The Impact of Incomplete Contracts on Economics (Paperback)

The 1986 article by Grossman and Hart "A Theory of Vertical and Lateral Integration " has provided a framework for understanding how firm boundaries are defined and how they affect economic performance. The property rights approach has provided a formal way to introduce incomplete contracting ideas into economic modeling. The Impact of Incomplete Contracts on Economics collects papers and opinion pieces on the impact that this property right approach to the firm has had on the economics profession. It shows that the impact has been felt sometimes in significant ways in a variety of fields, ranging from the theory of the firm and their internal organization to industrial organization, international trade, finance, management, public economy, and political economy and political science. Beyond acknowledging how the property rights approach has permeated economics as a whole, the contributions in the book also highlight the road ahead--how the paradigm may change the way research is performed in some of the fields, and what type of research is still missing. The book concludes with a discussion of the foundations of the property rights, and more generally the incomplete contracting, approaches and with a series of contributions showing how behavioral considerations may provide a new way forward.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	February 2016
Editors:	Philippe Aghion (Robert C. Waggoner Professor of Economics) • Mathias Dewatripont (Director) • Patrick Legros (Full Professor of Economics) • Luigi Zingales (Robert C. McCormack Professor of Entrepreneurship and Finance)
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	419
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-982621-6
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Political economy Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social welfare & social services > Welfare & benefit systems Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Cognition & cognitive psychology > General
LSN:	0-19-982621-8
Barcode:	9780199826216

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