:: Volume 5, Issue 16 (11-2016) ::
mieaoi 2016, 5(16): 37-59 Back to browse issues page
Effects of ethics and law in achieving maximum economic efficiency according to the Coasetheorem
Abstract:   (4966 Views)

According to the Coase theorem when transaction costs are sufficiently low then bargaining will lead to an efficient outcomeregardless of the allocation of property. There ishigh degree of Similarity between lawand ethics and when transaction costs are sufficiently low then ethics, aswell aslaw,doesnot havean impact onthe efficiency of society. This articlestudies the role of ethics to reach the maximum efficiency and shows hownomoralobligationto reduceeconomic efficiency and ultimately reducethewealthof society. Sufficientlylow transaction costs assumption is dependent on the ethicsand there is no maximum efficiency if there is no moralobligation.

Keywords: ethics and economics, ethicsand efficiency, law and economics, the CoaseTheorem
Full-Text [PDF 473 kb]   (1129 Downloads)    
Article type: Research | Subject: Special
Received: 2016/12/13 | Accepted: 2016/12/13 | Published: 2016/12/13


XML   Persian Abstract   Print



Rights and permissions
Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
Volume 5, Issue 16 (11-2016) Back to browse issues page