Discover how Oliver Williamson, a Nobel laureate, transformed economic thought with Transaction Cost Economics and influenced policy beyond traditional markets.

The IRS won a major economic substance case on October 31. A federal district court in Liberty Global, Inc. v. United States, No. 20-cv-03501 (D. Colo.), found that a planned corporate transaction ...

Assume that X and Y agree to the following: X will transfer ownership of Prop to Y, and Y will transfer cash to X. What just happened? Obviously, X has sold Prop to Y. If the amount of cash that X ...

In this paper, the author introduces the theory and method of transaction cost economics to identify the essence of e-commerce model by explicating its core objective and function. From the ...

On any given day, as much as two-thirds of the transaction activity registered on the Bitcoin network has nothing to do with buying goods and services or trading the virtual currency. Volume figures ...

Discover what a market is in economics, its various types, and common features. Learn how markets function, both in physical spaces and through virtual platforms.