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338.5142 |
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RAO |
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Rao, P. K. |
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| Title |
The economics of transaction costs : |
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theory, methods, and applications / |
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P.K. Rao. |
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Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; |
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New York : |
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Palgrave Macmillan, |
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2003. |
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xvi, 197 p.: |
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23 cm. |
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| General note |
TABLE OF CONTENTS<br/><br/>Part I Theory and methods <br/><br/>Introduction 3<br/>1 Background 5<br/>1.1. Introduction 5<br/>1.2. Transaction costs: concepts and assumptions 6<br/>1.3. Fixed costs, variable costs and transaction costs 16<br/>1.4. Bounded rationality, uncertainty and irrationality 17<br/>1.5. The comprehensive definition and framework 19 <br/>1.6. Conclusions 26<br/><br/>2. Elements of industrial organization 26<br/>2.1. Introduction 26<br/><br/>2.2. Economics of the firm 27<br/>2.3. Principal-agent theory 36<br/>2.4. Technical innovation 37<br/>2.5. Conclusions 38<br/><br/>3. Economic externalities 41<br/><br/>3.1. Introduction 41<br/>3.2. Externalities and transaction costs 42<br/>3.3. Coasean proposition and neo-coasean perpectives 45<br/>3.4. Market failures and institutional inefficiencies 52<br/>3.5. Network externalities 56<br/>3.6. Conclusions <br/><br/>4. New neoclassical economics 60<br/><br/>4.1. Introduction 60<br/>4.2. Marginality principles and economic optimality 61<br/>4.3. Economic growth and development 67<br/>4.4. The economics of free trade 72<br/>4.5. The economics of structural adjustment lending 76<br/>4.6. Benefit-cost analysis 84<br/>4.7. Conclusions 86<br/><br/>5. New institutional economics 88<br/><br/>5.1. Introduction 88<br/>5.2. Concepts and approaches 89<br/>5.3. Trust, co-operation and social capital 92<br/>5.4. Expectations, reputation, credibility and commitments 92<br/>5.5. Political economy and institutional efficiency 97<br/>5.6. Contestable markets and governance 100<br/>5.7. Regulations and rent seeking 101<br/>5.8. Conclusions 103<br/><br/>PART II APPLICATIONS <br/><br/>Introductions 107<br/>6. Law and economics 109<br/><br/>6.1. Introduction 109<br/>6.2. Economics of litigation 110<br/>6.3. Property rights and liability rules 115<br/>6.4. Economics of contracts 117<br/>6.5. Conclusions<br/><br/>7. Behavioral economics 128<br/><br/>7.1. Introduction 128<br/>7.2. Relative profit maximization 129<br/>7.3. Habit formation and irrationality 130<br/>7.4. Norms, customs and traditions 134<br/>7.5. Economics of regulatory compliance 139<br/>7.6. Conclusions 140 <br/><br/>8. Organizations theory 141<br/><br/>8.1. Introduction 141<br/>8.2. Hierarchies and decentralization 142<br/>8.3. The design of incentives 144<br/>8.4. The design of the organizations 145<br/>8.5. Conclusions 151<br/><br/>9. Environmental economics 152<br/><br/>9.1. Introduction 152<br/>9.2. Markets and environmental regulation 153<br/>9.3. Industrial emissions trading 156<br/>9.4. Adaptation, sustainability and climate change 159<br/>9.5. Environmental conflicts and mediation 166<br/>9.6. Conclusions 169<br/><br/>10. Perspectives 170<br/><br/>10.1. New approaches and applications 170<br/>10.2. Directions for research 173<br/>References 176<br/>Index 195<br/><br/><br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 176-194) and index. |
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Transaction costs. |
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Costs, Industrial. |
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Contracts |
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Economic aspects. |
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