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Une analyse historique de la nature juridique de la firme

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Cet article, qui s’inscrit dans le courant law and economics, est une contribution tant à l’économie de la firme qu’à l’histoire de la pensée juridique. Il propose, à partir d’une étude approfondie d’une littérature ancienne et originale, une analyse critique du paradigme du nœud de contrats qui réduit la firme à une fiction légale. A contrario, il est montré l’intérêt de reconsidérer une approche ontologique singulière de la firme en tant qu’entité (collective) réelle qui intègre sa dimension sociale irréductible. Cette théorie originale de la firme nous semble en mesure d’apporter de nouveaux fondements analytiques pour comprendre la complexité de cette institution primaire du capitalisme.

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  • Chassagnon, Virgile, 2012. "Une analyse historique de la nature juridique de la firme," Revue de la Régulation - Capitalisme, institutions, pouvoirs, Association Recherche et Régulation, vol. 12.
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    Keywords

    firme; paradigme du nœud de contrats; paradigme de l’entité réelle; fiction légale; droit et économie; Firm; nexus of contracts paradigm; real entity paradigm; legal fiction; law and economics; firma; paradigma del nudo de contratos; paradigma de la identidad real; ficción legal; derecho y economía;
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    JEL classification:

    • A12 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Relation of Economics to Other Disciplines
    • B40 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Economic Methodology - - - General
    • K00 - Law and Economics - - General - - - General (including Data Sources and Description)
    • L20 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - General

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