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Robert Gertner

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Robert Gertner · Philosophy & Social Sciences

What

Scholar of incomplete contracts and default rules

When

1989

Where

United States

Biography

Robert Gertner is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — Scholar of incomplete contracts and default rules

How & why

Robert H. Gertner is an American economist at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business known for influential work, with Ian Ayres, on the economics of incomplete contracts and default rules, showing how the reasons contracts are left incomplete inform the optimal design of legal defaults. His articles rank among the most-cited in the law-review literature. He is of Jewish background and is listed among Jewish authors of leading law-review articles.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish authorship among the 100 most-cited law review articles

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Scholar of incomplete contracts and default rules

1989

Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish authorship among the 100 most-cited law review articles