Oliver Williamson - Definition and Overview

Oliver E. Williamson (born September 27, 1932) is a prominent author in the area of transaction cost economics, a student of Ronald Coase and Herbert Simon.

His major works include:

• The Mechanisms of Governance ISBN 0195132602
• The Economic Institutions of Capitalism ISBN 0029348218
• The Nature of the Firm: Origins, Evolution, and Development ISBN 0195083563

See also

• Theory of the firm

External link

• Oliver E. Williamson's homepage (http://groups.haas.berkeley.edu/bpp/oew/)

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