are perceived to be less "efficient." In this paper I develop a theory of public contracting that accommodates these stark …

This paper discusses the fundamental underpinnings and some implications of transaction cost regulation (TCR), a …. TCR sees regulation as the governance structure of these interactions, and thus, as in standard transaction cost economics … possible institutional alternative. In that sense, politics becomes fundamental to understanding regulation as the governance …

theory and relates them to how supply chains are organized. …

resources, experience, size, or poor trade conditions. The empirical results provide support for the long purse theory of …