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Benjamin Klein

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Benjamin Klein · Philosophy & Social Sciences

What

Law-and-economics scholar of contracts and litigation

When

1984

Where

United States

Biography

Benjamin Klein is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — Law-and-economics scholar of contracts and litigation

How & why

Klein is an American economist, professor emeritus at UCLA, whose work on the theory of the firm, contracts and antitrust became foundational to law and economics. He is especially known for his analysis of the 'hold-up problem' and vertical integration, notably the influential 1978 article on vertical integration and appropriable quasi-rents co-authored with Crawford and Alchian. He is identified as Jewish in the study of Jewish authorship among the most-cited law review articles.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish authorship among the 100 most-cited law review articles

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Law-and-economics scholar of contracts and litigation

1984

Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish authorship among the 100 most-cited law review articles