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Title: Governance of Adjustments
Keywords: Theory of the Firm
Employment Relationship
Contracts
Issue Date: 1-Jun-2013
Description: The article proposes a research program to compare game forms in terms of their ability to govern ex post adjustments to ex ante contracts. The comparisons can be based on direct implementation-costs or the extent to which desirable adjustments are not implemented. In several examples of the program, we compare three game forms: Negotiation over each adjustment, ex ante price lists, and implicit contracts leaving the stipulation of adjustments to one player. If the latter game form is defined as an employment relationship, the theory of the firm becomes a special case of the program. The article starts with a discussion of the nature and magnitude of adjustment-costs, followed by an exposition of four examples. We then discuss the role of asset ownership, review some empirical evidence, and look at broader implications.
URI: http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/jspui/handle/1721
Other Identifiers: http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/1836
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