出口製造業同業公會之形成：交易成本理論的應用
Other Title
The Formation of Exporting Manufacturers' Associations
A Transaction Cost Analysis
A Transaction Cost Analysis
Date Issued
1999
Date
1999
Author(s)
DOI
882416H002047
Abstract
This paper is devoted to the economics of trade associations (TAs). It tries to
understand how "trade associations" may become a third alternative to "market" or
"hierarchy" from a transaction cost perspective. We argue that a TA is an efficient
governance mechanism which alleviates member firms some of the transaction costs. The
TC-saving capacity of TAs is mainly due to their hierarchical control of the activities
especially related to common interest representation, asset specificity, reputation effect, and
coordination and adaptation problems. For example, TAs may arise when member firms
need a collective body with goodwill reputation to represent their interest but also want to
reduce coordination costs. TAs are also governance structures which quasi-integrate some
important export-related services (e.g., information gathering). TAs may also resolve
conflicts among members, mimicking a third-party control mechanism. The propositions raised in this paper are tested using survey data. We find that the TC-saving capacity of TAs
has a lot of managerial and policy implications that deserve further empirical investigation.
Subjects
Exporting Manufacturers’ Association
Collective Action
Governance
Mechanism
Mechanism
Transaction Cost Economics
Hybrid Control
SDGs
Publisher
臺北市：國立臺灣大學國際企業學系暨研究所
Type
report
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