. By exploiting the real-option approach, we examine how the inability to force sellers to meet the contract time … when the contract does not provide for any compensation for late-delivery. -- Public Procurement ; Fixed-Price Contracts …

This paper studies cross-border intellectual property rights (IPR) as a North-South contract using a Nash bargaining … effective in preventing contract violation up to a critical level of absorptive capacity. We relate this to the US Trade … from, continue to remain on the list. -- Intellectual Property Rights ; TRIPS ; Nash Bargaining ; Contract …

. Contract information is now accessible not only to current and prospective donors, but also to rival nonprofit organizations … competing for donations in the fundraising market. Our aim is to investigate the impact of publicly available contract … information on fundraising competition of nonprofit organizations. We argue that, although such provision makes contract …

framework where punishment ("stick") and rewarding ("carrot") options are available, here we show analytically that the presence … of cooperators who don't punish in the population makes altruistic punishment evolutionarily weak. We show that … cooperation breaks down and strong reciprocity is maladaptive if costly punishment means "punishing defectors" and, even more so …