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underlying problem is first-contact information asymmetry with negative externalities. Uninformed senders waste recipient …
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statist theory of market defects as proclaimed by Pigou. The spectacular progress of the Chinese economy after Mao, as …
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If individuals own the right to take any action that they please, and are free to contract about behavior, will outcomes be efficient in all situations? That is, does the Coase theorem hold? We study this classic question through the lens of a non-cooperative model of contract negotiations,...
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One of Coase's central insights is that distinguishing between the generator and recipient of an externality is of limited value because externality problems are reciprocal. We reconsider the relevance of the identity of the generator in a model with non-contractible investment ex ante but...
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government intervention to solve them. Externalities (or "social costs") are viewed as perhaps the greatest market failure … context of Ronald Coase's article on "The Problem of Social Cost." Coase explained that externalities manifested a more … transactions costs is not helpful in resolving questions concerning externalities. Even if transaction costs were zero …
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This chapter examines the economics of property rights and property law. It shows how the economics of property rights can be used to understand fundamental features of property law and related extra-legal institutions. The chapter examines both the rationale for legal doctrine, and the effects...
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attainment of social welfare. In particular, the arguments set forth here concern three distinct externalities that arise when …
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