 Relationships and GrowthNo 11-31-Rev, Discussion Papers in Economics and Business from Osaka University, Graduate School of Economics Abstract: In this paper, we present a dynamic general equilibrium model to investigate how different contracting modes based on formal and relational enforcements endogenously emerge and are dynamically linked with the process of economic development. Formal contracts are enforced by third-party institutions (courts), while relational contracts are self-enforcing agreements without any third-party involvement. The novel feature of our model is that it demonstrates the co-evolution of these different enforcement modes and market equilibrium conditions, all of which are jointly determined. We then characterize the equilibrium paths of such dynamic processes and show the time structure of relational contracting in the endogenous process of economic development. In particular, we show that relational contracting fosters the emergence of a market-based economy in low-development stages but its role declines as the economy grows and enters high-development stages. Keywords: dynamic general equilibrium; economic development; arm fs length contract; relational contract (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:osk:wpaper:1131r Access Statistics for this paper More papers in Discussion Papers in Economics and Business from Osaka University, Graduate School of Economics Contact information at EDIRC. |
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