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ISNIE celebrates Yoram Barzel's 80th Birthday

Yoram Barzel is one of the pioneers of transaction cost economics, and his work on property rights and institutions has been fundamental to the development of New Institutional Economics.  His book "Economic Analysis of Property Rights" remains one of the most important works in the field.  In order to celebrate Professor Barzel's long list of academic accomplishments, and to honor him on his 80th birthday, ISNIE is sponsoring four sessions at the 2012 meetings.


Sessions in Honor of Yoram Barzel’s 80th Birthday

Friday June 15: Property Rights in Resources, Management, and Strategy

Moderator: Doug Allen

Presenters

  1. Sumner LaCroix, “The Political Economy of Land Privatization in Ar- gentina and Australia, 1810–1850”
  2. Bruce Johnsen, “Moral Hazard in Mutual Fund Management: The Role of Fees.”
  3. Robert Deacon, “Reforming Fisheries: Lessons from a Self-Selected Coop- erative”
  4. Dean Lueck, “A Legacy of History: 19th Century Land Demarcation and Agriculture in California”.
  5. Decio Zylbersztajn “A Property Rights Approach to Strategy”

Friday June 15: Property Rights and Legal Theory

Moderator: Dean Lueck

Presenters

  1. Henry Smith, “On the Economy of Concepts in Property”
  2. Barak Richman, “Measurement Costs and Enforcement Costs”
  3. Avi Bell, TBA
  4. Jonathan Barnett “Private and Public Supply of Intellectual Property Rights”
  5. Benito Arrunada, “Property as an economic concept: Reconciling legal and economic conceptions of property rights in a Coasean framework”

Saturday June 16: Property Rights and Transaction Costs From the Big Guns

Moderator: Arnold Harberger

Presenters

  1. Harold Demsetz, “Transaction Cost Confusions”
  2. Yoram Barzel, “The exchange of variable-quality commodities”
  3. Gary Libecap, “Addressing global externalities: Transaction Cost Considerations”
  4. John Wallis/D. North, “Coordination and Coercion”

Saturday June 16: Exotic Property Rights Topics

Moderator: Tom Borcherding

Presenters

  1. Doug Allen, “The Grounds For Marriage: Differences Across Sexual Orientations”
  2. Steve Tadelis TBA
  3. Don Wittman, “Strategic Behavior and Religious Organization”
  4. Rob Fleck and Andy Hanssen, “Institutional Change and the Careers of Hollywood Actors.”