表见代理的经济分析

Economic Analysis of Agency by Estoppel

表见代理的基本价值取向是效率,即以最小的预防成本预防表见代理纠纷的发生,从而促进交易并降低社会成本。表见代理是否成立,应当取决于相对人预防成本是否比本人的更大。相对人的善意无过失,可界定为相对人投入了不低于最佳预防的预防成本。经济分析表明,表见代理的适用不以本人过失为要件。

The basic value of agency by estoppel is efficiency. The value is to prevent the disputes of agency by estoppel by the lowest social cost so that transaction can be promoted and social cost can be reduced. Agency by estoppel should be applied or not depend on whether the prevention cost of the counterpart is much more than the principal. The no false of the counterpart can be defined that the prevention cost paid out by the counterpart is much more than the prevention cost paid by the principal. The economic analysis discloses that the application of the agency by estoppel do not depend on the false of the counterpart.