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Costes de transacción vs costes de jerarquía en la provisión de bienes: una interpretación de la teoría smithiana*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 January 2010

Estrella Trincado Aznar
Estrella Trincado Aznar
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Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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Abstract

In Adam's Smith theory, economic hierarchies cannot reduce market transaction costs. To demonstrate this thesis, the article studies the definition of Smithian freedom, which makes any imposition on the independent and creative activity «costly». It also explains how Adam Smith treats the topic of the provision of private and public goods in the Wealth of the Nations. Therefore, on the one hand, the nature of the firm, which supplies private goods, is described; on the other hand, it studies the provision of public goods, that is to say, in the case of Smith's theory, the institutions that ease trade in general and the ones that ease the instruction of the people.

Resumen

En la teoría de Adam Smith, las jerarquías económicas nunca pueden reducir los costes de transacción del mercado. Para demostrarlo, el artículo estudia la definición de libertad Smithiana, que lleva a que cualquier imposición sobre la actividad independiente y creativa sea «costosa». También explica el tratamiento del tema de la provisión de bienes privados y públicos en la Riqueza de las Naciones. Por tanto, por un lado se describe la naturaleza de la empresa, que provee bienes privados, y por otro la provisión de bienes públicos, es decir, en el caso de la teoría de Smith, las instituciones que facilitan el comercio en general y las que facilitan la instrucción del pueblo.

Keywords

costes de transacciónAdam Smithbienes públicosjerarquíateoría de la empresatransaction costsAdam Smithpublic goodshierarchythe theory of the firm
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Revista de Historia Economica - Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History , Volume 25 , Issue 2 , Otoño 2007 , pp. 261 - 292
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Copyright © Instituto Figuerola de Historia y Ciencias Sociales, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid 2007

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