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Contractual Discretion

Contractual Discretion is a legal doctrine within contract law (genus) that grants one party the explicit or implicit authority to exercise judgment in fulfilling or enforcing contractual obligations, provided such judgment is exercised in good faith and not arbitrarily or unreasonably (differentia).

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2017–2026

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The Contractual Nature of the Firm

Steven N. S. Cheung · The Journal of Law and Economics · 1983 · 821 citations

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Contractual Form, Retail Price, and Asset Characteristics in Gasoline Retailing

Andrea Shepard · The RAND Journal of Economics · 1993 · 296 citations

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Towards a Greater Autonomy for Testators and Heirs: Some Reflections on Recent Reforms in France, Belgium and Italy

Alexandra Braun · SSRN Electronic Journal · 2012 · 108 citations · Full text

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Limiting Contractual Freedom in Corporate Law: The Desirable Constraints on Charter Amendments

Lucian A. Bebchuk · Harvard Law Review · 1989 · 106 citations

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Crossing takeover premiums and mix of payment: An empirical test of contractual setting in M&A transactions

Hubert de La Bruslerie · Journal of Banking & Finance · 2013 · 44 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. LA
    Lucian A. Bebchuk

    National Bureau of Economic Research, United States

    2 publications · 117 citations

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  2. LH
    Lks Ho

    University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR China

    1 publications · 18 citations

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  3. RH
    Richard Hooley

    University of Pittsburgh, United States

    1 publications · 12 citations

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  4. AS
    Andrea Shepard

    National Bureau of Economic Research, United States

    1 publications · 296 citations

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  5. MB
    Matthew Boland

    Saint Mary's University, Canada

    1 publications · 19 citations

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Institutions

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  1. University of Edinburgh

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    108 citations

  2. National Bureau of Economic Research

    Cambridge, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    11 citations

  3. European Corporate Governance Institute

    Brussels, Belgium

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    11 citations

  4. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    19 citations

  5. School of Advanced Study

    London, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    42 citations

  6. Lexmark (United States)

    Lexington, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    43 citations

  7. Saint Mary's University

    Halifax, Canada

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    19 citations

  8. University of Namur

    Namur, Belgium

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    20 citations

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  1. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 4 publications · 157 citations

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  2. Harvard Law Review

    1 publications · 106 citations

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  3. Journal of Banking & Finance

    1 publications · 44 citations

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  4. Oxford Journal of Legal Studies

    1 publications · 18 citations

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  5. Figshare

    Repository · 1 publications · 32 citations

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