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   "text": "Because feedback effects increase the availability of relevant, decentralized, and timely information, rulemakers can predict unforeseen contingencies and adjust their actions ex-ante to avoid complex reforms and unwanted consequences.",
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   "text": "Parties in the incomplete contract model cannot adapt to unforeseen contingencies because they cannot specify ex-ante how those contingencies will be met, and transactions may be foregone or become too expensive if participants cannot rely on efficient and equitable adaptation.",
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   "text": "Dynamic regulatory tools lower unforeseen contingencies in innovation related rulemaking because their feedback effects supply relevant, timely, decentralized, and institution specific information ex ante, which also helps maintain certainty in the rulemaking process.",
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