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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