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Relational Contracts and the Nature of Market Interactions

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dc.creator Brown, Martin
dc.creator Falk, Armin
dc.creator Fehr, Ernst
dc.date 2003
dc.date.accessioned 2013-10-16T07:08:54Z
dc.date.available 2013-10-16T07:08:54Z
dc.date.issued 2013-10-16
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10419/20136
dc.identifier ppn:372029264
dc.identifier.uri http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/20136
dc.description We provide evidence that long-term relationships between trading parties emerge endogenously in the absence of third party enforcement of contracts and are associated with a fundamental change in the nature of market interactions. Without third party enforcement, the vast majority of trades are initiated with private offers and the parties share the gains from trade equally. Low effort or bad quality is penalized by the termination of the relationship, wielding a powerful effect on contract enforcement. Successful long-term relations exhibit generous rent sharing and high effort (quality) from the very beginning of the relationship. In the absence of third-party enforcement, markets resemble a collection of bilateral trading islands rather than a competitive market. If contracts are third party enforceable, rent sharing and long-term relations are absent and the vast majority of trades are initiated with public offers. Most trades take place in one-shot transactions and the contracting parties are indifferent with regard to the identity of their trading partner.
dc.language eng
dc.publisher
dc.relation IZA Discussion paper series 897
dc.rights http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen
dc.subject D2
dc.subject C9
dc.subject C7
dc.subject D4
dc.subject ddc:330
dc.subject relational contracts
dc.subject implicit contracts
dc.subject market interaction
dc.subject involuntary unemployment
dc.subject repeated transaction
dc.subject fairness preferences
dc.subject Arbeitsvertrag
dc.subject Unvollständiger Vertrag
dc.subject Moral Hazard
dc.subject Betriebszugehörigkeit
dc.subject Gerechtigkeit
dc.subject Marktmechanismus
dc.subject Experiment
dc.subject Theorie
dc.title Relational Contracts and the Nature of Market Interactions
dc.type doc-type:workingPaper


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