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- Lewis A. Kornhauser & W. Bentley MacLeod, 2012. "Contracts between Legal Persons [The Handbook of Organizational Economics]," Introductory Chapters,, Princeton University Press.
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Keywords
incomplete contracts; contract theory; contract breach; law and economics; contract law;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- K12 - Law and Economics - - Basic Areas of Law - - - Contract Law
- J33 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Compensation Packages; Payment Methods
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-HPE-2010-12-23 (History and Philosophy of Economics)
- NEP-LAW-2010-12-23 (Law and Economics)
- NEP-MIC-2010-12-23 (Microeconomics)
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