The Economics of Sharing: A Transactions Costs Analysis of Contractual Choice in Farming

Bell Journal of Economics, 1983, vol. 14, issue 1, pages 283-293

Abstract: This article analyzes the reasons for the adoption of contracts in which factors receive a share of output as payment. Previous theories are unsatisfactory in that their assumptions and predictions are inconsistent with basic features of activities in which such contracts are used. A new explanation is offered based on the transactional problems of multiperiod contractual relationships. It is shown that share rents can solve transactional problems when fixed rents have high transactions costs and internal organization cannot be used because of monitoring problems.

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