Arbeitspapier
Costly Enforcement of Property Rights and the Coase Theorem
We examine a setting in which property rights are initially ambiguously defined. Whether the parties go to court to remove the ambiguity or bargain and settle privately, they incur enforcement costs. When the parties bargain, a version of the Coase theorem holds. Despite the additional costs of going to court, other ex post ine.ciencies, and the absence of incomplete information, however, going to court may be an equilibrium or ex ante Pareto-superior over settlement; this is especially true in dynamic settings whereby a court decision saves on future enforcement costs. When the parties do not negotiate and go to court the Coase theorem ceases to hold, and a simple rule for the initial assignment of rights maximizes net surplus.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: CESifo Working Paper ; No. 762
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Robson, Alexander R. W.
Skaperdas, Stergios
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
- (wo)
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Munich
- (wann)
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2002
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Robson, Alexander R. W.
- Skaperdas, Stergios
- Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
Entstanden
- 2002
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