Talk:Harold Demsetz

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This article should not be deleted. Demsetz's work is influential. Also note the German wiki has an article for him, and he was a red link at List of economists before. -- Alan McBeth 05:10, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
 * That's fine, but put what's notable about him. All it says now is that he is a professor, which does not make one notable. Fightindaman 05:11, 9 February 2006 (UTC)


 * I translated a bit. Will the emissions trading bit suffice to show his notability? - Mgm|(talk) 13:36, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

I added in Demsetz, H. "Two systems of belief about monopoly," in H. Goldschmid, et al., eds., Industrial Concentration: The New Learning, Boston: Little Brown, 1974; (also chapter 7 in, Demsetz, Harold. Efficiency, Competition, and Policy. Cambridge MA: Basil Blackwell, 1989.) to the biblio and deleted the remark about never writing an industry study. Demsetz published some studies...

Nirvana-Vorwurf
What is this? Don't find any reference anywhere. Propose to clarify or delete. Robertsch55 11:08, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

NOTE: See Harold Demsetz, Information and Efficiency: Another Viewpoint, 12 J.L. & Econ. 1, 1 (1969) (defining the nirvana fallacy).

The nirvana fallacy "implicitly presents the relevant choice as between an ideal norm and an existing 'imperfect' institutional arrangement. This nirvana approach differs considerably from a comparative institution approach in which the relevant choice is between alternative real institutional arrangements." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.130.230.30 (talk) 20:35, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. Now we have the N-fallacy, we can delete the N-Vorwurf.... Robertsch55 (talk) 16:41, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

First to propose emissions trading?
The article states „Demsetz was the first to propose emissions trading as a way of giving polluters an economic incentive to reduce their emissions“. This is highly questionable. The references given at the end of this paragraph don't support this. The statement has been translated from the German version, which doesn't provide evidence, either. --DeWikiMan (talk) 14:01, 8 February 2019 (UTC)