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Markets and Hierarchies and (Mathematical) Economic Theory

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Over the past decade transaction-cost economics has been partially translated in the more mathematical language of game theory, and understanding of the costs of transactions has been deepened, refined and extended. But the translation is incomplete: a great deal of human behaviour is missed, and doing game theory with more life-like models of individuals will bring theory closer to phenomena. Transaction-cost economics, particularly the economics of relational contracts, provides a major arena for these developments, since the important issues of bounded rationality and individual behavior are central to the topic. Copyright 1996 by Oxford University Press.

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  • Kreps, David M, 1996. "Markets and Hierarchies and (Mathematical) Economic Theory," Industrial and Corporate Change, Oxford University Press and the Associazione ICC, vol. 5(2), pages 561-595.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:indcch:v:5:y:1996:i:2:p:561-95
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