Government choice between contract termination and contract expiration in re-municipalization: a case of historical recurrence?

Optimal regulatory control of early contract termination

Contract Structure, Risk Sharing, and Investment Choice

Few micro…nance-funded businesses grow beyond subsistence entrepreneurship. This paper considers one possible explanation: that the structure of existing micro…nance contracts may discourage risky but high-expected return investments. To explore this possibility, I develop a theory that uni…es models of investment choice, informal insurance, and formal …nancial contracts. I then test the predic...

Call Center Outsourcing Contract Analysis and Choice

This paper considers a call center outsourcing contract analysis and choice problem, faced by a contractor and a service provider. The service provider receives an uncertain call volume over multiple-periods, and is considering outsourcing all or part of these calls to a contractor. Each call brings in a fixed revenue to the service provider. Answering calls requires having service capacity, th...

Call Center Outsourcing Contract Design and Choice

This paper considers a call center outsourcing contract design and choice problem, faced by an outsourcing vendor and a service provider. The service provider receives an uncertain call volume over multiple-periods, and is considering outsourcing all or part of these calls to an outsourcing vendor. Each call brings in a fixed revenue to the service provider. Answering calls requires having serv...

Evaluation of Construction Contract Termination as a Control Technique

Early termination (or cancellation) in construction is generally regarded as an unpleasant and costly last-resort control technique in the contractual relationship between the owner and the contractor, when their differences cannot be reconciled otherwise. Normally, construction contracts contain clauses that empower the owner to terminate if the contractor materially breaches the contract (i.e...