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A model of long-term contracts

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Long-term contracts are explained as equilibrium strategies of supergames. In the specific coherent general equilibrium model provided, limited mobility of labor, in the form of a fixed cost of moving, generates long-term contracts.

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  • John Bryant, 1980. "A model of long-term contracts," Staff Report 47, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis.
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