interaction between the subjects. We show the simple wholesale price contract to perform as good as the more sophisticated buyback … and revenue sharing contracts. In addition, the buyback contract performed better than the mathematically …-equivalent revenue sharing contract by certain measures. We separately explain the effects of the manufacturer’s and the retailer …

The optimal duration of a supply contract balances the costs of re-selecting a supplier against the costs of being … matched to an inefficient supplier when the contract lasts too long. I develop a structural model of contract duration that …