The Economic Intstitutions of Capitalism

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Simon and Schuster, 1985 - Business & Economics - 450 pages
"An extraordinarily impressive achievement and must reading for all serious students of law, economics, and organization." —Paul L. Joskow, Professor of Economics, Massachusetts of Technology

From Simon & Schuster, The Economic Institutions of Capitalism is Oliver E. Williamson's new perspective on the structure of economic life, and one not to miss.
 

Contents

Contracting Traditions
1
Efficient Governance
2
Uncertainty
3
Measurement
4
Transaction Cost Economics
15
Contractual Man
43
The Distribution of Transactions
68
Theory and Policy
85
The Costs of Bureaucracy
148
LowPowered Incentives in Markets
153
Illustrative Examples
156
Concluding Remarks
161
Unilateral Applications 163 1 Private Ordering 2 Credible Commitments
163
The Hostage Model
164
Engaging the Supplier
176
Unilateral Trading Applications
179

Technological Determinism
86
A Heuristic Model
90
Further Implications
95
Vertical Merger Guidelines
98
Some Evidence 103 1 Types of Evidence 2 Mundane Integration
103
Forward Integration into Distribution
113
Lateral Integration
114
Backward Integration
118
Some Remarks About Japanese Manufacture
120
Some Alternative Explanations
123
Concluding Remarks
129
Incentive and Bureaucratic Features
131
A Chronic Puzzle
132
Integration of an OwnerManaged Supply Stage
135
Acquisition of a Supply Stage in Which Ownership and Management Are Separated
144
Schwinn
183
Bilateral Applications
190
Reciprocity
191
The Hostage Model Extended
195
The Organization of Work
206
The Organization of Labor
240
The Modern Corporation
273
Corporate Governance
298
Franchise Bidding for Natural Monopoly
326
Experience
352
Antitrust Enforcement
365
Conclusions
385
BIBLIOGRAPHY
409
AUTHOR INDEX
437
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Oliver Eaton Williamson was an economist, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, and recipient of the 2009 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.

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