Legal Precursors of Transaction Cost Economics

THE ELGAR COMPANION TO TRANSACTION COST ECONOMICS, Peter Klein, ed., 2009

16 Pages Posted: 27 Oct 2009

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D. Gordon Smith

Brigham Young University - J. Reuben Clark Law School

Date Written: September, 30 2009

Abstract

In this essay, I trace the legal precursors of transaction cost economics by focusing on three prominent faculty of the University of Wisconsin: John R. Commons, J. Willard Hurst, and Stewart Macaulay.

Keywords: contracts, transaction cost economics

JEL Classification: B25, B31, D23, K12, L14

Suggested Citation

Smith, D. Gordon, Legal Precursors of Transaction Cost Economics (September, 30 2009). THE ELGAR COMPANION TO TRANSACTION COST ECONOMICS, Peter Klein, ed., 2009, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1480519

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