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The Valuation of Legal Rights

Eli M. Noam

Columbia University

Such issues as the freedom of speech or the right to vote are usually discussed as matters of principle or public policy, without concern for the preferences of the potential users of these rights. Yet it is interesting to see how strongly valued they are. This paper develops a method to derive the demand for legal and constitutional rights and rules, the values attached to them, and their sensitivity to income and education. The model is based on referendum data and on the interpretation of nonvoting behavior.

DOI

10.2307/1882682

Volume

96 (3)

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465

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