This paper explores how the relationship specificity of an investment affects the ex-ante structure of contracts and the ex-post resolution of an ensuing hold-up problem.
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The Importance of Hold-up in Contracting : Evidence from a Field Experiment
Rajkamal Iyer, Antoinette Schoar
2008