Optimally Vague Contracts and the Law
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Keywords
Contracts; Imperfect enforcement; Legal evolution; Precedents;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D86 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Economics of Contract Law
- K12 - Law and Economics - - Basic Areas of Law - - - Contract Law
- K40 - Law and Economics - - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior - - - General
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CTA-2015-07-25 (Contract Theory and Applications)
- NEP-LAW-2015-07-25 (Law and Economics)
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