Contractual Design and Networks Performance

Magali Chaudey (1)

1 CREUSET - Centre de Recherche Economique de l'Université de Saint-Etienne

This article deals with the links between networks performance and the design of vertical contracts. It provides evidence broadly consistent with the hypothesis that within franchising systems, constraining contracts for the retailers favor a better performance at the network level.

Mots clés: Social Sciences & Humanities

Magali Chaudey. Contractual Design and Networks Performance. Applied Economics, 2010, 42 (04), pp.529-533. ⟨10.1080/00036840701704428⟩. ⟨hal-00582173⟩