Much of the recent history of intellectual property has been a move from status to contract, resulting in an unchecked …

In this article we study the relation between the quality of contract enforcement and R&D investment across countries …

Motivated by the differences in innovation intensity across countries, this paper evaluates the role of contract … enforcement for R&D investments. If contracts for inputs are incomplete and contract enforcement is weak, innovative companies can …

law", it typically is assumed, increases the likelihood of contract performance by increasing the probability of … she wants to enter a contract without knowing whether the second mover will perform. We analyze how contract … find that economic incentives have a non-monotonic impact on behavior. Individuals perform a contract when enforcement is …