Contextual Contracts: On a Context-sensitive Approach to Contract Theory
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Keywords
Contract theory; institutions; control process theory; culture; context;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D20 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - General
- D86 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Economics of Contract Law
- P50 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Comparative Economic Systems - - - General
- Z10 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - General
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