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(1979, 1985)) extend? I investigate this in the context of trucking. Quasi-rents in trucking are generally smaller than in …
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-term contracts. We argue that only if the parties to a unitization contract have unit production shares that are the same as their … cost shares will the contract be incentive compatible. Using a data base of sixty unit operating agreements, we measure the … desirable contract rules for avoiding moral hazard. It also shows how the effects of those rules can be replicated in difficult …
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Tournaments, reward structures based on rank order, are compared with individual contracts in a model with one risk-neutral principal and many risk-averse agents. Each agents' output is a stochastic function of his effort level plus an additive shock term that is common to all the agents. The...
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efficiency is not attainable. We show that contracts involving mutual control might sometimes be superior to the best contract …
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This paper examines the sharing of risk under three different remedies for breach of contract. The risk considered …. By means of a numerical example, it is shown that use of the prevailing remedy for breach of contract -- the expectation …
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This paper studies the efficient agreements about the dependence of workers' earnings on employment, when the employment level is controlled by firms. Under plausible assumptions, such agreements will cause employment to diverge from efficiency as a byproduct of their attempt to mitigate risk....
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Weak contract enforcement may reduce the efficiency of investment in developing countries. I study how contract … post contract renegotiation and find that the renegotiation of contracts in response to cost shocks is widespread, despite … strict contract enforcement. Contract enforcement is found to be pro-competitive. With no renegotiation, equilibrium bids …
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Two parties sign a contract but before they fully perform they modify the contract. Should courts enforce the modified … to write a contract that is robust to hold-up or that makes the facts relevant to modification verifiable. But … contract technology, e.g., the use of liquidated damages, to ensure commitment are disfavored by courts and subject to …
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Algorithms increasingly assist consumers in making their purchase decisions across a variety of markets; yet little is known about how humans interact with algorithmic advice. We examine how algorithmic, personalized information affects consumer choice among complex financial products using data...
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