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January 1997, Volume 26, Issue 1
- 145-164 Learning Liability Rules
by Wittman, Donald & Friedman, Daniel & Crevier, Stephanie & Braskin, Aaron
- 165-201 Legal Rules and Social Norms in Japan's Secret World of Sumo
by West, Mark D
- 203-237 Contracts as Bilateral Commitments: A New Perspective on Contract Modification
by Jolls, Christine
- 239-258 Sequential versus Unitary Trials with Asymmetric Information
by Chen, Kong-Pin & Chien, Hung-Ken & Chu, C Y Cyrus
- 259-278 Optimal Contingent Fees in a World of Settlement
by Hay, Bruce L
- 279-301 Was the Fairness Doctrine a "Chilling Effect"? Evidence from the Postderegulation Radio Market
by Hazlett, Thomas W & Sosa, David W
- 303-329 The Political Economy of Competition for Corporate Charters
by Carney, William J
June 1996, Volume 25, Issue 2
- 287-318 Context-Dependence in Legal Decision Making
by Kelman, Mark & Rottenstreich, Yuval & Tversky, Amos
- 319-349 Corporate Crime
by Fischel, Daniel R & Sykes, Alan O
- 351-370 Buyouts in Large Companies
by Hermalin, Benjamin & Schwartz, Alan
- 371-403 An Analysis of Fee Shifting Based on the Margin of Victory: On Frivolous Suits, Meritorious Suits, and the Role of Rule 11
by Bebchuk, Lucian Arye & Chang, Howard F
- 405-444 "Bad Faith" Breach of Contract by First-Party Insurers
by Sykes, Alan O
- 445-462 Settling Multidefendant Lawsuits: The Advantage of Conditional Setoff Rules
by Klerman, Daniel
- 463-492 Damage Multipliers in Market Relationships
by Craswell, Richard
- 493-501 Any Frequency of Plaintiff Victory at Trial Is Possible
by Shavell, Steven
- 503-533 Contingent Fees and Agency Costs
by Hay, Bruce L
January 1996, Volume 25, Issue 1
- 1-25 A New Theory Concerning the Credibility and Success of Threats to Sue
by Bebchuk, Lucian Arye
- 27-52 On the Degree of Confidence for Adverse Decisions
by Schauer, Frederick & Zeckhauser, Richard
- 53-97 Coase v. Pigou Reexamined
by Simpson, A W Brian
- 99-101 Coase v. Pigou Reexamined: An Addendum
by Simpson, A W Brian
- 103-119 Law and Economics and A. W. Brian Simpson
by Coase, R H
- 121-130 Corporal Punishments and Optimal Incapacitation
by Kan, Steven S
- 131-199 An Economic Analysis of Uniform State Laws
by Ribstein, Larry E & Kobayashi, Bruce H
- 201-232 The Market for Deadbeats
by Brinig, Margaret F & Buckley, F H
- 233-259 Explaining Deviations from the Fifty-Percent Rule: A Multimodal Approach to the Selection of Cases for Litigation
by Kessler, Daniel & Meites, Thomas & Miller, Geoffrey P
- 261-286 Settlement of Litigation under Rule 68: An Economic Analysis
by Chung, Tai-Yeong
June 1995, Volume 24, Issue 2
- 257-281 Politics and the Judiciary: The Influence of Judicial Background on Case Outcomes
by Ashenfelter, Orley & Eisenberg, Theodore & Schwab, Stewart J
- 283-319 Contract Law in the Welfare State: A Defense of the Unconscionablility Doctrine, Usury Laws, and Related Limitations on the Freedom to Contract
by Posner, Eric A
- 321-377 Some Economic Considerations in the Intellectual Property Protection of Software
by Dam, Kenneth W
- 379-426 The Appeals Process as a Means of Error Correction
by Shavell, Steven
- 427-462 The Selection of Employment Discrimination Disputes for Litigation: Using Business Cycle Effects to Test the Priest-Klein Hypothesis
by Siegelman, Peter & Donohue, John J, III
- 463-490 Medical Malpractice Insurance in the Wake of Liability Reform
by Viscusi, W Kip & Born, Patricia
- 491-521 From Race to Age: The Expanding Scope of Employment Discrimination Law
by Rutherglen, George
- 523-534 Should Criminal Penalties Include Third-Party Avoidance Costs?
by Daniel, Kermit & Lott, John R, Jr
- 535-557 Decisions to Retain Attorneys and File Lawsuits: An Examination of the Comparative Negligence Rule in Accident Law
by Low, Stuart & Smith, Janet Kiholm
January 1995, Volume 24, Issue 1
- 1-28 Alternative Dispute Resolution: An Economic Analysis
by Shavell, Steven
- 29-62 Effort, Information, Settlement, Trial
by Hay, Bruce L
- 63-85 The Market for Shares of Companies with Unlimited Liability: The Case of American Express
by Grossman, Peter Z
- 87-122 Settlement Escrows
by Gertner, Robert H & Miller, Geoffrey P
- 123-138 Some Experimental Evidence on Differences between Student and Prisoner Reactions to Monetary Penalties and Risk
by Block, Michael K & Gerety, Vernon E
- 139-163 Contract Remedies and Options Pricing
by Mahoney, Paul G
- 165-187 Revelation of Private Information about Unpaid Notes in the Trade Credit Bill System in Japan
by Matsumura, Toshihiro & Ryser, Marc
- 189-208 Defining Efficient Care: The Role of Income Distribution
by Miceli, Thomas J & Segerson, Kathleen
- 209-228 The Trial Selection Hypothesis without the 50 Percent Rule: Some Experimental Evidence
by Thomas, Robert E
- 229-255 The Efficient Scope of Private Transactions-Cost-Reducing Institutions: The Successes and Failures of Commodity Exchanges
by Pirrong, Stephen Craig
June 1994, Volume 23, Issue 2
- 667-681 Why the Legal System Is Less Efficient Than the Income Tax in Redistributing Income
by Kaplow, Louis & Shavell, Steven
- 683-719 The Economics of Anticipatory Adjudication
by Landes, William M & Posner, Richard A
- 721-747 The Puzzling (In)dependence of Courts: A Comparative Approach
by Ramseyer, J Mark
- 749-776 Regulatory Takings: When Should Compensation Be Paid?
by Miceli, Thomas J & Segerson, Kathleen
- 777-806 A Comparison of Formal and Informal Dispute Resolution in Medical Malpractice
by Farber, Henry S & White, Michelle J
- 807-831 The Role of Lawyers in Changing the Law
by Rubin, Paul H & Bailey, Martin J
- 832-867 The Potentially Perverse Effects of Corporate Criminal Liability
by Arlen, Jennifer
- 869-894 Marriage and Opportunism
by Brinig, Margaret F & Crafton, Steven M
- 895-910 Noncompensatory Damages and Potential Insolvency
by Boyd, James & Ingberman, Daniel E
January 1994, Volume 23, Issue 1
- 1-39 Recovery for Economic Loss following the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
by Goldberg, Victor P
- 41-76 Multidefendant Settlements: The Impact of Joint and Several Liability
by Kornhauser, Lewis A & Revesz, Richard L
- 77-110 "Bad Faith" Refusal to Settle by Liability Insurers: Some Implications of the Judgment-Proof Problem
by Sykes, Alan O
- 111-157 Should We Abolish Chapter 11? The Evidence from Japan
by Eisenberg, Theodore & Tagashira, Shoichi
- 159-184 Judicial Competence and the Interpretation of Incomplete Contracts
by Hadfield, Gillian K
- 185-209 The Courts and the Plaintiffs' Bar: Awarding the Attorney's Fee in Class-Action Litigation
by Lynk, William J
- 211-224 Do Contingent Fees Promote Excessive Litigation?
by Miceli, Thomas J
- 225-246 Improving Settlement Devices: Rule 68 and Beyond
by Anderson, David A
- 247-271 The Economic Underpinnings of Patent Law
by Dam, Kenneth W
- 273-285 Risk-Adjusted Valuation of Professional Degrees in Divorce
by Polsby, Daniel D & Zelder, Martin
- 287-301 Discontinuities, Causation, and Grady's Uncertainty Theorem
by Marks, Stephen
- 303-306 Economic Analysis of Civil Procedure: Introduction
by Miller, Geoffrey P
- 307-401 The Value of Accuracy in Adjudication: An Economic Analysis
by Kaplow, Louis
- 403-409 Neoactuarialism: Comment
by Ortiz, Daniel R
- 411-433 Valuing Accuracy--Filling out the Framework: Comment
by Bundy, Stephen McG
- 435-463 An Economic Model of Legal Discovery
by Cooter, Robert D & Rubinfeld, Daniel L
- 465-480 Discovery Cost Allocation: Comment
by Cooper, Edward H
- 481-515 Civil Discovery: Its Effects and Optimal Scope
by Hay, Bruce L
- 517-542 Multidefendant Settlements under Joint and Several Liability: The Problem of Insolvency
by Kornhauser, Lewis A & Revesz, Richard L
- 543-558 The Effect of Joint and Several Liability on the Settlement Rate--Mathematical Symmetries and Metaissues about Rational Litigant Behavior: Comment
by Donohue, John J, III
- 559-568 A Note on Joint and Several Liability: Insolvency, Settlement, and Incentives
by Spier, Kathryn E
- 569-593 Avoiding Surprise from Federal Civil Rule Making: The Role of Economic Analysis
by Walker, Laurens
- 595-613 The Empirical Turn in Procedural Rule Making: Comment
by Bone, Robert G
- 615-626 Repealing the Law of Unintended Consequences? Comment
by Rowe, Thomas D, Jr
- 627-646 Judicial Preferences, Public Choice, and the Rules of Procedure
by Macey, Jonathan R
- 647-665 Judges' Self-Interest and Procedural Rules: Comment
by Alexander, Janet Cooper
June 1993, Volume 22, Issue 2
- 211-215 Gary Becker's Contributions to Law and Economics
by Posner, Richard A
- 217-254 Endogenous Preferences, Environmental Law
by Sunstein, Cass R
- 255-263 Precommitment, Prohibition, and the Problem of Dissent
by Dripps, Donald A
- 265-307 The Case for Retroactive Taxation
by Levmore, Saul
- 309-343 Mutual and Unilateral Mistake in Contract Law
by Rasmusen, Eric & Ayres, Ian
- 345-366 Hanged for a Sheep--The Economics of Marginal Deterrence
by Friedman, David & Sjostrom, William
- 367-393 A Case-Study Analysis of Franchise Contracts
by Dnes, Antony W
- 395-404 Efficiency of Comparative Negligence: A Game Theoretic Analysis
by Chung, Tai-Yeong
- 405-456 The Superior Performance of Savings and Loan Associations with Substantial Holding Companies
by Jackson, Howell E
- 457-476 Litigation Cost Allocation Rules and Compliance with the Negligence Standard
by Hylton, Keith N
- 477-501 Ritual and Regulation: A Legal-Economic Interpretation of Selected Biblical Texts
by Miller, Geoffrey P
- 503-520 Inefficient Dissolutions as a Consequence of Public Goods: The Case of No-Fault Divorce
by Zelder, Martin
January 1993, Volume 22, Issue 1
- 1-13 Suit versus Settlement when Parties Seek Nonmonetary Judgments
by Shavell, Steven
- 15-45 Contracts of Genesis
by Miller, Geoffrey P
- 47-72 The Lessons of the Lighthouse: "Government" or "Private" Provision of Goods
by Van Zandt, David E
- 73-98 An Equity-Agency Solution to the Bankruptcy-Priority Puzzle
by Adler, Barry E
- 99-134 Sequential versus Unitary Trials: An Economic Analysis
by Landes, William M
- 135-159 Self-Serving Assessments of Fairness and Pretrial Bargaining
by Loewenstein, George & Issacharoff, Samuel & Camerer, Colin & Babcock, Linda
- 161-186 Alcohol-Control Policies and Motor-Vehicle Fatalities
by Chaloupka, Frank J & Saffer, Henry & Grossman, Michael
- 187-210 Asymmetric Information and the Selection of Disputes for Litigation
by Hylton, Keith N
June 1992, Volume 21, Issue 2
- 259-270 Liability and the Incentive to Obtain Information about Risk
by Shavell, Steven
- 271-318 Relational Contracts in the Courts: An Analysis of Incomplete Agreements and Judicial Strategies
by Schwartz, Alan
- 319-363 Rule-Based Negligence and the Regulation of Activity Levels
by Gilles, Stephen G
- 365-370 Optimal Sanctions When Individuals Are Imperfectly Informed about the Probability of Apprehension
by Bebchuk, Lucian Arye & Kaplow, Louis
- 371-411 Some Implications of Damage Payments for Nonpecuniary Losses
by Calfee, John E & Rubin, Paul H
- 413-429 Should Defendants' Wealth Matter?
by Arlen, Jennifer H
- 431-448 Debtholders and Equityholders
by Kanda, Hideki
- 449-482 Of Harms and Benefits: Torts, Restitution, and Intellectual Property
by Gordon, Wendy J
January 1992, Volume 21, Issue 1
- 1-38 The Path to The T. J. Hooper: The Theory and History of Custom in the Law of Tort
by Epstein, Richard A
- 39-65 Reconsidering Gratuitous Promises
by Kull, Andrew
- 67-78 When Is Parody Fair Use?
by Posner, Richard A
- 79-113 Copyright Protection of Letters, Diaries, and Other Unpublished Works: An Economic Approach
by Landes, William M
- 115-157 Opting Out of the Legal System: Extralegal Contractual Relations in the Diamond Industry
by Bernstein, Lisa
- 159-187 An Attempt at Measuring the Total Monetary Penalty from Drug Convictions: The Importance of an Individual's Reputation
by Lott, John R, Jr
- 189-215 Adverse Selection and Long-Term Hazards: The Choice between Contract and Mandatory Liability Rules
by Wiggins, Steven N & Ringleb, Al H
- 217-224 Rent Extraction through Political Extortion: An Empirical Examination
by Beck, R & Hoskins, C & Connolly, J M
- 225-258 Secured Debt under Conditions of Imperfect Information
by Triantis, George G
June 1991, Volume 20, Issue 2
- 225-247 Legal Policy and the Endowment Effect
by Hovenkamp, Herbert
- 249-275 Recovery for Pure Economic Loss in Tort: Another Look at Robins Dry Dock v. Flint
by Goldberg, Victor P
- 277-310 Risk Taking and Ruin: Bankruptcy and Investment Choice
by Rose-Ackerman, Susan
- 311-349 A Simple Noncooperative Bargaining Model of Corporate Reorganizations
by Baird, Douglas G & Picker, Randal C
- 351-362 Holdouts and Free Riders
by Cohen, Lloyd
- 363-380 Sequential Decisions by a Single Tortfeasor
by Kornhauser, Lewis A & Revesz, Richard L
- 381-399 Contingent Fees for Lawyers: The Impact on Litigation and Accident Prevention
by Miceli, Thomas J & Segerson, Kathleen
- 401-421 An Economic Analysis of Altruism and Deferred Gifts
by Shavell, Steven
- 423-437 The Economics of Woman Suffrage
by Jones, Ethel B
- 439-462 Real Rates, Expected Rates, and Damage Awards
by Carter, R A L & Palmer, John P
- 463-481 The Distribution of Posttrial Adjustments to Jury Awards
by Shanley, Michael G
January 1991, Volume 20, Issue 1
- 1-24 Fraudulent Conveyances, Agency Costs, and Leveraged Buyouts
by Baird, Douglas G
- 25-71 Condominium and Cooperative Housing: Transactional Efficiency, Tax Subsidies, and Tenure Choice
by Hansmann, Henry
- 73-90 Rent Extraction and Interest-Group Organization in a Coasean Model of Regulation
by McChesney, Fred S
- 91-117 Legal Rules in Repeated Deals: Banking in the Shadow of Defection in Japan
by Ramseyer, J Mark
- 119-129 The Superiority of Comparative Negligence: Another Vote
by Orr, Daniel
- 131-146 Congressional Influence and the Supreme Court: The Budget as a Signaling Device
by Toma, Eugenia Froedge
- 147-177 The Dimensions of the Product Liability Crisis
by Viscusi, W Kip
- 179-186 Impossibility, Subjective Probability, and Punishment for Attempts
by Friedman, David D
- 187-223 Are Attorneys Paid What They're Worth? Contingent Fees and the Settlement Process
by Thomason, Terry
June 1990, Volume 19, Issue 2
- 261-296 Energy and Efficiency in the Realignment of Common-Law Water Rights
by Rose, Carol M
- 297-335 Government as Definer of Property Rights: Indian Lands, Ethnic Externalities, and Bureaucratic Budgets
by McChesney, Fred S
- 337-358 Testing the Selection Effect: A New Theoretical Framework with Empirical Tests
by Eisenberg, Theodore
- 359-397 A Positive Theory of the Attorney-Client Privilege and the Work Product Doctrine
by Allen, Ronald J & Grady, Mark F & Polsby, Daniel D & Yashko, Michael S
- 399-434 Insecurity, Repudiation, and Cure
by Craswell, Richard
- 435-466 Deterrence and the Punishment of Attempts
by Shavell, Steven
- 467-488 Contract Law, Mutual Mistake, and Incentives to Produce and Disclose Information
by Smith, Janet Kiholm & Smith, Richard L
- 489-530 A Theory of Administrative Law
by Bishop, William
- 531-533 The Law and Economics of Risk: Introduction
by Epstein, Richard A & Miller, Geoffrey R
- 535-581 Commercial Relationships and the Selection of Default Rules for Remote Risks
by Gillette, Clayton P
- 583-596 Self-interest and Cooperation in Long-term Contracts
by Baird, Douglas G
- 597-616 A Relational Theory of Default Rules for Commercial Contracts
by Scott, Robert E
- 617-651 Apportioning Damages among Potentially Insolvent Actors
by Kornhauser, Lewis A & Revesz, Richard L
- 653-678 Multiple Tortfeasors and the Economy of Prevention
by Grady, Mark F
- 679-689 Insolvency and Joint Torts: A Comment
by Landes, William M
- 691-726 Probabilistic Recoveries, Restitution, and Recurring Wrongs
by Levmore, Saul
- 727-737 Recurring Misses
by Farber, Daniel A
- 739-746 Market-Share Allocations in Tort Law: Strengths and Weaknesses
by Rose-Ackerman, Susan
- 747-779 Some Implications of Cognitive Psychology for Risk Regulation
by Noll, Roger G & Krier, James E
- 781-790 Risk and Design
by Krier, James E
- 791-799 Some Implications of Cognitive Psychology for Risk Regulation: Comment
by Camerer, Colin F
- 801-808 Some Implications of Cognitive Psychology for Risk Regulation: Comment
by Spitzer, Matthew L
- 809-836 The Performance of Liability Insurance in States with Different Products-Liability Statutes
by Viscusi, W Kip
- 837-844 Products Liability Law and Insurance Profitability
by Abraham, Kenneth S
- 845-849 The Performance of Liability Insurance in States with Different Products-Liability Statutes: Comment
by Trebilcock, Michael
January 1990, Volume 19, Issue 1
- 3-42 Why Do Universities Have Endowments?
by Hansmann, Henry
- 43-94 The Doctrine of Commercial Impracticability in a Second-Best World
by Sykes, Alan O
- 95-111 Liability Salvage--By Private Ordering
by Brough, Wayne T
- 113-143 Why Tender Offers? The Efficient Market Hypothesis, the Supply of Stock, and Signaling
by Cohen, Lloyd R
- 145-172 Empirical Evidence on the Selection Hypothesis and the Decision to Litigate or Settle
by Stanley, Linda R & Coursey, Don L
- 173-187 The Incentive to Sue: An Option-Pricing Approach
by Cornell, Bradford
- 189-202 Second Thoughts on the Public-Good Justification for Government Poverty Programs
by Lee, Dwight R & McKenzie, Richard B
- 203-233 An Experimental Study of Single-Actor Accidents
by Kornhauser, Lewis & Schotter, Andrew
- 235-241 Indemnity, Settlement, and Litigation: Comment and Extension
by Hersch, Philip L
- 243-245 A Transaction-Costs Explanation for Why the Poor Are More Likely to Commit Crime
by Lott, John R, Jr
- 247-260 The Courts and the Market: An Economic Analysis of Contingent Fees in Class-Action Litigation
by Lynk, William J
June 1989, Volume 18, Issue 2
- 209-261 A Theory of Loan Priorities
by Schwartz, Alan
- 263-290 The Rational Litigant: Settlement Amounts and Verdict Rates in Japan
by Ramseyer, J Mark & Nakazato, Minoru
- 291-324 The Economic Nature of Wildlife Law
by Lueck, Dean
- 325-363 An Economic Analysis of Copyright Law
by Landes, William M & Posner, Richard A
- 365-401 Performance, Reliance, and One-Sided Information
by Craswell, Richard
- 403-414 Why Comply: One-Sided Enforcement of Price Controls and Victimless Crime Laws
by Lott, John R, Jr & Roberts, Russell D
- 415-425 Punitive Damages and the Rule of Law: The Role of Defendant's Wealth
by Abraham, Kenneth S & Jeffries, John C, Jr
- 427-447 Causation and Incentives to Take Care under the Negligence Rule
by Kahan, Marcel
January 1989, Volume 18, Issue 1
- 1-24 The Efficient Breach Fallacy
by Friedmann, Daniel
- 25-50 Dikes, Dams, and Vicious Hogs: Entitlement and Efficiency in Tort Law
by Rose-Ackerman, Susan
- 51-77 Water Law in Imperial Japan: Public Goods, Private Claims, and Legal Convergence
by Ramseyer, J Mark
- 79-103 The Statistical Basis of Athenian-American Constitutional Theory
by Levy, David M
- 105-138 Beyond Foreseeability: Consequential Damages in the Law of Contract
by Epstein, Richard A
- 157-179 Indemnity, Settlement, and Litigation, or I'll Be Suing You
by Hause, John C
- 181-189 The Assignment of Rights, Entry Effects, and the Allocation of Resources
by Holderness, Clifford G
- 191-208 Trials and Settlements in the Criminal Courts: An Empirical Analysis of Dispositions and Sentencing
by Elder, Harold W
June 1988, Volume 17, Issue 2
- 237-268 A Coasean Experiment on Contract Presumptions
by Schwab, Stewart
- 269-293 Takings, Insurance, and Michelman: Comments on Economic Interpretations of "Just Compensation" Law
by Fischel, William A & Shapiro, Perry
- 295-312 Accountable Accountants: Is Third-Party Liability Necessary?
by Goldberg, Victor P
- 313-352 Dispute Resolution, Bargaining, and the Selection of Cases for Trial: A Study of the Generation of Biased and Unbiased Data
by Wittman, Donald
- 353-376 Contract Breach and Contract Discharge Due to Impossibility: A Unified Theory
by White, Michelle J
- 377-399 Measuring the Cost of Corporate Litigation: Five Case Studies
by Engelmann, Kathleen & Cornell, Bradford
- 401-436 Precontractual Investigation as an Optimal Precaution Problem
by Craswell, Richard
- 437-450 Suing Solely to Extract a Settlement Offer
by Bebchuk, Lucian Arye
- 451-475 A Systematic Approach to Comparative Law: The Effect of Cost, Fee, and Financing Rules on the Development of the Substantive Law
by Prichard, J Robert S
January 1988, Volume 17, Issue 1