Transaction cost regulation
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- Pablo T. Spiller, 2011. "Transaction Cost Regulation," NBER Working Papers 16735, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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Keywords
Regulation; Opportunism; Transactions costs; Utilities; Third party opportunism;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- L14 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Transactional Relationships; Contracts and Reputation
- L24 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Contracting Out; Joint Ventures
- L33 - Industrial Organization - - Nonprofit Organizations and Public Enterprise - - - Comparison of Public and Private Enterprise and Nonprofit Institutions; Privatization; Contracting Out
- L51 - Industrial Organization - - Regulation and Industrial Policy - - - Economics of Regulation
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