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Contractual Self-enforcement

Contractual Self-Enforcement is a governance mechanism in transaction cost economics wherein the continuity of a relational exchange is sustained endogenously through the internal incentives of the parties to uphold their commitments, without reliance on external legal enforcement.

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2017–2026

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Relational Incentive Contracts

Jonathan Levin · American Economic Review · 2003 · 1.1K citations

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The Existence of Self-Enforcing Implicit Contracts

Clive Bull · The Quarterly Journal of Economics · 1987 · 677 citations

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Self-Enforcing Wage Contracts

Jonathan Thomas, Tim Worrall · The Review of Economic Studies · 1988 · 456 citations

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A Self-Enforcing Model of Corporate Law

Bernard S. Black, Reinier Kraakman · Harvard Law Review · 1996 · 233 citations

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Productivity and Labor Unions: An Application of the Theory of Self- Enforcing Contracts

Carliss Y. Baldwin · The Journal of Business · 1983 · 200 citations

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Authors

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  1. RG
    Ricard Gil

    Queen's University, Canada

    2 publications · 143 citations

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  2. BK
    Benjamin Klein

    Georgia Institute of Technology, United States

    2 publications · 69 citations

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  3. HR
    Hamish R. Gow

    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, United States

    2 publications · 230 citations

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  4. DR
    Debraj Ray

    New York University, United States

    2 publications · 148 citations

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  5. CP
    Chad P. Bown

    Peterson Institute for International Economics, United States

    2 publications · 28 citations

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Institutions

58

  1. New York University

    New York, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    825 citations

  2. Brandeis University

    Waltham, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    46 citations

  3. University of Milano-Bicocca

    Milan, Italy

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    30 citations

  4. KU Leuven

    Leuven, Belgium

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    267 citations

  5. Washington University in St. Louis

    St Louis, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    106 citations

  6. Université de Montréal

    Montreal, Canada

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    90 citations

  7. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    230 citations

  8. Compass (United States)

    New York, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    69 citations

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Venues

  1. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 6 publications · 191 citations

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  2. The Journal of Business

    JB · 2 publications · 226 citations

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  3. Agricultural Economics

    2 publications · 230 citations

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  4. Management Science

    2 publications · 65 citations

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