Reckoning Contract Damages: Valuation of the Contract as an Asset

Valuation of Lease Contract and Credit Risk

Leasing has become a very important financial instrument today. A large amount of literature discusses the determination of lease rate. In this essay, we focus on the valuations of lease contracts and credit risk. First, we introduce both discrete and continuous time models to determine the equilibrium rate of risk-fiee lease contracts. Then, by relaxing the restriction of riskless leases, a mo...

Maintenance Contract Model for Complex Asset/Equipment

Contract Renegotiation, Mechanism Design, and the Liquidated Damages Rule

Specific Performance versus Damages for Breach of Contract

When would parties to a contract want performance to be specifically required, and when would they prefer payment of money damages to be the remedy for breach? This fundamental question is studied here, and an answer is provided that is based on a simple distinction between contracts to produce goods and contracts to convey property. Setting aside qualifications, the conclusion for breach of co...

Information Technology Outsourcing: Asset Transfer and the Role of Contract

Information Technology Outsourcing (ITO) has become the predominant mode of acquiring information systems services, providing clear evidence that the economics of service delivery favor external service providers over in-house information systems departments. An interesting feature of many large ITO arrangements is that assets necessary for service delivery are transferred to the vendor. The ar...