Market-induced Asset Specificity: Redefining the Hold-up Problem
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Keywords
asset specificity; hold-up; market structure; contracts;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- L22 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Firm Organization and Market Structure
- M2 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Economics
- D4 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design
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