Joskow (1987) examined the importance of specific investments to the contract duration of coal contracts. Since … examines how the level of specific investments affect the design of coal contract structure, namely the simultaneous choices of … contract duration and pricing provision. The empirical results show that, from both the separate and joint estimations, the …

lending, borrower quality and collateral as a key variable in loan contract design. We used a unique data set based on the … decision-making and contract design. In particular, bank internal borrower ratings serve to evaluate borrower quality, and the … contract design is mainly driven by aspects of relationship lending and renegotiations. We found that relationship lenders or …