Abstract
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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Ko, H. (2019). Contracts, Forward. In: Marciano, A., Ramello, G.B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Law and Economics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7753-2_548
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