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Oliver E. Williamson

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This person is deceased (Date: 21 May 2020)
First Name:Oliver
Middle Name:E.
Last Name:Williamson
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RePEc Short-ID:pwi200
http://www2.haas.berkeley.edu/Faculty/williamson_oliver.aspx
Terminal Degree:1963 Department of Economics; Tepper School of Business Administration; Carnegie Mellon University (from RePEc Genealogy)

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Working papers

  1. Williamson, Oliver E., 2010. "Autobiography," Nobel Prize in Economics documents 2009-7, Nobel Prize Committee.
  2. Williamson, Oliver E., 2009. "Transaction Cost Economics: The Natural Progression," Nobel Prize in Economics documents 2009-3, Nobel Prize Committee.
  3. Ostrom, Elinor & Williamson, Oliver, 2009. "Interview with Nobel Prize Laureates Elinor Ostrom and Oliver Williamson," Nobel Prize in Economics documents 2009-5, Nobel Prize Committee.
  4. Williamson, Oliver E., 2007. "Transaction Cost Economics: An Introduction," Economics Discussion Papers 2007-3, Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel).
  5. Oliver E. Williamson, 1993. "The Economic Analysis of Institutions and Organisations - in General and with Respect to Country Studies," OECD Economics Department Working Papers 133, OECD Publishing.
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Articles

  1. Williamson, Oliver E., 2015. "Ronald Harry Coase: institutional economist and institution builder," Journal of Institutional Economics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 11(2), pages 221-226, June.
  2. Oliver E. Williamson, 2014. "The Transaction Cost Economics Project," Montenegrin Journal of Economics, Economic Laboratory for Transition Research (ELIT), vol. 10(1), pages 7-12.
  3. Williamson, Oliver E., 2010. "Transaction Cost Economics: The Origins," Journal of Retailing, Elsevier, vol. 86(3), pages 227-231.
  4. Oliver E. Williamson, 2010. "Transaction Cost Economics: The Natural Progression," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 100(3), pages 673-690, June.
  5. Oliver Williamson, 2009. "Pragmatic methodology: a sketch, with applications to transaction cost economics," Journal of Economic Methodology, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 16(2), pages 145-157.
  6. Oliver E. Williamson, 2008. "Transaction Cost Economics: The Precursors," Economic Affairs, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 28(3), pages 7-14, September.
  7. Oliver E. Williamson, 2008. "Corporate Boards of Directors: In Principle and in Practice," The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, Oxford University Press, vol. 24(2), pages 247-272, October.
  8. Oliver E. Williamson, 2005. "The Economics of Governance," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 95(2), pages 1-18, May.
  9. Williamson, Oliver E., 2005. "Transaction cost economics and business administration," Scandinavian Journal of Management, Elsevier, vol. 21(1), pages 19-40, March.
  10. Oliver E. Williamson, 2003. "Examining economic organization through the lens of contract," Industrial and Corporate Change, Oxford University Press and the Associazione ICC, vol. 12(4), pages 917-942, August.
  11. Oliver E. Williamson, 2002. "The Lens of Contract: Private Ordering," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 92(2), pages 438-443, May.
  12. Oliver E. Williamson, 2002. "The Theory of the Firm as Governance Structure: From Choice to Contract," Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association, vol. 16(3), pages 171-195, Summer.
  13. Oliver Williamson, 2000. "Utopia and Campaign Spending," The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, , vol. 572(1), pages 161-161, November.
  14. Oliver E. Williamson, 2000. "The New Institutional Economics: Taking Stock, Looking Ahead," Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association, vol. 38(3), pages 595-613, September.
  15. Oliver E. Williamson, 2000. "Contract and Economic Organization," Revue d'Économie Industrielle, Programme National Persée, vol. 92(1), pages 55-66.
  16. Henisz Witold J. & Williamson Oliver E., 1999. "Comparative Economic Organization—Within and Between Countries," Business and Politics, De Gruyter, vol. 1(3), pages 261-278, December.
  17. Oliver E. Williamson, 1999. "Strategy research: governance and competence perspectives," Strategic Management Journal, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 20(12), pages 1087-1108, December.
  18. Williamson, Oliver E, 1999. "Public and Private Bureaucracies: A Transaction Cost Economics Perspective," The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, Oxford University Press, vol. 15(1), pages 306-342, April.
  19. Williamson, Oliver E, 1998. "The Institutions of Governance," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 88(2), pages 75-79, May.
  20. Williamson, Oliver E, 1996. "Revisiting Legal Realism: The Law, Economics, and Organization Perspective," Industrial and Corporate Change, Oxford University Press and the Associazione ICC, vol. 5(2), pages 383-420.
  21. Williamson, Oliver E., 1996. "Transaction cost economics and the Carnegie connection," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 31(2), pages 149-155, November.
  22. Williamson, Oliver E., 1995. "Some uneasiness with the Coase Theorem: Comment," Japan and the World Economy, Elsevier, vol. 7(1), pages 9-11, May.
  23. Williamson, Oliver E, 1995. "Hierarchies, Markets and Power in the Economy: An Economic Perspective," Industrial and Corporate Change, Oxford University Press and the Associazione ICC, vol. 4(1), pages 21-49.
  24. Williamson, Oliver E, 1994. "Evaluating Coase," Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association, vol. 8(2), pages 201-204, Spring.
  25. Williamson, Oliver E, 1994. "Visible and Invisible Governance," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 84(2), pages 323-326, May.
  26. Oliver Williamson, 1994. "Research Needs and Opportunities in Transaction Cost Economics," International Journal of the Economics of Business, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 1(1), pages 45-46.
  27. Williamson, Oliver E, 1993. "Calculated Trust, A Reply," Journal of Law and Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 36(1), pages 501-502, April.
  28. Williamson, Oliver E, 1993. "Calculativeness, Trust, and Economic Organization," Journal of Law and Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 36(1), pages 453-486, April.
  29. Oliver E. Williamson, 1993. "Contested Exchange versus the Governance of Contractual Relations," Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association, vol. 7(1), pages 103-108, Winter.
  30. Williamson, Oliver E., 1992. "Markets, hierarchies, and the modern corporation: An unfolding perspective," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 17(3), pages 335-352, May.
  31. Williamson, Oliver E, 1991. "Economic Institutions: Spontaneous and Intentional Governance," The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, Oxford University Press, vol. 7(0), pages 159-187, Special I.
  32. Oliver E. Williamson, 1991. "Strategizing, economizing, and economic organization," Strategic Management Journal, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 12(S2), pages 75-94, December.
  33. Williamson, Oliver E, 1990. "Political Institutions: The Neglected Side of the Story--Comment," The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, Oxford University Press, vol. 6(0), pages 263-266.
  34. Williamson, Oliver E, 1988. "The Logic of Economic Organization," The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, Oxford University Press, vol. 4(1), pages 65-93, Spring.
  35. Williamson, Oliver E., 1988. "Technology and transaction cost economics : A reply," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 10(3), pages 355-363, October.
  36. Williamson, Oliver E., 1987. "Transaction cost economics : The comparative contracting perspective," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 8(4), pages 617-625, December.
  37. Williamson, Oliver E, 1986. "Transforming Merger Policy: The Pound of New Perspectives," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 76(2), pages 114-119, May.
  38. Williamson, Oliver E, 1985. "Assessing Contract," The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, Oxford University Press, vol. 1(1), pages 177-208, Spring.
  39. Riordan, Michael H. & Williamson, Oliver E., 1985. "Asset specificity and economic organization," International Journal of Industrial Organization, Elsevier, vol. 3(4), pages 365-378, December.
  40. Williamson, Oliver E., 1985. "Employee ownership and internal governance : A perspective," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 6(3), pages 243-245, September.
  41. Williamson, Oliver E, 1984. "Credible Commitments: Further Remarks," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 74(3), pages 488-490, June.
  42. Oliver Williamson, 1984. "The incentive limits of firms: A comparative institutional assessment of bureaucracy," Review of World Economics (Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv), Springer;Institut für Weltwirtschaft (Kiel Institute for the World Economy), vol. 120(4), pages 736-763, December.
  43. Williamson, Oliver E, 1983. "Organization Form, Residual Claimants, and Corporate Control," Journal of Law and Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 26(2), pages 351-366, June.
  44. Williamson, Oliver E, 1983. "Credible Commitments: Using Hostages to Support Exchange," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 73(4), pages 519-540, September.
  45. Williamson, Oliver E., 1983. "Technology and the organization of work : A reply to Jones," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 4(1), pages 57-62, March.
  46. Williamson, Oliver E., 1983. "Technology and the organization of work : A rejoinder," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 4(1), pages 67-68, March.
  47. Williamson, Oliver E., 1981. "The organization of work : Reply," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 2(3), pages 281-283, September.
  48. Williamson, Oliver E, 1981. "The Modern Corporation: Origins, Evolution, Attributes," Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association, vol. 19(4), pages 1537-1568, December.
  49. Williamson, Oliver E., 1980. "The organization of work a comparative institutional assessment," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 1(1), pages 5-38, March.
  50. Williamson, Oliver E, 1979. "Transaction-Cost Economics: The Governance of Contractural Relations," Journal of Law and Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 22(2), pages 233-261, October.
  51. Michael L. Wachter & Oliver E. Williamson, 1978. "Obligational Markets and the Mechanics of Inflation," Bell Journal of Economics, The RAND Corporation, vol. 9(2), pages 549-571, Autumn.
  52. Oliver E. Williamson, 1977. "J. Michael Montias' The Structure of Economic Systems," Bell Journal of Economics, The RAND Corporation, vol. 8(2), pages 620-623, Autumn.
  53. Williamson, Oliver E, 1976. "The Economics of Internal Organization: Exit and Voice in Relation to Markets and Hierarchies," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 66(2), pages 369-377, May.
  54. Oliver E. Williamson, 1976. "Franchise Bidding for Natural Monopolies -- in General and with Respect to CATV," Bell Journal of Economics, The RAND Corporation, vol. 7(1), pages 73-104, Spring.
  55. Williamson, Oliver E., 1975. "Evolution of International Management Structures. Edited by Harold F. Williamson. Newark, Del., University of Delaware Press, 1975. Pp. xii + 254. $20.00," Business History Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 49(4), pages 507-509, January.
  56. Oliver E. Williamson & Michael L. Wachter & Jeffrey E. Harris, 1975. "Understanding the Employment Relation: The Analysis of Idiosyncratic Exchange," Bell Journal of Economics, The RAND Corporation, vol. 6(1), pages 250-278, Spring.
  57. Oliver E. Williamson, 1974. "Peak-Load Pricing: Some Further Remarks," Bell Journal of Economics, The RAND Corporation, vol. 5(1), pages 223-228, Spring.
  58. Williamson, Oliver E, 1973. "Markets and Hierarchies: Some Elementary Considerations," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 63(2), pages 316-325, May.
  59. Williamson, Oliver E, 1971. "The Vertical Integration of Production: Market Failure Considerations," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 61(2), pages 112-123, May.
  60. Williamson, Oliver E, 1969. "Economies as an Antitrust Defense: Reply," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 59(5), pages 954-959, December.
  61. Williamson, Oliver E, 1969. "Allocative Efficiency and the Limits of Antitrust," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 59(2), pages 105-118, May.
  62. Oliver E. Williamson, 1968. "Wage Rates as a Barrier to Entry: The Pennington Case in Perspective," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 82(1), pages 85-116.
  63. Oliver Williamson, 1967. "A rational theory of the federal budgeting process," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 2(1), pages 71-89, December.
  64. Oliver E. Williamson, 1967. "Hierarchical Control and Optimum Firm Size," Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 75(2), pages 123-123.
  65. Oliver E. Williamson, 1965. "A Dynamic Theory of Interfirm Behavior," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 79(4), pages 579-607.
  66. Oliver E. Williamson, 1963. "Selling Expensse as a Barrier to Entry," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 77(1), pages 112-128.
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Chapters

  1. Oliver E. Williamson, 2016. "The transaction cost economics project: origins, evolution, utilization," Chapters, in: Claude Ménard & Elodie Bertrand (ed.), The Elgar Companion to Ronald H. Coase, chapter 3, pages 34-42, Edward Elgar Publishing.
  2. Oliver E. Williamson, 2014. "Interdisciplinary Social Science: The Transaction Cost Economics Project," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Robert M. Solow & Janice Murray (ed.), Economics for the Curious, chapter 0, pages 123-140, Palgrave Macmillan.
  3. Oliver E. Williamson, 2011. "Corporate Governance: A Contractual and Organizational Perspective," International Economic Association Series, in: Lorenzo Sacconi & Margaret Blair & R. Edward Freeman & Alessandro Vercelli (ed.), Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate Governance, chapter 1, pages 3-32, Palgrave Macmillan.
  4. Oliver E. Williamson, 2010. "Transaction Cost Economics: An Overview," Chapters, in: Peter G. Klein & Michael E. Sykuta (ed.), The Elgar Companion to Transaction Cost Economics, chapter 2, Edward Elgar Publishing.
  5. Oliver E. Williamson, 2009. "Opening the Black Box of Firm and Market Organization: Antitrust," Chapters, in: Per-Olof Bjuggren & Dennis C. Mueller (ed.), The Modern Firm, Corporate Governance and Investment, chapter 2, Edward Elgar Publishing.
  6. Oliver E. Williamson, 2009. "Transaction Cost Economics: The Precursors," Chapters, in: Claude Ménard & Michel Ghertman (ed.), Regulation, Deregulation, Reregulation, chapter 1, Edward Elgar Publishing.
  7. Oliver E. Williamson, 2008. "Corporate Boards of Directors: A Precautionary Perspective," Chapters, in: Klaus Gugler & B. Burcin Yurtoglu (ed.), The Economics of Corporate Governance and Mergers, chapter 4, Edward Elgar Publishing.
  8. Oliver E. Williamson, 2000. "Ronald Harry Coase: international economist/institutional builder," Chapters, in: Claude Ménard (ed.), Institutions, Contracts and Organizations, chapter 6, Edward Elgar Publishing.
  9. Williamson, Oliver E., 1989. "Transaction cost economics," Handbook of Industrial Organization, in: R. Schmalensee & R. Willig (ed.), Handbook of Industrial Organization, edition 1, volume 1, chapter 3, pages 135-182, Elsevier.
  10. Oliver E. Williamson, 1987. "Kenneth Arrow and the New Institutional Economics," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: George R. Feiwel (ed.), Arrow and the Foundations of the Theory of Economic Policy, chapter 20, pages 584-599, Palgrave Macmillan.
  11. Oliver E. Williamson, 1986. "The Incentive Limits of Firms: A Comparative Institutional Assessment of Bureaucracy," International Economic Association Series, in: Bela Balassa & Herbert Giersch (ed.), Economic Incentives, chapter 7, pages 204-237, Palgrave Macmillan.
  12. Oliver E. Williamson, 1984. "Efficient Labour Organization," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Frank H. Stephen (ed.), Firms, Organization and Labour, chapter 6, pages 87-118, Palgrave Macmillan.
  13. Oliver E. Williamson, 1972. "Antitrust Enforcement and the Modern Corporation," NBER Chapters, in: Economic Research: Retrospect and Prospect, Volume 3, Policy Issues and Research Opportunities in Industrial Organization, pages 16-33, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  14. O. E. Williamson, 1972. "Managerial Discretion Models," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Charles K. Rowley (ed.), Readings in Industrial Economics, chapter 5, pages 67-90, Palgrave Macmillan.
  15. Oliver E. Williamson, 1971. "Managerial Discretion, Organization Form, and the Multi-division Hypothesis," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Robin Marris & Adrian Wood (ed.), The Corporate Economy, chapter 11, pages 343-386, Palgrave Macmillan.
  16. Oliver Williamson, 1970. "Administrative Decision Making and Pricing: Externality and Compensation Analysis Applied," NBER Chapters, in: The Analysis of Public Output, pages 115-138, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  17. Oliver E. Williamson, 1967. "The Economics of Defense Contracting: Incentives and Performance," NBER Chapters, in: Issues in Defense Economics, pages 217-278, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.

Books

  1. Oliver E. Williamson, 2013. "The Transaction Cost Economics Project," Books, Edward Elgar Publishing, number 14645.
  2. Williamson, Oliver E., 1999. "The Mechanisms of Governance," OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press, number 9780195132601.
  3. Oliver E. Williamson & Scott E. Masten (ed.), 1995. "Transaction Cost Economics," Books, Edward Elgar Publishing, volume 0, number 594.
  4. Williamson, Oliver E. & Winter, Sidney G. (ed.), 1993. "The Nature of the Firm: Origins, Evolution, and Development," OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press, number 9780195083569.
  5. Oliver E. Williamson (ed.), 1990. "Industrial Organization," Books, Edward Elgar Publishing, number 593.
  6. Oliver E. Williamson & Scott E Masten (ed.), . "The Economics of Transaction Costs," Books, Edward Elgar Publishing, number 1652.

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  1. NEP-HPE: History and Philosophy of Economics (2) 2007-05-19 2010-09-11
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