Robust predictions for bilateral contracting with externalities

Econometrica

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 757-791

  Segal, Ilya ^a   Whinston, Michael D ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilateral contracting; Common agency; Competitive convergence; Contracting externalities; Menu contracts; Robust predictions

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMMERCE; CONTRACTS; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; GAME THEORY; OUTSOURCING; SALES;

BILATERAL CONTRACTING; COMMON AGENCY; COMPETITIVE AGENCY; CONTRACTING EXTERNALITIES; MENU CONTRACTS; ROBUST PREDICTIONS;

ECONOMICS;

EID: 0038617759     PISSN: 00129682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0262.00425     Document Type: Article

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