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4 - Information Costs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 August 2023

Yoram Barzel
Affiliation:
University of Washington
Douglas W. Allen
Affiliation:
Simon Fraser University, British Columbia
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Information costs are the source of positive transaction costs. This chapter discusses the relationship between the two types of costs, and notes that a particular type of information cost matters. Commodities are complex because they are made up of bundles of attributes which vary in nature and are alterable by humans. The inability to separate and know these two sources of variance is what lies at the heart of positive transaction costs.

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Print publication year: 2023

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  • Information Costs
  • Yoram Barzel, University of Washington, Douglas W. Allen, Simon Fraser University, British Columbia
  • Book: Economic Analysis of Property Rights
  • Online publication: 17 August 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009374712.008
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  • Information Costs
  • Yoram Barzel, University of Washington, Douglas W. Allen, Simon Fraser University, British Columbia
  • Book: Economic Analysis of Property Rights
  • Online publication: 17 August 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009374712.008
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  • Information Costs
  • Yoram Barzel, University of Washington, Douglas W. Allen, Simon Fraser University, British Columbia
  • Book: Economic Analysis of Property Rights
  • Online publication: 17 August 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009374712.008
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