Incomplete contracting and target-cost pricing

Defence and Peace Economics

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 279-296

  Bös, Dieter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fixed price contracts; Incomplete contracts; Target cost pricing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038608594     PISSN: 10242694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10430719608404858     Document Type: Article

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