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Default Rules In Contracts

Default Rules in Contracts is a theoretical construct in contract economics that specifies the legally implied terms that govern contractual relationships in the absence of explicit agreement, thereby filling gaps arising from incomplete contracts when parties fail to anticipate or codify all contingencies.

27

Publications

2.3K

Citations

23

Authors

19

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

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Variants

Contractual Default RulesDefault Contract Rules

Parents

Publications

27

Filling Gaps in Incomplete Contracts: An Economic Theory of Default Rules

Ian Ayres, Robert Gertner · The Yale Law Journal · 1989 · 613 citations · Full text

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Switching the Default Rule

Cass R. Sunstein · SSRN Electronic Journal · 2001 · 231 citations · Full text

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Personalizing Default Rules and Disclosure with Big Data

Ariel Porat, Lior Strahilevitz · SSRN Electronic Journal · 2013 · 208 citations · Full text

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Status Quo Bias and Contract Default Rules

Russell Korobkin · eYLS (Yale Law School) · 1998 · 158 citations · Full text

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The Sound of Silence: Default Rules and Contractual Consent

Randy E. Barnett · Virginia Law Review · 1992 · 149 citations

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Authors

23

  1. OB
    Omri Ben‐Shahar

    University of Chicago, United States

    3 publications · 119 citations

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  2. RG
    Robert Gertner

    University of Chicago, United States

    3 publications · 761 citations

    3

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  3. IA
    Ian Ayres

    Yale University, United States

    3 publications · 761 citations

    3

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  4. HH
    Henry Hansmann

    Yale University, United States

    2 publications · 61 citations

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  5. AS
    Alan Schwartz

    University of Illinois Chicago, United States

    2 publications · 68 citations

    2

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Institutions

19

  1. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    7 h-index

    9 publications

    1.9K citations

  2. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

    6 h-index

    6 publications

    277 citations

  3. Chicago Kent College of Law

    Chicago, United States

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    637 citations

  4. Georgetown University

    Washington, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    1.2K citations

  5. University of Thessaly

    Volos, Greece

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    28 citations

  6. Institutum Iurisprudentiae, Academia Sinica

    Taipei, Taiwan

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    14 citations

  7. American Bar Foundation

    Chicago, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    1.2K citations

  8. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    44 citations

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Venues

  1. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 6 publications · 676 citations

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  2. eYLS (Yale Law School)

    Repository · 4 publications · 236 citations

    4

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  3. Stanford Law Review

    2 publications · 54 citations

    2

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  4. University of Pennsylvania Law Review

    1 publications · 19 citations

    1

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  5. Virginia Law Review

    1 publications · 149 citations

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