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provision of marginal incentives, and applies the theory to explain variation in the form of compensation of over-the-road truck … of hauls in a way that is consistent with the theory. By contrast, we find that vehicle ownership, which defines a driver …
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In public sector procurement, social welfare often depends on the time taken to complete the contract. A leading … surplus relative to the contractor's costs by $359M (6.8% of the total contract value), the optimal policy would raise it by …
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This paper investigates the consequences of an exogenous increase in U.S. government purchases. We find that in response to such a shock, employment, output, and nonresidential investment rise, while real wages, residential investment, and consumption expenditures fall. The paper argues that a...
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innovative output as measured by patents, controlling for endogeneity of contract form. The results are consistent with multi …
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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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We consider a buyer and seller who contract over a service. The contract encourages investment and provides a reference … point for the transaction. In normal times the contract works well. But with some probability an abnormal state occurs and … guiding principles such as loyalty and equity in their contract can help. We provide supporting evidence in the form of case …
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. If when an employer and worker establish a relationship they cannot contract on the output and profits of the worker …'s prospective new firm, the employer counters by inducing the worker to sign a contract that prohibits him from competing or …
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We evaluate the asset pricing implications of a class of models in which risk sharing is imperfect because of limited enforcement of intertemporal contracts. Lustig (2004) has shown that in such a model the asset pricing kernel can be written as a simple function of the aggregate consumption...
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given period, after having observed her income, the agent can walk away from the contract, while the intermediary cannot, i … intermediaries. Insurance can be provided because in an equilibrium contract an up-front payment effectively locks in the agent with … an intermediary. We then show that our contract economy is equivalent to a consumption-savings economy with one …
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