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cblr-13002	Franco, Joseph A. 	Contract Realism and Formalism in Preliminary Acquisition Agreements and Negotiations: Joseph A. Franco	2024	102	.pdf	application/pdf	38283	1367	43	Opacity arises in the case of binding preliminary agreements in that an agreement denominated as preliminary may be treated as an enforceable final agreement or as an agreement requiring negotiation in good faith. Economic accounts of binding preliminary agreements do not exclude other behavioral factors that may influence the use of preliminary agreements, whether binding or non-bind- ing.190 Contract scholars and economists have long recognized that parties sometimes deliberately enter into non-binding 188 The intrinsic flexibility of the standard encourages parties to be- have and draws on insights from prior work involving strategic vagueness in acquisition agreements.	cache/cblr-13002.pdf	txt/cblr-13002.txt