A NOTE ON COST ESCALATION CLAUSES

Various problems arise in relation to the implementation of cost escalation clauses in long-term contracts. Items of a contract's cost which are index-linked through escalation clauses will have the amount charged to the principal related to the movement of the cost index during a specified per...

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Published in:Journal of business finance & accounting 1979-09, Vol.6 (3), p.339-346
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