科斯：企业的性质（英文版）The Nature of the Firm (1937)R. H. COASEEconomic theory has suffered in the past from a failure to state clearly its assumption.Economists in building up a theory have often omitted to examine the foundations onwhich it was erected. This examination is, however, essential not only to prevent themisunderstanding and needles controversy which arise from a lack of knowledge of theassumptions on which a theory is based, but also because of the extreme importance foreconomic
