A Concept of Two Authors: Commons and Williamson on Transactions

IF 0.4 Q4 ECONOMICS
S. Guedes, R. Jerônimo
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The idea of transactions in social sciences was conceived by John Rogers Commons in the beginning of the 1920s, representing a mental instrument capable of describing capitalism and its peculiarities. On the other hand, Oliver Williamson’s approach in late 1970s reduced the concept to the mere transfer of goods and services in institutions that are or are not guided by the price system. The aim of this article is to present the characteristics of these two different approaches to the concept of transactions, evidencing the role of epistemological aspects and investigative purposes (referred to relevant research context and problem originated in it) as the causes of its metamorphosis. John Commons’ effort to build up a concept not only capable of transcending the idea of exchange but also of giving a totalising perspective to the interpretation of capitalism is emptied in Williamson’s appropriation of the term. By utilising Commons’ conception of transactions and trying to subsume it to his ‘general theory of transaction costs’, Williamson limits its scope and meaning, adjusting it without producing rupture with the neoclassical economy. This article tries to catch the vicissitudes of this concept found in both authors. JEL: B15, B25, B31
两位作者的概念:Commons和Williamson谈交易
社会科学中的交易概念是由约翰·罗杰斯·康姆斯在20世纪20年代初提出的,代表了一种能够描述资本主义及其特殊性的心理工具。另一方面,奥利弗·威廉姆森在20世纪70年代末的方法将这一概念简化为在受或不受价格体系指导的机构中进行商品和服务的转移。本文的目的是呈现这两种不同的交易概念方法的特征,证明认识论方面和调查目的(指相关的研究背景和由此产生的问题)是交易概念变形的原因。约翰·康姆斯(John Commons)试图建立一个概念,不仅能够超越交换的概念,而且能够为资本主义的解释提供一个全面的视角,但在威廉姆森(Williamson)对这个词的挪用中,这一努力被清空了。威廉姆森利用了Commons的交易概念,并试图将其纳入他的“交易成本一般理论”中,从而限制了其范围和意义,在不与新古典经济决裂的情况下对其进行了调整。这篇文章试图捕捉这一概念在两位作者身上的变化。JEL:B15、B25、B31
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