This article surveys recent work on the role of law in determining economic aggregates such as gross domestic product, unemployment, inflation, and productivity growth. We provide a brief overview of macroeconomics and discuss how legal interventions and institutional arrangements such as...

This article surveys recent work on the role of law in determining economic aggregates such as gross domestic product, unemployment, inflation, and productivity growth. We provide a brief overview of macroeconomics and discuss how legal interventions and institutional arrangements such as...

Governments should embrace randomized trials to estimate the efficacy of different laws and regulations. Just as random assignment of treatments is the most powerful method of testing for the causal impact of pharmaceuticals, randomly assigning individuals or firms to different legal rules can...

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part I. Law, Fiscal Policy, and Monetary Policy -- 1. Macroeconomics outside of a Liquidity Trap -- 2. Law and Fiscal Policy When Interest Rates Are Well above Zero -- 3. Law and Monetary Policy When Interest Rates Are...