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1、TheContractualNatureoftheFirmStevenN.S.CheungJournalofLawandEconomics,Vol.26,No.1.(Apr.,1983),pp.1-21.StableURL:http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0022-2186%28198304%2926%3A1%3C1%3ATCNOTF%3E2.0.CO%3B2-CJournalofLawandEconomicsiscurrentlypublishedbyTheUniversityofChi
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5、@jstor.org.http://www.jstor.orgFriJun804:04:502007THECONTRACTUALNATUREOFTHEFIRM*STEVENN.S.CHEUNGUniversityofHongKongAmosrhalfacenturyhaselapsedsinceR.H.Coasewrote"TheNa-tureofthe~irm."'Theimpactofthispaperisnowincreasing.'Atabouttwentyyearsofageandbeforereceivinga
6、bachelor'sdegreefromtheLondonSchoolofEconomics,CoaseconceivedthethesisofthatworkduringatravelingscholarshiptotheUnitedStatesin1931-32.'Consider-*FortheirhelpfulcommentsIamgratefultoArmenA.Alchian,YoramBarzel,KeithLeffler,JohnS.McGee,andDeanWorcester.'RonaldH.Coase
7、,TheNatureoftheFirm,4Economics386(1937).Thepaper,how-ever,waswrittenseveralyearsearlier(seenote3infra).TheSocialSciencesCitationIndexprovidesthefollowinginformation.Breakingdowntheperiodof1966-80intothreefive-yearperiods,thetotalcitationsofCoase's"firm"paperforeac
8、hsubperiodare:1966-70,17citations:1971-75,47citations;and1976-80,105citations.InpersonalcorrespondenceCoasewrotemehisrecollectionsasfollows:Aboutthefirm
