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We show that forward induction provides a rational foundation for contract renegotiation, and in turn for incomplete contracts and the property rights theory of the firm. However, this foundation places conditions on the contracting game, the violation of which allows ex post inefficiencies of the sort that can explain the internal organization of firms.