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Definition: Transaction costs are made up of three types per North and Thomas (1973) p 93:

  • search costs (the costs of locating information about opportunities for exchange)
  • negotiation costs (costs of negotiating the terms of the exchange)
  • enforcement costs (costs of enforcing the contract)

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