita degli Studi di Torino
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Buchanan, externalities, social cost, market efficiency, spontaneous order

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Museums, Property Rights, and Photographs of Works of Art. Why Reproduction Through Photograph Should Be Free

Review of Economic Research on Copyright Issues, 2016, 13(1), 1-28
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 19 Sep 2016
Alain Marciano and Nathalie Moureau
Universita degli Studi di Torino and University of Montpellier III Paul Valéry
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An Obituary: Ronald Coase (1910-2013)

HISTORY OF ECONOMIC IDEAS, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 20 Mar 2014
Alain Marciano
Universita degli Studi di Torino
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Coase, Coase theorem, Transaction Costs, Problem of Social Cost, Law and Economics, Economic Analysis of Law, History of Economic Thought, History of Political Economy

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The Making of a Constitutionalist: James Buchanan on Education

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 30 Jun 2017 Last Revised: 29 Jan 2018
Jean-Baptiste Fleury and Alain Marciano
THEMA and Universita degli Studi di Torino
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James M. Buchanan, Constitutional economics, Education, University, Liberalism, Warren Court, Brown vs. Board of education

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Freedom, Choice and Consent. A Note on a Libertarian Paternalist Dilemma

Number of pages: 3 Posted: 07 May 2014
Alain Marciano
Universita degli Studi di Torino
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Behavioral Economics, Libertarian Paternalism, Neo-Classical Economics, Choice, Consent, Freedom, Dilemma

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Ronald H. Coase (1910-2013)

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 08 Feb 2018
Alain Marciano
Universita degli Studi di Torino
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Coase; Methodology; Realism; Plant; Cannan; Political Economy; Common Sense; Chicago; LSE

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Richard A. Posner (1939–)

R. A. Cord (ed.), The Palgrave Companion to Chicago Economics, Springer, 2022.
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 14 Jul 2022
Jean-Baptiste Fleury and Alain Marciano
THEMA and Universita degli Studi di Torino
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Posner; Chicago; law and economics; economic analysis of law; wealth maximization; efficiency; common law; judges; Kaldor-Hicks; justice.

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Economic Analysis of Law (1973): A Methodological Innovation Perceived as Ideological Endeavor

History of Economic Ideas, 2023
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 05 Sep 2023
Alain Marciano
Universita degli Studi di Torino
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Posner, Chicago, law and economics, economic analysis of law, Stigler, Becker

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The Past, Present and Future of Virginia Political Economy

Public Choice, 2015, Vol. 163, pp. 53-65
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 08 Dec 2015
Peter J. Boettke, Peter J. Boettke and Alain Marciano
George Mason University - Department of EconomicsMercatus Center at George Mason University and Universita degli Studi di Torino
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James Buchanan, Public choice, Political economy

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Why is 'Stigler's Coase Theorem' Stiglerian? A Methodological Explanation

Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology (Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 06 Mar 2017
Alain Marciano
Universita degli Studi di Torino
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Stigler, Friedman, Coase, Coase theorem, realism, abstraction, law and economics, methodology, models, theories, science, Chicago

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Teaching Economics as Political Economy

Elgar Handbook for Teaching Philosophy to Economists, ed by Giancarlo Ianulardo, John Davis and Ricardo Crespo
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 03 Dec 2024 Last Revised: 13 Dec 2024
Alain Marciano and Marie Daou
Universita degli Studi di Torino and Université de Montpellier
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political economy, philosophy, ontology, culture, market process, institutions

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The Political Economy of Buchanan's Samaritan's Dilemma

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 07 Jul 2022
Alain Marciano
Universita degli Studi di Torino
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Buchanan, samaritan's dilemma, cooperation, exploitation, numbers, public goods, externalities

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They Never Walked Alone. Workshops, Conferences and Collaborations and the History of Virginia Political Economy

GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 20-05
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 15 Jan 2020 Last Revised: 07 Jul 2022
Peter J. Boettke, Peter J. Boettke, Alain Marciano and Solomon M. Stein
George Mason University - Department of EconomicsMercatus Center at George Mason University, Universita degli Studi di Torino and George Mason University
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Virginia Political Economy, Buchanan, Thomas Jefferson Center, Workshops, Seminars, Conferences

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Sado-Masochism in Buchanan's Samaritan's Dilemma. A Constitutional Perspective

Number of pages: 13 Posted: 28 Dec 2014 Last Revised: 10 May 2022
Alain Marciano
Universita degli Studi di Torino
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Altruism, Samaritan's dilemma, Sadism, Masochism, Cooperation

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Buchanan's Non-Coercive Economics for Self-Interested Individuals: Ethics, Small Groups, and the Social Contract

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 02 Jan 2016
Alain Marciano
Universita degli Studi di Torino
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Buchanan, ethics, self-interest, coercion, groups (size), social contract

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Disciplinary Collisions: Blum, Kalven, and the Economic Analysis of Accident Law at Chicago in the 1960s

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 31 Jul 2018
Alain Marciano and Steven G. Medema
Universita degli Studi di Torino and Duke University - Department of Economics
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conomic analysis of law, Chicago, Blum, Kalven, Liability, Tort Law, Automobile accidents

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Buchanan and Clubs, How Dubious Was the Concept? A Comment on Darity, Camara, and Maclean

accepted for publication in "History of Economics Review"
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 14 Aug 2023 Last Revised: 30 Nov 2023
Alain Marciano
Universita degli Studi di Torino
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Buchanan, clubs, public finance, public economics

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Accident Costs, Resource Allocation and Individual Rationality: Blum, Kalven and Calabresi

European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 25 Jan 2016 Last Revised: 18 Mar 2016
Alain Marciano and Rustam Romaniuc
Universita degli Studi di Torino and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Rationality, Law as incentives, Economic analysis of law, Blum and Kalven, Calabresi

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Altruism and Self-Interest from an Economic Analysis of Law Perspective: The Economic Analysis of Rescue Laws

CLEA 2008 Meetings Paper
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 29 May 2008
Sophie Harnay and Alain Marciano
Université Paris X Nanterre and Universita degli Studi di Torino
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rescue laws, strict liability, negligence, altruism, Good Samaritan legislation

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The Social Cost Problem, Rights and the (Non)Empty Core

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 04 Nov 2016
Stéphane Gonzalez, Alain Marciano and Philippe Solal
University of Saint Etienne, Universita degli Studi di Torino and University of Saint Etienne
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Coase theorem, Core, Neutrality and efficiency theses, Rights, Impossibility results

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Becker and Posner: Freedom of Speech and Public Intellectualship

History of Political Economy Vol. 45, No.1, 2013, Presented at the HOPE Conference on "The Economist as Public Intellectual", Duke University, April 13-15, 2012
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 27 Jun 2016 Last Revised: 29 Jun 2016
Jean-Baptiste Fleury and Alain Marciano
THEMA and Universita degli Studi di Torino
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Buchanan and Pro-Social Behaviors: Why Ethics Is Necessary

Number of pages: 18 Posted: 02 Jan 2016
Alain Marciano
Universita degli Studi di Torino
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Buchanan (James M.), externalities, social cost, groups, ethics, self-interest, pro-social behaviors

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Justice Without Romance. The History of the Economic Analyses of Judges Behavior – 1960–1993

Journal of the History of Economic Thought, Forthcoming.
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 25 Mar 2020
Alain Marciano, Alessandro Melcarne and Giovanni Battista Ramello
Universita degli Studi di Torino, Université Paris Ouest - Nanterre, La Défense and Università di Torino
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Judges, Judicial decision making, Rationality, Utility Maximization, Self-interest, Efficiency, Common Law, Posner

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How Status Seeking May Prevent Coasean Bargaining

Forthcoming in Review of Law and Economics
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 03 Apr 2017
Gilles Grolleau, Alain Marciano and Naoufel Mzoughi
Montpellier SupAgro and Researcher at LAMETA, Universita degli Studi di Torino and INRA Ecodéveloppement
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Bargain, Coase, Externalities, Market Failures, Positional Concerns, Status Seeking

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Order, Coordination and Collective Action among the Undead: A Political Economy Analysis

Economics of the Undead: Zombies, Vampires, and the Dismal Science, edited by Glen Whitman and James Dow. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman and Little Field. 2014
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 29 Jun 2016
Jean-Baptiste Fleury and Alain Marciano
THEMA and Universita degli Studi di Torino
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zombies, spontaneous order, entrepreneur, popularization

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David Hume's Model of Man: Classical Political Economy as "Inspired" Political Economy

Review of Social Economy
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 20 Jun 2006 Last Revised: 24 Sep 2019
Alain Marciano
Universita degli Studi di Torino
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Hume, model of man, psychology, bounded rationality, cognition, sympathy

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What Should Economists Do? A Historical Reappraisal

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 25 Jun 2024
Alain Marciano
Universita degli Studi di Torino
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Buchanan, choice, exchange, logic of choice, praxeology, catallactics, Smith, Robbins

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James Buchanan: Clubs and Alternative Welfare Economics

Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2021
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 25 Oct 2023
Alain Marciano
Universita degli Studi di Torino
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Buchanan, Samuelson, Clubs, Welfare Economics, Ethics, Numbers

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The Political Economy of European Federalism

Posted: 13 Jun 2006
Alain Marciano and Jean-Michel Josselin
Universita degli Studi di Torino and Université de Rennes I

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Federation, confederation, political economy, European Union

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Review of 'Private Governance: Creating Order in Economic and Social Life' by Edward P. Stringham (New York-Oxford: Oxford University Press) 2014.

Number of pages: 6 Posted: 19 Mar 2016
Alain Marciano
Universita degli Studi di Torino
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private orders, cooperation, case studies