| Titre | Coûts de transaction et choix contractuels : un test économétrique sur une entreprise publique | |
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| Auteur | Stéphane Saussier | |
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Revue | Economie et prévision |
| Numéro | no 145, 2000/4 | |
| Rubrique / Thématique | Économie Publique Appliquée |
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| Page | 169-180 | |
| Résumé anglais |
Transactions costs and contractual choice: an econometric test taking a public-sector enterprise
by Stéphane Saussier
This paper examines the form taken by inter-firm contracts in the light of transactions-costs theory. We maintain that agents' contractual choice is explained by a desire to reduce transactions costs. In order to test the conclusions deduced from the theory, we built up a database of contracts representing the totality of the contractual relationships between Electricité de France and its coal transporters over the period 1977-1997. In a first stage, we explore the factors that may explain the form of contracts in the framework of transactions-cost theory (first part). Refutable propositions are put forward and tested (second part), together with a description of the contractual relations between EDF and its suppliers (third part). The conclusions derived from transactions-cost theory are confirmed by our study. Source : Éditeur (via Persée) |
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| Article en ligne | http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/ecop_0249-4744_2000_num_145_4_6122 |
