Abstract
The paper uses the theory of repeated games to model relational contracts. It demonstrates that there are cases where it is better to leave a long term contract more incomplete than it needs to be in order to secure optimal renegotiation at every point. In this particular class of contract problems, it may be optimal to allow contract modification even in cases where the buyer could have put the modified terms into the original contract.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 179-194 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | European Journal of Law and Economics |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1998 |
Keywords
- Contract modification
- Incomplete contracts
- Relational contracts
- Repeated games