Attorney fees in repeated relationships
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- Graham, Brad & Robles, Jack, 2016. "Attorney fees in repeated relationships," Working Paper Series 19420, Victoria University of Wellington, School of Economics and Finance.
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Keywords
Legal services; Contract; Contingent fee; Repeated relationship;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- K40 - Law and Economics - - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior - - - General
- K41 - Law and Economics - - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior - - - Litigation Process
- L14 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Transactional Relationships; Contracts and Reputation
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