Transaction Costs and the Robustness of the Coase Theorem
@article{Anderlini2000TransactionCA, title={Transaction Costs and the Robustness of the Coase Theorem}, author={Luca Anderlini and Leonardo Felli}, journal={Wiley-Blackwell: Economic Journal}, year={2000} }
This paper explores the extent to which the presence of ex-ante transaction costs may lead to failures of the Coase Theorem. In particular we identify and investigate the basic 'hold-up problem' which arises whenever the parties to a Coasian negotiation have to pay some ex-ante costs for the negotiation to take place. We then show that a 'Coasian solution' to this hold-up problem is not available. This is because a Coasian solution to the hold-up problem typically entails a negotation about the…
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