3.3.4 Concluding remarks

This section does not purport to give a final answer to the question as to whether the argument of reducing transaction costs outweighs the interest of maximizing value. Instead, this subsection merely intends to point out the different shapes and sizes of vacuum instruments, and the variety of policy arguments underlying the desirability of these instruments. In order to underline the differences amongst instruments once more, subsection 3.4 provides a chart that summarises the findings of this section.