Encyclopedia of Law & Economics - 4500 Unforeseen Contingencies - Risk Allocation (incl. symmetric information imperfections)

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  • Smith, Janet Kiholm (1987), 'Trade Credit and Informational Asymmetry', 42 Journal of Finance , 863-872.
  • Smith, Janet Kiholm and Cox, Steven R. (1985), 'The Pricing of Legal Services: A Contractual Solution to the Problem of Bilateral Opportunism', 14 Journal of Legal Studies , 167-183.
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  • Sykes, Alan O. (1990), 'The Doctrine of Commercial Impracticability in a Second-best World', 19 Journal of Legal Studies , 43-94.
  • Triantis, George G. (1992), 'Contractual Allocation of Unknown Risks: A Critique of the Doctrine of Commercial Impracticability', 42 University of Toronto Law Journal , 450-483.
  • Trimarchi, Pietro (1989), 'Der Wegfall der GeschŠftsgrundlage aus allokativer Sicht - Kommentar (The Frustration of Contract from an Allocative Sig)', in Ott, Claus and SchŠfer, Hans-Bernd (eds.), Allekationseffizienz in der Rechtsordnung , Berlin, Springer, 163-167.
  • Trimarchi, Pietro (1991), 'Commercial Impracticability in Contract Law: An Economic Analysis', 11 International Review of Law and Economics , 63-82.
  • Vandegrift, Donald (1997), 'Decision Costs, Contract Excuse and the Westinghouse Commercial Impracticability Case', 4 European Journal of Law and Economics , 41-54.
  • Veljanovski, Cento G. (1988), 'Impossibility and Related Excuses: Comment', 144 Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics , 117-121.
  • Warren, Elizabeth (1981), 'Trade Usage and Parties in the Trade: An Economic Rationale for an Inflexible Rule', 42 University of Pittsburgh Law Review , 515 ff.
  • White, Michelle J. (1988), 'Contract Breach and Contract Discharge due to Impossibility: A Unified Theory', 17 Journal of Legal Studies , 353-376.
  • Wladis, John D. (1988), 'Impracticability as Risk Allocation: The Effect of Changed Circumstances Upon Contract Obligations for the Sale of Goods', 22 Georgia Law Review , 503 ff.