the sequence of events is as follows. In a period, t, the supplier offers a contract to the retailer, and the retailer … excess inventory (we assume a lost sales model) to the next period. In period t 1, the supplier designs a new contract based … certain assumptions, we characterize and evaluate the supplier's optimal contract. To do so, we cast our problem as an adverse …

Using the universe of large Canadian manufacturing firms in 1988 and 1996, we investigate to what extent outsourcing … outsourcing less likely; (ii) complementarities between the investments of the buyer and the seller are also associated with less … outsourcing; (iii) property rights predictions on the link between investment intensities and optimal ownership are only supported …

Outsourcing government service provision to private firms can improve efficiency and reduce rents, but there are risks … distribution program. This led 17 percent of treated locations to switch distributors. Introducing the possibility of outsourcing … cheating were also more likely to block the outsourcing process. We find no effect on price or quality of providing information …

British Master and Servant law made employee contract breach a criminal offense until 1875. We develop a contracting … model generating equilibrium contract breach and prosecutions, then exploit exogenous changes in output prices to examine … prosecutions, and wages responded more to labor demand shocks. Coercive contract enforcement was applied in industrial Britain …