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1988

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Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics

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Impossibility And Related Excuses, Victor P. Goldberg Jan 1988

Impossibility And Related Excuses, Victor P. Goldberg

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In the first section I present an e of why reasonable businessmen would choose to excuse performance for some changed circumstances, but not others. In the remainder of the paper I will analyze specific problems that have arisen in the impossibility case law and literature. The explanation forwarded in Section 1 will play a prominent role in much of that discussion. Largely because their paper stimulated my thoughts on the problem, I will contrast my analysis of some of the specific cases to that of Posner and Rosenfield [1977]. I will not, except in passing, critique the case law, the …


Clarifying The Record: A Comment, Victor P. Goldberg Jan 1988

Clarifying The Record: A Comment, Victor P. Goldberg

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In their recent article in this journal, Boudreaux and Ekelund [1987] ha presented a distorted characterization of some of my work on the economics o regulation. The editor of this journal has graciously offered me the opportunity to respond to their criticisms and to redress some ambiguities, real or imagine in my earlier work.