A Theory of Self-Enforcing Indefinite Agreements

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• Publication year

  2003

• Venue

  Columbia Law Review

• Publication date

  2003-04-23

• Fields of study

  Law, Economics

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  DOI 10.2139/SSRN.390763
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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