Henry A Thompson
Biographic Data
| ID | 4453628 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Henry A Thompson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Henry A |
| FAMILY NAME | Thompson |
| SIGNATURE | THOMPSON H A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Mississippi |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3428-3689 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 34 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Organized thuggery
Few mafia traditions have endured as long or been shared as widely as the pizzo . The pizzo was and is a customary payment collected from clients by Italian mafias in exchange for private protection. The value of the pizzo was vulnerable to two sources of dissipation. First, excess competition for clients from other mafiosi . Second, evasive behavior from clients themselves. I argue that Italian mafias created de facto property rights to limit th…
AI and the Law
I argue that while generative artificial intelligence (AI) will speed up the rate at which tort law evolves, its effect on the evolution of property law and contract law will be less certain. To do so, I consider generative AI as a labor‐augmenting technology that reduces the cost of both writing more complete contracts and litigating in court. The contracting effect reduces the demand for court services by making contracts more complete. But the…
The spontaneous provision of criminal law
For decades, non-state actors have supplied criminal law in Brazil’s favelas. This paper offers a humanomics account of the private provision of an impure public good. Our analysis reaches three conclusions. First, criminal law can be provided without either public intervention or reliance on the price system. Informal norms may be sufficient, indicating that Adam Smith’s invisible hand logic extends beyond legal markets grounded in private prope…
Public choice and public health
Identity and off-diagonals: How permanent winning coalitions destroy democratic governance
Public choice and public health
Identity and off-diagonals: How permanent winning coalitions destroy democratic governance
The spontaneous provision of criminal law
For decades, non-state actors have supplied criminal law in Brazil’s favelas. This paper offers a humanomics account of the private provision of an impure public good. Our analysis reaches three conclusions. First, criminal law can be provided without either public intervention or reliance on the price system. Informal norms may be sufficient, indicating that Adam Smith’s invisible hand logic extends beyond legal markets grounded in private prope…
Identity and off-diagonals: How permanent winning coalitions destroy democratic governance
Public choice and public health
The spontaneous provision of criminal law
For decades, non-state actors have supplied criminal law in Brazil’s favelas. This paper offers a humanomics account of the private provision of an impure public good. Our analysis reaches three conclusions. First, criminal law can be provided without either public intervention or reliance on the price system. Informal norms may be sufficient, indicating that Adam Smith’s invisible hand logic extends beyond legal markets grounded in private prope…
Organized thuggery
Few mafia traditions have endured as long or been shared as widely as the pizzo . The pizzo was and is a customary payment collected from clients by Italian mafias in exchange for private protection. The value of the pizzo was vulnerable to two sources of dissipation. First, excess competition for clients from other mafiosi . Second, evasive behavior from clients themselves. I argue that Italian mafias created de facto property rights to limit th…
AI and the Law
I argue that while generative artificial intelligence (AI) will speed up the rate at which tort law evolves, its effect on the evolution of property law and contract law will be less certain. To do so, I consider generative AI as a labor‐augmenting technology that reduces the cost of both writing more complete contracts and litigating in court. The contracting effect reduces the demand for court services by making contracts more complete. But the…
Economics (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance (2 works) · Culture, Economy, and Development Studies (2 works) · Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (2 works) · Incentive (2 works) · Law and economics (2 works) · Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems (2 works)