An Active-Contracting Perspective on Equilibrium Selection in Relational Contracts
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- David A. Miller & Joel Watson, 2023. "An Active-Contracting Perspective on Equilibrium Selection in Relational Contracts," Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE), Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen, vol. 179(3-4), pages 530-561.
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Keywords
Economics; Applied Economics; Economic Theory; equilibrium selection; active contracting; bargaining power; relationships; Applied economics; Economic theory;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C73 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Stochastic and Dynamic Games; Evolutionary Games
- C78 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Bargaining Theory; Matching Theory
- D23 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Organizational Behavior; Transaction Costs; Property Rights
- D86 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Economics of Contract Law
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-COM-2024-05-27 (Industrial Competition)
- NEP-EUR-2024-05-27 (Microeconomic European Issues)
- NEP-GTH-2024-05-27 (Game Theory)
- NEP-MIC-2024-05-27 (Microeconomics)
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