Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/22823 
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Year of Publication: 
2002
Series/Report no.: 
Bonn Econ Discussion Papers No. 12/2002
Publisher: 
University of Bonn, Bonn Graduate School of Economics (BGSE), Bonn
Abstract: 
In a property-rights framework, I study how organizational form and quantity contracts interact in generating investment incentives. The model nests standard property-rights and hold-up models as special cases. I admit general message-dependent contracts, but provide conditions under which non-contingent contracts are optimal. First, I contribute to the foundation of the property-rights theory: I characterize under which circumstances its predictions are correct when trade is contractible. Second, I study how the optimal use of the incentive instruments depends on the environment. This is in the spirit of the multitasking literature. Finally, the model produces implications of the property-rights theory that are empirically testable.
Subjects: 
Property Rights
Incomplete Contracts
Specific Investments
JEL: 
L22
D23
L14
D82
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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