Abstract
We survey recent models of unforeseen contingencies, discussing both epistemic and decision - theoretic approaches. We also briefly comment on the hurdles which remain for applying these models to contract theory.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 523-542 |
Number of pages | 20 |
Journal | European Economic Review |
Volume | 42 |
Issue number | 3-5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1998 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:We thank Drew Fudenberg and Paolo Ghirardato for helpful comments. Dekel and Rustichini thank the NSF and Lipman thanks SSHRCC for financial support for this research. Lipman also thanks Carnegie Mellon for their hospitality while this work was in progress.
Keywords
- Incomplete contracts
- Unforeseen contingencies