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Predatory Contracting

Predatory Contracting is a contractual practice in which a party with significantly superior bargaining power imposes unfair, exploitative, or one-sided terms on a weaker party, often undermining voluntary consent and equitable exchange within legal or economic transactions.

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37

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25

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2017–2026

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Publications

26

A Theory of Predation Based on Agency Problems in Financial Contracting

Patrick Bolton, David Scharfstein · American Economic Review · 1990 · 659 citations

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A Model of a Predatory State

Boaz Moselle · The Journal of Law Economics and Organization · 2001 · 147 citations

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Growth, public investment and corruption with failing institutions

David de la Croix, Clara Delavallade · Economics of Governance · 2008 · 141 citations · Full text

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Predatory Strategies and Counterstrategies

Frank H. Easterbrook · The University of Chicago Law Review · 1981 · 125 citations

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Instrumental exploitation: Predatory property relations at city’s end

Joshua Akers, Eric Seymour · Geoforum · 2018 · 90 citations

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Authors

37

  1. CD
    Clara Delavallade

    UCLouvain, Belgium

    2 publications · 162 citations

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  2. BM
    Boaz Moselle

    Università della Svizzera italiana, Switzerland

    2 publications · 173 citations

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  3. RD
    Richmond D. Mathews

    University of Maryland, College Park, United States

    2 publications · 73 citations

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  4. DT
    David T. Robinson

    Duke University, United States

    2 publications · 73 citations

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  5. DD
    David de la Croix

    UCLouvain, Belgium

    2 publications · 162 citations

    2

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Institutions

25

  1. UCLouvain

    Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    162 citations

  2. Duke University

    Durham, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    134 citations

  3. Pemaquid Oyster Company (United States)

    Damariscotta, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    61 citations

  4. University of Notre Dame

    Notre Dame, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    38 citations

  5. Athens University of Economics and Business

    Athens, Greece

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    12 citations

  6. Georgia State University

    Atlanta, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    31 citations

  7. T A Pai Management Institute

    Manipal, India

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    10 citations

  8. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    125 citations

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Venues

  1. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 4 publications · 71 citations

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  2. American Economic Review

    2 publications · 671 citations

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  3. The University of Chicago Law Review

    1 publications · 125 citations

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  4. Regional Science and Urban Economics

    1 publications · 12 citations

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  5. The Journal of Finance

    1 publications · 61 citations

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