# kaal:claim:6269518-009

**Claim.** The citation matrix functions as an implicit contract specifying value distribution whose precise terms cannot be determined with the precision the mathematical framework demands, which is an instance of the incomplete contract problem identified by New Institutional Economics.

**Type.** mechanism  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- bounded rationality and incomplete information among contracting parties

**Source quote.**

> The citation matrix C functions as an implicit contract specifying value distribution, yet the precise terms of this contract—the exact citation weights—cannot be determined with the precision the mathematical framework demands

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *Citation Honesty Mechanisms in Weighted Directed Acyclic Graph Governance* (2026), II.B. The Quantification Impossibility, page 7

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, Citation Honesty Mechanisms in Weighted Directed Acyclic Graph Governance (2026). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=6269518

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**Topics.** economics, institutional-design, citation-and-knowledge, risk-and-incentives

**Keywords.** incomplete-contracts, new-institutional-economics, citation-matrix, bounded-rationality

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