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. On one side, this finding opens terrain for a capital valuation theory yet to be developed; on the other side, it …
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The stylized fact for economies experiencing financial crises, that slow economic reform is followed by persistent stagnation, is usually explained as follows: Forbearance policy (i.e., an implicit subsidy to inefficient sectors) distorts resource allocation and causes a supply shortage of...
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We show that, in a large class of models, market frictions lead to predictable dynamic patterns of the acquisition and subsequent shedding of inputs by firms. The logic is as follows. During high demand and expansionary periods, firms that fail to have inputs (machinery, labor, space, credit) in...
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newly created products, thus optimally managing both horizontal and vertical innovations. It turns out that finite duration …
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Contract Renewal: Implications for Performance Dynamics and Contract Duration,'' Journal of the European Economic Association … repeatedly receives multi-period contracts and determine the optimal duration of such contracts in the context of an infinitely … the agent's optimal investment decision and the optimal contract duration depend non-monotonically on the information …
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We study dynamic moral hazard when the principal can only commit to spot contracts. Principal and agent are ex ante symmetrically uncertain about the difficulty of the job, and update their beliefs on observing output. Since the agent's effort is private, he has an additional incentive to shirk...
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We study dynamic moral hazard with symmetric ex ante uncertainty about the difficulty of the job. The principal and agent update their beliefs about the difficulty as they observe output. Effort is private and the principal can only offer spot contracts. The agent has an additional incentive to...
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leverage function of contract duration. Using resource-based theory, we expect that intangible knowledge-based resources, such …Contract duration as component of contract design has both a transaction cost savings function by mitigating exchange … the value creation function of contract duration in franchising. This study addresses this research gap. Specifically, we …
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settings - both with and without renegotiation. The theory also offers a novel perspective on franchising and vertical …
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