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Contracts, Forward

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A forward contract is an agreement to buy or sell an asset at a specified future time at a pre-specified price. While financial underpinnings of forward contracts are well-known, law and economics research in forward contracts is underdeveloped.

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  1. School of Law, Seoul National University, 1 Gwanangno, Gwanak-gu Seoul, 151-743, Seoul, Republic of Korea

    Haksoo Ko

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    Jürgen Backhaus

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Ko, H. (2014). Contracts, Forward. In: Backhaus, J. (eds) Encyclopedia of Law and Economics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7883-6_548-1

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    Contracts, Forward
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    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7883-6_548-1

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