Uncertainty and Compensation Design in Strategic Inter-Firm Contracts* RANJANI KRISHNAN, Michigan State University† DEEPA MANI, Indian School of Business, Hyderabad *Accepted by Margaret Abernethy. We thank Margaret Abernethy (the editor), two anonymous reviewers, Satish Joshi, Philip Wang, Michael Welker, and workshop participants at London School of Economics, Michigan State University, University of Pittsburgh, Tel Aviv Accounting Conference, Temple University, University of Texas at Arlington, Tulane University, and Washington University at St. Louis for their helpful comments. This article has been accepted for publication and undergone full peer review but has not been through the copyediting, typesetting, pagination and proofreading process which may lead to differences between this version and the Version of Record. Please cite this article as doi: 10.1111/1911-3846.12510 This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.