Details about Oliver E. Williamson

Homepage:	http://www2.haas.berkeley.edu/Faculty/williamson_oliver.aspx
Workplace:	Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California-Berkeley, (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2010

1. Autobiography
   Nobel Prize in Economics documents, Nobel Prize Committee

2009

2. Interview with Nobel Prize Laureates Elinor Ostrom and Oliver Williamson
   Nobel Prize in Economics documents, Nobel Prize Committee
3. Transaction Cost Economics: The Natural Progression
   Nobel Prize in Economics documents, Nobel Prize Committee
   See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (2010)

2007

4. Transaction Cost Economics: An Introduction
   Economics Discussion Papers, Kiel Institute for the World Economy

2003

5. 2003 Manifesto on the California Electricity Crisis
   Working paper, Regulation2point0 View citations (1)

1993

6. The Economic Analysis of Institutions and Organisations - in General and with Respect to Country Studies
   OECD Economics Department Working Papers, OECD Publishing

Journal Articles

2010

1. Transaction Cost Economics: The Natural Progression
   American Economic Review, 2010, 100, (3), 673-90 View citations (10)
   See also Working Paper (2009)

2009

2. Pragmatic methodology: a sketch, with applications to transaction cost economics
   Journal of Economic Methodology, 2009, 16, (2), 145-157

2008

3. Corporate Boards of Directors: In Principle and in Practice
   Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, 2008, 24, (2), 247-272 View citations (2)
4. TRANSACTION COST ECONOMICS: THE PRECURSORS
   Economic Affairs, 2008, 28, (3), 7-14

2005

5. The Economics of Governance
   American Economic Review, 2005, 95, (2), 1-18 View citations (18)
6. Transaction cost economics and business administration
   Scandinavian Journal of Management, 2005, 21, (1), 19-40 View citations (3)

2003

7. Examining economic organization through the lens of contract
   Industrial and Corporate Change, 2003, 12, (4), 917-942 View citations (4)

2002

8. The Lens of Contract: Private Ordering
   American Economic Review, 2002, 92, (2), 438-443 View citations (8)
9. The Theory of the Firm as Governance Structure: From Choice to Contract
   Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2002, 16, (3), 171-195 View citations (56)

2000

10. Contract and Economic Organization
    Revue d'Économie Industrielle, 2000, 92, (1), 55-66 View citations (1)
11. The New Institutional Economics: Taking Stock, Looking Ahead
    Journal of Economic Literature, 2000, 38, (3), 595-613 View citations (183)

1999

12. Public and Private Bureaucracies: A Transaction Cost Economics Perspective
    Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, 1999, 15, (1), 306-42 View citations (43)

1998

13. The Institutions of Governance
    American Economic Review, 1998, 88, (2), 75-79 View citations (18)

1996

14. Revisiting Legal Realism: The Law, Economics, and Organization Perspective
    Industrial and Corporate Change, 1996, 5, (2), 383-420 View citations (2)
15. Transaction cost economics and the Carnegie connection
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1996, 31, (2), 149-155 View citations (7)

1995

16. Hierarchies, Markets and Power in the Economy: An Economic Perspective
    Industrial and Corporate Change, 1995, 4, (1), 21-49 View citations (1)
17. Some uneasiness with the Coase Theorem: Comment
    Japan and the World Economy, 1995, 7, (1), 9-11

1994

18. Evaluating Coase
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1994, 8, (2), 201-04 View citations (3)
19. Research Needs and Opportunities in Transaction Cost Economics
    International Journal of the Economics of Business, 1994, 1, (1), 45-46
20. Visible and Invisible Governance
    American Economic Review, 1994, 84, (2), 323-26 View citations (2)

1993

21. Calculated Trust, A Reply
    Journal of Law and Economics, 1993, 36, (1), 501-02 View citations (1)
22. Calculativeness, Trust, and Economic Organization
    Journal of Law and Economics, 1993, 36, (1), 453-86 View citations (83)
23. Contested Exchange versus the Governance of Contractual Relations
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1993, 7, (1), 103-108 View citations (10)

1992

24. Markets, hierarchies, and the modern corporation: An unfolding perspective
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1992, 17, (3), 335-352 View citations (13)

1991

25. Economic Institutions: Spontaneous and Intentional Governance
    Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, 1991, 7, 159-87 View citations (14)

1990

26. Political Institutions: The Neglected Side of the Story--Comment
    Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, 1990, 6, 263-66 View citations (2)

1988

27. Corporate Finance and Corporate Governance
    Journal of Finance, 1988, 43, (3), 567-91 View citations (216)
28. Technology and transaction cost economics: A reply
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1988, 10, (3), 355-363 View citations (11)
29. The Logic of Economic Organization
    Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, 1988, 4, (1), 65-93 View citations (15)

1987

30. Transaction cost economics: The comparative contracting perspective
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1987, 8, (4), 617-625 View citations (3)

1986

31. Transforming Merger Policy: The Pound of New Perspectives
    American Economic Review, 1986, 76, (2), 114-19 View citations (1)

1985

32. Assessing Contract
    Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, 1985, 1, (1), 177-208 View citations (2)
33. Asset specificity and economic organization
    International Journal of Industrial Organization, 1985, 3, (4), 365-378 View citations (53)
34. Employee ownership and internal governance: A perspective
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1985, 6, (3), 243-245

1984

35. Credible Commitments: Further Remarks
    American Economic Review, 1984, 74, (3), 488-90 View citations (3)
36. The incentive limits of firms: A comparative institutional assessment of bureaucracy
    Review of World Economics (Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv), 1984, 120, (4), 736-763 View citations (2)

1983

37. Credible Commitments: Using Hostages to Support Exchange
    American Economic Review, 1983, 73, (4), 519-40 View citations (156)
38. Organization Form, Residual Claimants, and Corporate Control
    Journal of Law and Economics, 1983, 26, (2), 351-66 View citations (14)
39. Technology and the organization of work: A rejoinder
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1983, 4, (1), 67-68 View citations (1)
40. Technology and the organization of work: A reply to Jones
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1983, 4, (1), 57-62 View citations (1)

1981

41. The Modern Corporation: Origins, Evolution, Attributes
    Journal of Economic Literature, 1981, 19, (4), 1537-68 View citations (55)
42. The organization of work: Reply
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1981, 2, (3), 281-283

1980

43. The organization of work a comparative institutional assessment
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1980, 1, (1), 5-38 View citations (11)

1979

44. Transaction-Cost Economics: The Governance of Contractural Relations
    Journal of Law and Economics, 1979, 22, (2), 233-61 View citations (5)

1978

45. Obligational Markets and the Mechanics of Inflation
    Bell Journal of Economics, 1978, 9, (2), 549-571

1977

46. J. Michael Montias' The Structure of Economic Systems
    Bell Journal of Economics, 1977, 8, (2), 620-623

1976

47. Franchise Bidding for Natural Monopolies -- in General and with Respect to CATV
    Bell Journal of Economics, 1976, 7, (1), 73-104
48. The Economics of Internal Organization: Exit and Voice in Relation to Markets and Hierarchies
    American Economic Review, 1976, 66, (2), 369-77 View citations (5)

1975

49. Understanding the Employment Relation: The Analysis of Idiosyncratic Exchange
    Bell Journal of Economics, 1975, 6, (1), 250-278

1974

50. Peak-Load Pricing: Some Further Remarks
    Bell Journal of Economics, 1974, 5, (1), 223-228

1973

51. Markets and Hierarchies: Some Elementary Considerations
    American Economic Review, 1973, 63, (2), 316-25 View citations (23)

1971

52. The Vertical Integration of Production: Market Failure Considerations
    American Economic Review, 1971, 61, (2), 112-23 View citations (89)

1969

53. Allocative Efficiency and the Limits of Antitrust
    American Economic Review, 1969, 59, (2), 105-18 View citations (1)
54. Economies as an Antitrust Defense: Reply
    American Economic Review, 1969, 59, (5), 954-59 View citations (3)

1967

55. Hierarchical Control and Optimum Firm Size
    Journal of Political Economy, 1967, 75, 123 View citations (88)

Books

1999

1. The Mechanisms of Governance
   OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press View citations (7)

Edited books

1993

1. The Nature of the Firm: Origins, Evolution, and Development
   OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press View citations (2)

Chapters

1989

1. Transaction cost economics
   Chapter 03 in Handbook of Industrial Organization, 1989, vol. 1, pp 135-182 View citations (78)

1972

2. Antitrust Enforcement and the Modern Corporation
   A chapter in Economic Research: Retrospect and Prospect Vol 3: Policy Issues and Research Opportunities in Industrial Organization, 1972, pp 16-33

1970

3. Administrative Decision Making and Pricing: Externality and Compensation Analysis Applied
   A chapter in The Analysis of Public Output, 1970, pp 115-138 View citations (1)

1967

4. The Economics of Defense Contracting: Incentives and Performance
   A chapter in Issues in Defense Economics, 1967, pp 217-278 View citations (17)