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Contract Enforcement

Contract Enforcement is a concept in contract theory denoting the institutional and incentive mechanisms by which the actions and transfers specified in a contract are induced and deviations deterred or sanctioned.

495

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714

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386

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495

The Role of Market Forces in Assuring Contractual Performance

Benjamin Klein, Keith B. Leffler · Journal of Political Economy · 1981 · 3.7K citations

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Fairness and Retaliation: The Economics of Reciprocity

Ernst Fehr, Simon Gächter · The Journal of Economic Perspectives · 2000 · 3.2K citations

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Contract enforceability and economic institutions in early trade: The Maghribi Traders' Coalition

Avner Greif · American Economic Review · 1993 · 2.2K citations

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Reciprocity as a Contract Enforcement Device: Experimental Evidence

Ernst Fehr, Simon Gächter, Georg Kirchsteiger · Econometrica · 1997 · 1.2K citations · Full text

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The Optimum Enforcement of Laws

George J. Stigler · Journal of Political Economy · 1970 · 1.2K citations · Full text

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Authors

714

  1. EF
    Ernst Fehr

    University of Zurich, Switzerland

    11 publications · 6.1K citations

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  2. SG
    Simon Gächter

    University of Nottingham, United Kingdom

    7 publications · 5.4K citations

    7

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  3. RE
    Robert E. Scott

    Mayo Clinic, United States

    6 publications · 283 citations

    6

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  4. YC
    Yongqiang Chen

    Tianjin University, China

    5 publications · 177 citations

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  5. AF
    Armin Falk

    University of Bonn, Germany

    5 publications · 1K citations

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Institutions

386

  1. New York University

    New York, United States

    13 h-index

    15 publications

    1.7K citations

  2. National Bureau of Economic Research

    Cambridge, United States

    12 h-index

    21 publications

    1.8K citations

  3. Columbia University

    New York, United States

    11 h-index

    12 publications

    981 citations

  4. Centre for Economic Policy Research

    London, United Kingdom

    10 h-index

    12 publications

    818 citations

  5. University of California San Diego

    San Diego, United States

    10 h-index

    14 publications

    1.1K citations

  6. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    10 h-index

    12 publications

    744 citations

  7. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    10 h-index

    12 publications

    945 citations

  8. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    9 h-index

    12 publications

    1.2K citations

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Venues

  1. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 64 publications · 3.2K citations

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  2. The Journal of Law Economics and Organization

    LEO · 16 publications · 1.9K citations

    16

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  3. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics

    Repository · 14 publications · 728 citations

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  4. eYLS (Yale Law School)

    Repository · 10 publications · 177 citations

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  5. American Economic Review

    8 publications · 3.1K citations

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