Contract renewal under uncertainty

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 637-652

  Andersen, Torben M ^a   Christensen, Morten Stampe ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Contract renewal; Price adjustment; Stopping game

Indexed keywords

EID: 10344228818     PISSN: 01651889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1889(00)00075-0     Document Type: Article

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