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In this paper, we show that stable outcomes exist in matching environments with complementarities, such as social media platforms or markets for patent licenses. Our results apply to both nontransferable and transferable utility settings, and allow for multilateral agreements and those with...
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In many matching environments, agreements are multilateral and/or have externalities. We show that stability in these environments depends on agents' aggregate choice behavior. Two different conditions on aggregate choice ensure a stable outcome exists. One applies when contracts are...
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We propose a model to evaluate the U.K.'s zero-hours contract (ZHC) a contract that exempts employers from the …
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We propose a model to evaluate the U.K.’s zero-hours contract (ZHC) – a contract that exemptsemployers from the … reactions to this contract …
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We propose a model to evaluate the U.K.’s zero-hours contract (ZHC) – a contract that exempts employers from the … reactions to this contract …
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The term “liberty of contract” is usually associated with the doctrine that the due process clause of the United States … free-market advocates embrace the liberty of contract doctrine because they are averse to State interference with private … market transactions. But the term is ironic because a contract is only legally binding if courts will enforce it. Since …
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Contract law is stuck in a loop of path dependency and stale precedent. Its metaphors, like “the meeting of the minds … deal with the scale and complexity of the digital era, its focus has been on putting parties on notice of contract terms …
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employment contract. We show that not imposing such an agreement can be beneficial for the principal as the possibility to leave …
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We study how informal buyer-supplier relationships in the German automotive industry affect procurement. Using unique data from a survey focusing on these, we show that more trust, the belief that the trading partner acts to maintain the mutual relationship, is associated with both higher...
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We consider general two-sided matching markets, so-called matching with contracts markets as introduced by Hatfield and Milgrom (2005), and analyze (Maskin) monotonic and Nash implementable solutions. We show that for matching with contracts markets the stable correspondence is monotonic and...
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