, they behave as though bound and almost always follow up with a formal contract with terms that closely resemble the non …-binding agreement's terms. Scholars and courts have long treated preliminary agreements as contract-like tools that parties will enforce … for contract theory, contract enforcement, and deal design …

particular, contract management of defense acquisition programs has been identified as “high risk” - threatening project … disruption of cooperation. In addressing this problem, contract literature has mainly focused on how to improve contracts by … the contract, as a legal mechanism, may obstruct cooperation between the DoD and contractors. It proposes a new normative …

finally resolved in New Zealand, whether evidence of prior negotiations is admissible as an aid to the interpretation of a … written contract. These cases concern the question whether words that have been deleted from a written contract prior to its … execution are a legitimate aid to the interpretation of the remaining words of the contract. The author argues that his analysis …

Despite the widespread use of mediation and other dispute resolution processes in the United States today, many members … contract. This article is intended to help legal practitioners, judges and contracts scholars to better understand these …

We analyze the impact of three different transfer fee systems on payoffs, contract lengths, training and effort … a transfer depending on whether a player has a valid contract or not. We show that the different systems differ only … with respect to the contract length if the contract which maximizes the expected joint surplus of the initial club and the …

We analyze the impact of three different transfer fee systems on payoffs, contract lengths, training and effort … transfer depending on whether a player has a valid contract or not. We show that the different systems differ only with respect … to the contract length if the contract which maximizes the expected joint surplus of the initial club and the player is …

What does contract negotiation look like when some parties hold private information and negotiation frictions are …

-invest in early construction, seeking a renegotiation thereafter. We show that, in a renegotiation-proof contract, the marginal …

. It was found that the solutions from cost-plus contracts dominate any other form of cost-sharing contract, and so they …

-forcing dual-option contract, the party without the trade action is made residual claimant with regard to the investment action … not attainable but the dual-option contract is still optimal in a wide class of settings. More generally, the paper shows …