Optimal liability when the injurer's information about the victim's loss is imperfect
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- A. Mitchell Polinsky, 1987. "Optimal Liability when the Injurer's Information about the Victim's Loss is Imperfect," NBER Working Papers 2174, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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