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American Economic Association Property Rights, Transaction Costs, and X-Efficiency: An Essay in Economic Theory Author(s): Louis De Alessi Reviewed work(s): Source: The American Economic Review, Vol. 73, No. 1 (Mar., 1983), pp. 64-81 Published by: American Economic Association Stable URL: /stable/1803927 . Accessed: 11/05/2012 13:05 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms Conditions of Use, available at . /page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact support@. American Economic Association is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to The American Economic Review. Property Rights, Transaction Costs, and X-Efficiency: An Essay in Economic Theory By Louis DE ALESSI* Real and imagined iimitations of neoclas- ory without taking into account the property sical economic theory have stimulated a rights/transaction costs generalization. In- variety of proposed revisions and ad hoc deed, Leibenstein even failed to note the models. Two of these revisions are particu- existence of the latter during his recent search larly interesting because they share the same for micro-micro, a link he missed in eco- point of departure but proceed along differ- nomic theory (1979a).2 At the same time, ent routes to drastically different prescrip- although Alchian (1965a) and others have tions. On