Markets, Firms, and Property Rights: A Celebration of the Research of Ronald Coase

December 4-5, 2009
Organizers

• Richard A. Epstein, University of Chicago
• Thomas Hazlett, George Mason University
• Roger Noll, Stanford University
• Greg Rosston, Stanford University

This conference brought together a group of scholars to honor the life and research of Ronald Coase, who celebrates his 100th birthday and the 50th anniversary of the publication of his paper "The Problem of Social Cost" this year. Presentations focused on topics that have been profoundly influenced by Coase's work, including telecommunications policy, airline regulation and development, environmental economics, economic development, the organization of the firm, and questions of transaction costs and social rationality. Read more details...

Sponsors

• The John M. Olin Program in Law and Economics at the University of Chicago Law School
• The Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research
• The Information Economy Project at George Mason University
• The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
• The Milton Friedman Institute for Research in Economics
• The George J. Stigler Center for the Study of the Economy and the State
• The China Center for Economic Research

Program Schedule

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