经济学中的灯塔——科斯

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1、TheLighthouseinEconomicsAuthor(s):R.H.CoaseSource:JournalofLawandEconomics,Vol.17,No.2(Oct.,1974),pp.357-376Publishedby:TheUniversityofChicagoPressStableURL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/724895Accessed:27/09/200809:15YouruseoftheJSTORarchiveindicatesyouracceptanceofJSTOR'sTermsa

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4、earsonthescreenorprintedpageofsuchtransmission.JSTORisanot-for-profitorganizationfoundedin1995tobuildtrusteddigitalarchivesforscholarship.Weworkwiththescholarlycommunitytopreservetheirworkandthematerialstheyrelyupon,andtobuildacommonresearchplatformthatpromotesthediscoveryandu

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6、TRODUCTIONTHElighthouseappearsinthewritingsofeconomistsbecauseofthelightitissupposedtothrowonthequestionoftheeconomicfunctionsofgovernment.Itisoftenusedasanexampleofsomethingwhichhastobeprovidedbygovernmentratherthanbyprivateenterprise.Whateconomistsusuallyseemtohaveinmindisth

7、attheimpossibilityofsecuringpaymentfromtheownersoftheshipsthatbenefitfromtheexistenceofthelighthousemakesitunprofitableforanyprivateindividualorfirmtobuildandmaintainalight-house.JohnStuartMillinhisPrinciplesofPoliticalEconomy,inthechapter"OftheGroundsandLimitsoftheLaissez-Fai

8、reorNon-InterferencePrinciple,"said:...itisaproperofficeofgov