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Contractual Frictions

Contractual Frictions is a theoretical construct within the domain of switching costs that denotes the extent to which formal agreements, enforceable obligations, or legal stipulations impede a party’s ability to transition to alternative providers or terminate existing relationships.

63

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4.1K

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105

Authors

95

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2017–2026

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63

The Disciplinary Role of Takeovers

David Scharfstein · The Review of Economic Studies · 1988 · 505 citations

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Finance and the Business Cycle: International, Inter‐Industry Evidence

Matías Braun, Borja Larraín · The Journal of Finance · 2005 · 502 citations

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Testing Q theory with financing frictions

Christopher A. Hennessy, Amnon Levy, Toni M. Whited · Journal of Financial Economics · 2006 · 344 citations

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Internalizing Global Value Chains: A Firm-Level Analysis

Laura Alfaro, Pol Antràs, Davin Chor et al. · Journal of Political Economy · 2018 · 271 citations

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Misallocation in the Market for Inputs: Enforcement and the Organization of Production*

Johannes Boehm, Ezra Oberfield · The Quarterly Journal of Economics · 2020 · 149 citations · Full text

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Authors

105

  1. PW
    Paul Willen

    Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, United States

    5 publications · 233 citations

    5

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  2. KG
    Kristopher Gerardi

    Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, United States

    5 publications · 233 citations

    5

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  3. PA
    Pol Antràs

    National Bureau of Economic Research, United States

    5 publications · 531 citations

    5

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  4. LG
    Lorenz Göette

    University of Lausanne, Switzerland

    4 publications · 223 citations

    4

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  5. CL
    Christopher L. Foote

    Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, United States

    4 publications · 223 citations

    4

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Institutions

95

  1. National Bureau of Economic Research

    Cambridge, United States

    11 h-index

    22 publications

    1K citations

  2. Harvard University Press

    Cambridge, United States

    6 h-index

    10 publications

    1.5K citations

  3. Centre for Economic Policy Research

    London, United Kingdom

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    283 citations

  4. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

    Boston, United States

    5 h-index

    11 publications

    558 citations

  5. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

    Georgiana, United States

    5 h-index

    8 publications

    386 citations

  6. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    5 h-index

    10 publications

    633 citations

  7. London School of Economics and Political Science

    London, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    353 citations

  8. Toulouse School of Economics

    Toulouse, France

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    66 citations

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  1. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 15 publications · 425 citations

    12

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  2. Econometrica

    4 publications · 329 citations

    4

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  3. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics

    Repository · 3 publications · 57 citations

    3

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  4. National Bureau of Economic Research

    Repository · 3 publications · 163 citations

    3

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  5. Journal of Political Economy

    JPE · 2 publications · 335 citations

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