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Why Not a Political Coase Theorem? Social Conflict, Commitment and Politics

Acemoglu, Daron - 2002

extending the Coase Theorem to politics? Do societies choose inefficient policies and institutions because of differences in the … beliefs and ideologies of their peoples or leaders? Or are inefficiencies in politics and economics the outcome of social and … expense of the society at large. At the center of the theoretical case are the commitment problems inherent in politics …

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A Coasian Model of International Production Chains

Fally, Thibault - 2015

International supply chains require coordination of numerous activities across multiple countries and firms. We adapt a model of supply chains and apply it to an international trade setting. In each chain, the measure of tasks completed within a firm is determined by transaction costs and the...

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Payment for Environmental Services : Hypotheses and Evidence

Alston, Lee J. - 2013

The use of Payment for Environmental Services (PES) is not a new type of contract but they have become more in vogue because of the potential for sequestering carbon by paying to prevent deforestation and degradation of forest lands. We provide a framework utilizing transaction costs to...

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Coasean Approaches to Ending Overfishing : Bigeye Tuna Conservation in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Ovando, Daniel - 2020

Bigeye tuna in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean were perceived as overfished for nearly 20 years, in large part due to incidental catch in the much larger skipjack tuna fishery. Efforts to halt the overfishing of bigeye stalled due to disagreements over the distribution of costs and...

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Reference Points and the Theory of the Firm

Hart, Oliver D. - 2007

In this article I argue that it has been hard to make progress on Coase's theory of the firm agenda because of the difficulty of formalizing haggling costs. I propose an approach that tries to move things forward using the idea of aggrievement costs, and apply it to the question of whether a...

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Searching for the EU Social Dialogue Model

Freeman, Richard B. - 2006

The European Union and the United States operate different variants of market capitalism. The EU model uses social dialogue institutions to help determine economic outcomes, particularly in the labor market, whereas the US relies more on market forces. The theory of competitive markets provides...

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Institutions as the Fundamental Cause of Long-Run Growth

Acemoglu, Daron; Robinson, James Alan; Johnson, Simon - 2004

This paper develops the empirical and theoretical case that differences in economic institutions are the fundamental cause of differences in economic development. We first document the empirical importance of institutions by focusing on two 'quasi-natural experiments' in history, the division of...

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Risk Aversion, Liability Rules, and Safety

Zivin, Joshua Graff - 2003

This paper investigates the performance of liability rules in two-party stochastic externality problems where negotiations are feasible and side payments are based on the realized level of externalities. Results show that an increase in polluter liability does not necessarily increase safety or...

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Coase v. the Coasians

Johnson, Simon - 1999

The Coase theorem implies that, in a world of positive transaction costs, any of a number of strategies, including judicially enforced private contracts, judicially enforced laws, or even government regulation, may be the cheapest way to bring about efficient resource allocation. Unfortunately,...

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Coasean Bargaining to Address Environmental Externalities

Libecap, Gary D. - 2016

I examine Ronald Coase's criticism of standard regulatory and tax policies to address environmental externalities. I elaborate some of Coase's key points and discuss opportunities for Coasean exchange as an alternative mitigation approach. Regulation, tax, and Coasean exchange, such as through...

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