Nature of human capital, technology and ownership of public goods

The Costs and Benefits of Ownership: A Theory of Vertical and Lateral Integration

Sanford J. Grossman, Oliver Hart · Journal of Political Economy · 1986 · 9.5K citations · Full text

Business, Business Economics, Contract Law +16

Property Rights and the Nature of the Firm

Oliver Hart, John Moore · Journal of Political Economy · 1990 · 5.4K citations · Full text

Business, Business Economics, Contract Theory +11

Firms, Contracts, and Financial Structure

Oliver Hart · RePEc: Research Papers in Economics · 1995 · 2.9K citations

Business, Contract Law, Economics +12

The Proper Scope of Government: Theory and an Application to Prisons

Oliver Hart, Andrei Shleifer, Robert W. Vishny · The Quarterly Journal of Economics · 1997 · 1.8K citations · Full text

Public Affairs, Public Administration, Public Policy +15

Contracts as Reference Points^*

Oliver Hart, John Moore · The Quarterly Journal of Economics · 2008 · 679 citations

Business, Business Economics, Economics +10