Introduction -- Power and Economic Power Paradigm -- Economic Power and Corporate Contractual Arrangements -- Theory of Transaction Price based on the Power Paradigm -- Price Determination in Goods Market -- Price Determination in Financial Market Price Determination in Labor Market --...

Introduction -- Power and Economic Power Paradigm -- Economic Power and Corporate Contractual Arrangements -- Theory of Transaction Price based on the Power Paradigm -- Price Determination in Goods Market -- Price Determination in Financial Market Price Determination in Labor Market --...

Over the last millennium, the clan and the city have been the locus of cooperation in China and Europe respectively. This paper examines -- analytically, historically, and empirically -- the cultural, social, and institutional co-evolution that led to this bifurcation. We highlight that groups...