TOTM

Nobel Speculation Time

Every year around this time, I repeat my prediction that Armen Alchian, Harold Demsetz, and Ben Klein will win the Nobel Prize for contributions to the theory of the firm, property rights, and transaction cost economics.  I understand that last year’s prize makes this combination less likely, but I see no reason to deviate.  I make the case for that combination, one that I think compares quite favorably to the more frequently discussed trio of Hart-Holmstrom-Tirole, in the linked post.  One can also imagine an Alchian / Demsetz prize for narrowly grounded in their work on property rights.

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