Publications by and about Ronald Coase

The Ronald Coase Institute in St. Louis

Key Articles by Ronald Coase

• The Nature of the Firm
• The Problem of Social Cost
• The Institutional Structure of Production
  1991 Nobel prize speech
• 2003 Coase Centennial Speech (video)
  Speech at the University of Chicago Law School 
• 2012 WSJ Opinion Article, with Ning Wang
  Opinion article by Ronald Coase and Ning Wang concerning the development  of modern China, in the Wall Street Journal, April 6, 2012. 

The Nobel Prize

• Nobel award
  1991 Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in memory of Alfred Nobel
• Coase's work in perspective
  Nobel Foundation, on the 1991 prize in economics
• Presentation speech
  Lars Werin on Coase's contributions

More Articles

 (From journals produced by the University of Chicago Law School and discussions hosted by the Law School)

• 2000 The Acquisition of Fisher Body by General Motors
  Journal of Law and Economics, Vol. 43, No. 1 (April 2000), pp. 15-31.
• 1998 Comment on Thomas W. Hazlett: Assigning Property Rights to Radio Spectrum Users: 
• Why Did FCC License Auctions Take 67 Years?
  Journal of Law and Economics, Vol. 41, No. 2, Part 2 (October 1998), pp. 577-580.
• 1997 The Roundtable Discussion
  (with Richard A. Epstein, Gary S. Becker, Merton H. Miller, Richard A. Posner), The University of Chicago Law Review, Vol. 64, No. 4 (Autumn, 1997), pp 1132-1165.
• 1996 Law and Economics and A. W. Brian Simpson 
  Journal of Legal Studies, Vol. 25, No. 1 (January 1996), pp. 103-119.
• 1993 Law and Economics at Chicago
  Journal of Law and Economics, Vol. 36, No. 1, Part 2 (April 1993), pp. 239-254. 
• 1991 Contracts and the Activities of Firms
  Journal of Law and Economics, Vol. 34, No. 2, Part 2 (October 1991), pp. 451-52.
• 1981 The Coase Theorem and the Empty Core: A Comment
  Journal of Law and Economics, Vol. 24, No. 1 (April 1981), pp. 183-187. 
• 1979 Payola in Radio and Television Broadcasting
  Journal of Law and Economics, Vol. 22, No. 2 (October 1979), pp. 269-328.
• 1978 Economics and Contiguous Disciplines
  The Journal of Legal Studies, Vol. 7, No. 2 (June 1978), pp. 201-211.
• 1977 Advertising and Free Speech
  The Journal of Legal Studies, Vol. 6, No. 1 (January 1977), pp. 1-34.
• 1976 Adam Smith's View of Man
  Journal of Law and Economics, Vol. 19, No. 3 (October 1976), pp. 529-546. 
• 1976 1776: The Revolution in Social Thought
  Journal of Law and Economics, Vol. 19, No. 3 (October 1976), unnumbered page. 
• 1975 Marshall on Method
  Journal of Law and Economics, Vol. 18, No. 1 (April 1975), pp. 25-31. 
• 1974 The Lighthouse in Economics
  Journal of Law and Economics, Vol. 17, No. 2 (October 1974), pp. 357-376.
• 1974 The Choice of the Institutional Framework: A Comment
  Journal of Law and Economics, Vol. 17, No. 2 (October 1974), pp. 493-496. 
• 1972 The Appointment of Pigou as Marshall's Successor
  Journal of Law and Economics, Vol. 15, No. 2 (October 1972), pp. 473-485. 
• 1972 Durability and Monopoly
  Journal of Law and Economics, Vol. 15, No. 1 (April 1972), pp. 143-149.
• 1970 The Auction System and North Sea Gas: A Comment
  Journal of Law and Economics, Vol. 13, No. 1 (April 1970), pp. 45-47.
• 1966 In Honor of Aaron Director
  Journal of Law and Economics, Vol. 9 (October 1966), p. 1.
• 1962 The Interdepartment Radio Advisory Committee
  Journal of Law and Economics Vol. 5 (October 1962), pp. 17-47.
• 1961 The British Post Office and the Messenger Companies
  Journal of Law and Economics Vol. 4 (October 1961), pp. 12-65.
• 1960 The Problem of Social Cost
  Journal of Law and Economics Vol. 3 (October 1960), pp. 1-44.
• 1959 The Federal Communications Commission
  Journal of Law and Economics Vol. 2 (October 1959), pp. 1-40.