Information Gathering and the Hold-Up Problem in a Complete Contracting Framework
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- Schmitz, Patrick W., 2008. "Information gathering and the hold-up problem in a complete contracting framework," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 101(3), pages 268-271, December.
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Complete contracting; Hold-up problem; Information gathering;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D82 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Asymmetric and Private Information; Mechanism Design
- 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-CTA-2009-02-28 (Contract Theory and Applications)
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