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Incomplete Contracts: Where do We Stand?

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1216

References:

106

Abstract
The paper takes stock of the advances and directions for research on the incomplete contracting front. It first illustrates some of the main ideas of the incomplete contract literature through an example. It then offers methodological insights on the standard approach to modeling incomplete contracts; in particular it discusses a tension between two assumptions made in the literature, namely ratio...
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Keywords
Incomplete contracts
Transaction cost
Rationality
Complete information
Economics
Stock (firearms)
Microeconomics
Business
Political science
Law
Engineering
Incentive
Mechanical engineering

1999
Article

Open Access


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Incomplete Contracts: Where do We Stand?
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Incomplete Contracts: Where do We Stand?

Citations:

1216

References:

106

Abstract
The paper takes stock of the advances and directions for research on the incomplete contracting front. It first illustrates some of the main ideas of the incomplete contract literature through an example. It then offers methodological insights on the standard approach to modeling incomplete contracts; in particular it discusses a tension between two assumptions made in the literature, namely ratio...
View PDF
Keywords
Incomplete contracts
Transaction cost
Rationality
Complete information
Economics
Stock (firearms)
Microeconomics
Business
Political science
Law
Engineering
Incentive
Mechanical engineering

1999
Article

Open Access


pdf file