Simple Relational Contracts to Motivate Capacity Investment: Price Only vs. Price and Quantity

Terry A. Taylor
Terry A. Taylor
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Graduate School of Business, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027 and Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755
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Erica L. Plambeck
Erica L. Plambeck
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Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305
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Graduate School of Business, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027 and Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755

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Erica L. Plambeck

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Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305

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Published Online:1 Jan 2007https://doi.org/10.1287/msom.1060.0126

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