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Informal Agreements

Informal Agreements is a relational contract construct characterized by unwritten, tacit, or verbally communicated understandings between parties that rely on trust, repeated interactions, and social norms rather than formal legal enforcement to govern obligations and expectations.

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90

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69

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2017–2026

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Why are some international agreements informal?

Charles Lipson · International Organization · 1991 · 576 citations

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Urban Africa: changing contours of survival in the city

Choice Reviews Online · 2006 · 162 citations

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The social contract as a tool of analysis: Introduction to the special issue on “Framing the evolution of new social contracts in Middle Eastern and North African countries”

Markus Loewe, Tina Zintl, Annabelle Houdret · World Development · 2020 · 135 citations · Full text

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Relational Contracts and Organizational Capabilities

Robert Gibbons, Rebecca Henderson · Organization Science · 2011 · 126 citations · Full text

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Avoiding Regulatory Constraints: Contracting Safeguards and the Role of Informal Agreements

Thomas Palay · The Journal of Law Economics and Organization · 1985 · 103 citations

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Authors

90

  1. ML
    Markus Loewe

    German Institute of Development and Sustainability, Germany

    1 publications · 135 citations

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  2. SM
    Sarah Mittlefehldt

    Northern Michigan University, United States

    1 publications · 11 citations

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  3. TN
    Timothy N. Cason

    Purdue University West Lafayette, United States

    1 publications · 18 citations

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  4. LF
    Louis Fisher

    University of Oxford, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 11 citations

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  5. OH
    Oliver Hart

    Harvard University, United States

    1 publications · 78 citations

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Institutions

69

  1. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    632 citations

  2. Centre for Economic Policy Research

    London, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    96 citations

  3. City, University of London

    London, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    83 citations

  4. Monash University

    Melbourne, Australia

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    32 citations

  5. New York University

    New York, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    68 citations

  6. Network for Studies on Pensions, Aging and Retirement

    Tilburg, Netherlands

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    32 citations

  7. Auburn University

    Auburn, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    50 citations

  8. University of Nairobi

    Nairobi, Kenya

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    41 citations

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Venues

  1. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 2 publications · 46 citations

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  2. The Journal of Law Economics and Organization

    LEO · 2 publications · 139 citations

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  3. Management Science

    2 publications · 191 citations

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  4. Journal of Theoretical Politics

    JTP · 2 publications · 50 citations

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  5. Pepperdine law review

    PLR · 1 publications · 11 citations

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