A Nobel Prize for property rights theory (Q725076)

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    A Nobel Prize for property rights theory
    scientific article; zbMATH DE number 6911977

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      A Nobel Prize for property rights theory (English)
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      1 August 2018
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      Summary: This article provides a brief overview of the property-rights theory of the firm, pioneered by \textit{S. J. Grossman} and \textit{O. D. Hart} [``The costs and benefits of ownership: a theory of vertical and lateral integration'', J. Polit. Econ. 94, No. 4, 691--719 (1986; \url{doi:10.1086/261404})] and \textit{O. Hart} and \textit{J. Moore} [Econometrica 56, No. 4, 755--785 (1988; Zbl 0644.90011)], and situates the theory in other literatures.
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      contracts
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      firms
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      incomplete contracts
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      property-rights theory
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