Property rights and economic behavior - Collected works of Armen A. Alchian Vol 2

Armen Alchian has helped found several schools of economic thought and is the founder of the UCLA tradition in economics and one of the most influential voices in the areas of market structure, property rights, and the theory of the firm. Front cover Contents Introduction Of Golf, Capitalism and Socialism PART 1 THE ECONOMIC THEORY OF PROPERTY RIGHTS Some Economics of Property Some Economics of Property Rights Pricing and Society The Property Rights Paradigm Property Rights [1987] Property Rights [1993] The Bishops and the Lay Commission: Comments on Two Letters Some Implications of Recognition of Property Right Transactions Costs The Beneficiaries of Cleaner Air PART 2 THE THEORY OF THE FIRM Production, Information Costs, and Economic Organization Vertical Integration, Appropriable Rents, and the Competitive Contracting Process First Negotiation, First Refusal Rights Decision Sharing and Expropriable Specific Quasi-Rents: A Theory of First National Maintenance Corporation v. NLRB Amicus Curiae: Monsanto Company vs. Spray-Rite Corporation Reminiscences of Errors: A Tribute in Honor of Dean William H. Meckling on His Retirement Specificity, Specialization, and Coalitions Reflections on the Theory of the Firm Concluding Remarks The Firm Is Dead; Long Live the Firm: A Review of Oliver Williamson's The Economic Institutions of Capitalism Development of Economic Theory and Antitrust: A View from the Theory of the Firm Thoughts on the Theory of the Firm: A Tribute to Eirik G. Furubotn Vertical Integration and Regulation in the Telephone Industry Baldarelli vs. H&R Block PART 3 THE BEHAVIOR OF GOVERNMENT AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS Private Property and the Relative Cost of Tenure Economics of Tenure Competition, Monopoly and the Pursuit of Money Review of The Economics of Discrimination The Meaning of Collusion Electrical Equipment Collusion: Why and How Dollars or Scholars: The Economics of College Football The Basis of Some Recent Advances in the Theory of Management of the Firm Incentives in the United States Market Prices, Property and Behavior Customs, Behavior, and Property Rights An Economist Looks at Secondary Education in California Cost Effectiveness of Cost Effectiveness An Economic Analysis of the Market for Scientists and Engineers PART 4 LAW AND ECONOMICS On Private Property and Freedom Economic Laws and Political Legislation Review of Public Law Perspectives on a Private Law Problem: Auto Compensation Plans Corporate Management and Property Rights Private Rights to Property: The Basis of Corporate Governance and Human Rights On Corporations: A Visit with Smith Constitutional Baselines by Virtual Contract: A General Theory and Its Application to Regulatory Takings PART 5 THE ECONOMICS OF GIFTS The Economics of Rational Assistance The Economic and Social Impact of Free Tuition What Price Zero Tuition? The Pure Economics of Giving Authors Cited Subject Index Back cover