Contract Theory Publications

Publications in Contract Theory

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Contract Theory

775

Publications

71.5K

Citations

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	Year	Citations
The Costs and Benefits of Ownership: A Theory of Vertical and Lateral Integration Sanford J. Grossman, Oliver Hart Journal of Political Economy Ownership TheoryOrganizational EconomicsMarket DesignCompetitive AdvantageManagement	1986	9.4K
Relational Contracts and the Theory of the Firm George P. Baker, Robert Gibbons, Kevin J. Murphy The Quarterly Journal of Economics Cooperation TheoryNegotiationRelational ContractRelational Contracts—informal AgreementsManagement	2002	1.7K
Implicit Contracts and Underemployment Equilibria Costas Azariadis Journal of Political Economy NegotiationIndustrial OrganizationRisk-neutral FirmsRisk ManagementWorking Conditions	1975	1.2K
Incomplete Contracts: Where do We Stand? Jean Tirole Econometrica NegotiationIncomplete Contracting FrontIncomplete ContractsBusinessLaw	1999	1.2K
Incentives versus Transaction Costs: A Theory of Procurement Contracts Patrick Bajari, Steven Tadelis The RAND Journal of Economics NegotiationEconomicsProcurementTransaction CostsPost трансакционные издержки	2001	1.1K
Contracting theory and accounting Richard A. Lambert Journal of Accounting and Economics AccountingAccounting PolicyBusinessOptimal ContractingContract Theory	2001	1K
Limited liability and incentive contracting with ex-ante action choices Robert Innes Journal of Economic Theory BusinessLawLegal ConsiderationContract TheoryIncentive Contracting	1990	969
A Team Production Theory of Corporate Law Margaret M. Blair, Lynn A. Stout Virginia Law Review NegotiationBusiness LawAgent Decision-makingAgent TheoryOrganizational Economics	1999	939
Incentive Mechanism for Reliable Federated Learning: A Joint Optimization Approach to Combining Reputation and Contract Theory Jiawen Kang, Zehui Xiong, Dusit Niyato, IEEE Internet of Things Journal Reliable Federated LearningEngineeringMachine LearningInformation SecurityGame Theory	2019	901
Matching with Contracts John William Hatfield, Paul Milgrom American Economic Review NegotiationMarket DesignContract ManagementSocial MatchingSearch Costs	2005	810
Contract Design and Self-Control: Theory and Evidence Stefano DellaVigna, Ulrike Malmendier The Quarterly Journal of Economics NegotiationSelf-managementBehavioral Decision MakingConsumer ResearchAutonomy	2004	796
The Many Futures of Contracts Donald J. Schepker, Won‐Yong Oh, Aleksey Martynov, Journal of Management Cooperation TheoryNegotiationRelational CapabilitiesEducationMany Futures	2013	794

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