This book presents an economic analysis of the causes and consequences of institutional
change in ancient Athens. Focusing on the period 800-300 BCE, it looks in particular at the …

Florentin Blanc focuses specifically on regulatory inspections and enforcement, their
historical development, contrasted approaches and methods, and their relative effectiveness …

In parallel to the development of democracy, the Athenians of the Classical period
established a series of sophisticated economic institutions for the time through which they …

The Greek city-state has traditionally been viewed as an entity that was divided into two
distinct spheres (oikos and polis) and governed by two distinct arts (oikonomia and politikê …

The ancient Athenian democracy emerged in 508 (all dates BCE), became a dominant naval
power, fought a multitude of external wars and ended in 322 after it was defeated by …

We use the Economic Freedom Index to characterize the institutions of the Athenian city-
state in the fourth century BCE. It has been shown that ancient Greece witnessed improved …

In this paper, we present a series of environmental policies that were implemented by the
city-state of Athens during the Classical period (508–323 BCE) through a specific set of …

In the present paper we trace the development of property rights during the Hellenistic
period (3rd–2nd centuries bce), focusing on Athens, the democratic Hellenistic federations …

This book began as an effort to explain a fundamental divergence in the legal regimes of the
world's two most highly developed and influential legal traditions—the centrality of public …

An analysis of ancient Greek medicine from the perspective of modern health economics
improves our understanding of the ancient world and provides new insights into …