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Scott Masten

(734) 764-1389

semasten@umich.edu

Room R5366

Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy

Education

PhD University of Pennsylvania 1982

MA University of Pennsylvania 1979

AB (cum laude) Dartmouth College 1977

Academic Areas

Business Economics and Public Policy

Research

Deep Blue

WDI Publishing

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Biography

Professor Masten's research focuses on issues at the intersection of law, economics, and organization. He has published numerous articles relating to contracting, vertical integration, and antitrust, and his work has made him a leading scholar in the area of transaction cost economics.

Adaptation, Adjudication, and Private Ordering: Contractual Relations through the Williamson Lens

Authors

Masten, Scott E.

Published Date

04/2022

Authors

Masten, Scott E.

Source

Journal of Institutional Economics

Volume

Issue

Pages

283-296

Book Review: MASSIMILIANO VATIERO, The Theory of Transaction in Institutional Economics: A History

Authors

Masten, Scott E.

Published Date

09/2021

Authors

Masten, Scott E.

Source

History of Economic Ideas

Volume

Issue

Pages

189-192

"On the Evolution of Collective Enforcement Institutions: Communities and Courts"

Authors

Masten, S. and Prüfer, J.

Published Date

6/2014

Authors

Masten, S. and Prüfer, J.

Source

Journal of Legal Studies

Volume

Issue

Pages

359-400

"Post-Sale Service and the Limits of Reputation"

Authors

Masten, S. and Kosova, R.

Published Date

2013

Authors

Masten, S. and Kosova, R.

Source

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volume

Issue

Pages

1663-1698

"Public Utility Ownership in 19th-Century America: The 'Aberrant' Case of Water"

Authors

Scott Masten

Published Date

10/2011

Authors

Scott Masten

Source

Journal of Law, Economics & Organization

Volume

Issue

Pages

604-654

"Long-Term Contracts and Short-Term Commitment: Price Determination for Heterogeneous Freight Transactions"

Authors

Scott Masten

Published Date

2009

Authors

Scott Masten

Source

American Law and Economics Review

Volume

Issue

Pages

79-111

"Oliver E. Williamson"

Authors

Scott Masten

Published Date

2009

Authors

Scott Masten

Source

Production and Operations Management

Volume

Pages

vii-viii

Unprofitable Schooling: Examining Causes of, and Fixes for, America’s Broken Ivory Tower.

Authors

Scott E. Masten

Published Date

2019

Authors

Scott E. Masten

Source

Cato Institute

Pages

173-193, 308-316

The Senseless Monstrosity in our Path: Academic Bargains and the Rise of the American University

Neal McCluskey and Todd Zywicki

Elgar Research Reviews in Economics

Authors

Scott E. Masten

Published Date

2016

Authors

Scott E. Masten

Source

Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing

Transaction Cost Economics

Scott E. Masten

Handbook of Economic Organization

Authors

Scott Masten

Published Date

2013

Authors

Scott Masten

Source

Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing

Pages

96-111

"The Enterprise as Community: Firms, Towns, and Universities"

Anna Grandori

The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Strategic Management

Authors

Masten, S.

Published Date

2013

Authors

Masten, S.

Source

Palgrave Macmillan

Oliver E. Williamson (born 1932)

Teece, D. and Augier, M.

The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Strategic Management

Authors

Masten, S.

Published Date

2013

Authors

Masten, S.

Source

Palgrave MacMillan

Hold-up

Teece, D. and Augier, M.

The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, Online Edition (http://www.dictionaryofeconomics.com)

Authors

Scott Masten

Published Date

2010

Authors

Scott Masten

Source

Palgrave Macmillan

"Oliver E. Williamson"

Steven N. Durlauf and Lawrence E. Blume

Applied Economics