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Working Papers

2011

1. Clearings and Thickets
   Ratio Working Papers, The Ratio Institute View citations (1)
2. Law and Growth Economics: A Framework for Research
   Berkeley Olin Program in Law & Economics, Working Paper Series, Berkeley Olin Program in Law & Economics View citations (2)

2007

3. Sharing and Anti-Sharing in Teams
   FEMM Working Papers, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Faculty of Economics and Management View citations (1)
   Also in Berkeley Olin Program in Law & Economics, Working Paper Series, Berkeley Olin Program in Law & Economics (2006) View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article Sharing and anti-sharing in teams, Economics Letters, Elsevier (2007) View citations (1) (2007)

2006

4. Anti-Sharing as a Theory of Partnerships and Firms
   Berkeley Olin Program in Law & Economics, Working Paper Series, Berkeley Olin Program in Law & Economics
5. Chaos, Direct Democracy and the Single Subject Rule
   Berkeley Olin Program in Law & Economics, Working Paper Series, Berkeley Olin Program in Law & Economics View citations (1)
6. The Intrinsic Value of Obeying a Law: Economic Analysis of the Internal Viewpoint
   Berkeley Olin Program in Law & Economics, Working Paper Series, Berkeley Olin Program in Law & Economics View citations (10)
7. The Misperception of Norms: The Psychology of Bias and the Economics of Equilibrium
   Berkeley Olin Program in Law & Economics, Working Paper Series, Berkeley Olin Program in Law & Economics View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article The Misperception of Norms: The Psychology of Bias and the Economics of Equilibrium, Review of Law & Economics, De Gruyter (2008) View citations (15) (2008)

2005

8. Adapt or Optimize? The Psychology and Economics of Rules of Evidence
   Berkeley Olin Program in Law & Economics, Working Paper Series, Berkeley Olin Program in Law & Economics
9. Anti-Sharing
   CSLE Discussion Paper Series, Saarland University, CSLE - Center for the Study of Law and Economics
   Also in German Working Papers in Law and Economics, Berkeley Electronic Press
   CSLE Discussion Paper Series, Saarland University, CSLE - Center for the Study of Law and Economics (2003)
10. Charity, Publicity, and the Donation Registry
    Berkeley Olin Program in Law & Economics, Working Paper Series, Berkeley Olin Program in Law & Economics View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article Charity, Publicity, and the Donation Registry, The Economists' Voice, De Gruyter (2005) View citations (5) (2005)
11. Innovation, Information, and the Poverty of Nations
    Berkeley Olin Program in Law & Economics, Working Paper Series, Berkeley Olin Program in Law & Economics View citations (1)
12. Law, Information, and the Poverty of Nations
    Berkeley Olin Program in Law & Economics, Working Paper Series, Berkeley Olin Program in Law & Economics View citations (1)
13. Total Liability for Excessive Harm
    Berkeley Olin Program in Law & Economics, Working Paper Series, Berkeley Olin Program in Law & Economics
    See also Journal Article Total Liability for Excessive Harm, The Journal of Legal Studies, University of Chicago Press (2007) View citations (2) (2007)

2003

14. Decreasing Liability Contracts
    Berkeley Olin Program in Law & Economics, Working Paper Series, Berkeley Olin Program in Law & Economics
    See also Journal Article Decreasing-Liability Contracts, The Journal of Legal Studies, University of Chicago Press (2004) View citations (1) (2004)
15. Expressive Law: Framing or Equilibrium Selection?
    Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government View citations (10)
    Also in Berkeley Olin Program in Law & Economics, Working Paper Series, Berkeley Olin Program in Law & Economics (2001) View citations (24)
16. Federalism with Two Languages
    Berkeley Olin Program in Law & Economics, Working Paper Series, Berkeley Olin Program in Law & Economics View citations (1)
17. Hand Rule Damages for Incompensable Losses
    Berkeley Olin Program in Law & Economics, Working Paper Series, Berkeley Olin Program in Law & Economics View citations (4)
18. The Donation Registry
    Berkeley Olin Program in Law & Economics, Working Paper Series, Berkeley Olin Program in Law & Economics
19. Treating Yourself Instrumentally: Internalization, Rationality and Law
    Berkeley Olin Program in Law & Economics, Working Paper Series, Berkeley Olin Program in Law & Economics View citations (1)

2002

20. Anti-Insurance
    Berkeley Olin Program in Law & Economics, Working Paper Series, Berkeley Olin Program in Law & Economics View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article Anti-insurance, The Journal of Legal Studies, University of Chicago Press (2002) View citations (1) (2002)
21. Who Gets On Top in Democracy? Elections as Filters
    Berkeley Olin Program in Law & Economics, Working Paper Series, Berkeley Olin Program in Law & Economics View citations (12)

2001

22. Truth-Bonding and Other Truth-Revealing Mechanisms for Courts [technical version]
    Berkeley Olin Program in Law & Economics, Working Paper Series, Berkeley Olin Program in Law & Economics

2000

23. Do Good Laws Make Good Citizens? An Economic Analysis of Internalizing Legal Values
    Berkeley Olin Program in Law & Economics, Working Paper Series, Berkeley Olin Program in Law & Economics View citations (33)
24. Does Risk to Oneself Increase the Care Owed to Others? Law and Economics in Conflict
    Berkeley Olin Program in Law & Economics, Working Paper Series, Berkeley Olin Program in Law & Economics View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Does Risk to Oneself Increase the Care Owed to Others? Law and Economics in Conflict, The Journal of Legal Studies, University of Chicago Press (2000) View citations (3) (2000)
25. Fairness, Character, and Efficiency in Firms
    Berkeley Olin Program in Law & Economics, Working Paper Series, Berkeley Olin Program in Law & Economics
26. Should Courts Deduct Non-Legal Sanctions from Damages?
    Berkeley Olin Program in Law & Economics, Working Paper Series, Berkeley Olin Program in Law & Economics
    See also Journal Article Should Courts Deduct Nonlegal Sanctions from Damages?, The Journal of Legal Studies, University of Chicago Press (2001) View citations (16) (2001)
27. The Virtuous Circle of Distrust: A Mechanism to Deter Bribes and Other Cooperative Crimes
    Berkeley Olin Program in Law & Economics, Working Paper Series, Berkeley Olin Program in Law & Economics View citations (7)
28. Truth-Bonding and Other Truth-Revealing Mechanisms for Courts
    Berkeley Olin Program in Law & Economics, Working Paper Series, Berkeley Olin Program in Law & Economics View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Truth-Bonding and Other Truth-Revealing Mechanisms for Courts, European Journal of Law and Economics, Springer (2004) (2004)
29. Truth-Revealing Mechanisms for Courts
    Econometric Society World Congress 2000 Contributed Papers, Econometric Society View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article Truth-Revealing Mechanisms for Courts, Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE), Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen (2003) View citations (17) (2003)

1999

30. Punitive Damages, Social Norms, and Economic Analysis
    Berkeley Olin Program in Law & Economics, Working Paper Series, Berkeley Olin Program in Law & Economics
31. The Optimal Number of Governments for Economic Development
    Berkeley Olin Program in Law & Economics, Working Paper Series, Berkeley Olin Program in Law & Economics

1998

32. Expressive Law and Economics
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (160)
    Also in Berkeley Olin Program in Law & Economics, Working Paper Series, Berkeley Olin Program in Law & Economics (1998) View citations (176)
    See also Journal Article Expressive Law and Economics, The Journal of Legal Studies, University of Chicago Press (1998) View citations (175) (1998)
33. Models of Morality in Law and Economics: Self-Control and Self-Improvement for the "Bad Man" of Holmes
    Berkeley Olin Program in Law & Economics, Working Paper Series, Berkeley Olin Program in Law & Economics View citations (8)

1997

34. Commodifying Liability
    Berkeley Olin Program in Law & Economics, Working Paper Series, Berkeley Olin Program in Law & Economics

1983

35. Were the Ordinalists Wrong About Welfare Economics?
    Working Papers, C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, New York University
    See also Journal Article Were the Ordinalists Wrong about Welfare Economics?, Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association (1984) View citations (61) (1984)

Undated

36. Law and the Poverty of Nations - Giving Credit to Credit
    German Working Papers in Law and Economics, Berkeley Electronic Press
37. Law and the Poverty of Nations - The Double Trust Problem
    German Working Papers in Law and Economics, Berkeley Electronic Press
38. Leximetrics: Why the Same Laws are Longer in Some Countries than Others
    American Law & Economics Association Annual Meetings, American Law & Economics Association View citations (1)

Journal Articles

2015

1. Disgorgement Damages for Accidents
   The Journal of Legal Studies, 2015, 44, (2), 249 - 276
2. The New Economic Freedom
   Supreme Court Economic Review, 2015, 23, (1), 59 - 76

2014

3. A Disruption Mechanism for Bribes
   Review of Law & Economics, 2014, 10, (3), 241-263 View citations (2)

2011

4. The Secret of Growth Is Financing Secrets: Corporate Law and Growth Economics
   Journal of Law and Economics, 2011, 54, (S4), S105 - S123 View citations (1)

2008

5. The Misperception of Norms: The Psychology of Bias and the Economics of Equilibrium
   Review of Law & Economics, 2008, 4, (3), 889-911 View citations (15)
   See also Working Paper The Misperception of Norms: The Psychology of Bias and the Economics of Equilibrium, Berkeley Olin Program in Law & Economics, Working Paper Series (2006) View citations (1) (2006)

2007

6. Sharing and anti-sharing in teams
   Economics Letters, 2007, 96, (3), 351-356 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper Sharing and Anti-Sharing in Teams, FEMM Working Papers (2007) View citations (1) (2007)
7. Total Liability for Excessive Harm
   The Journal of Legal Studies, 2007, 36, (1), 63-80 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper Total Liability for Excessive Harm, Berkeley Olin Program in Law & Economics, Working Paper Series (2005) (2005)

2005

8. Charity, Publicity, and the Donation Registry
   The Economists' Voice, 2005, 2, (3), 9 View citations (5)
   See also Working Paper Charity, Publicity, and the Donation Registry, Berkeley Olin Program in Law & Economics, Working Paper Series (2005) View citations (5) (2005)
9. Workshop on Law and Economic Development, Hamburg, Germany, January 2004
   International Review of Law and Economics, 2005, 25, (1), 62-64

2004

10. Decreasing-Liability Contracts
    The Journal of Legal Studies, 2004, 33, (1), 157-197 View citations (1)
    See also Working Paper Decreasing Liability Contracts, Berkeley Olin Program in Law & Economics, Working Paper Series (2003) (2003)
11. Truth-Bonding and Other Truth-Revealing Mechanisms for Courts
    European Journal of Law and Economics, 2004, 17, (3), 307-327
    See also Working Paper Truth-Bonding and Other Truth-Revealing Mechanisms for Courts, Berkeley Olin Program in Law & Economics, Working Paper Series (2000) View citations (3) (2000)

2003

12. Truth-Revealing Mechanisms for Courts
    Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE), 2003, 159, (2), 259-279 View citations (17)
    See also Working Paper Truth-Revealing Mechanisms for Courts, Econometric Society World Congress 2000 Contributed Papers (2000) View citations (4) (2000)

2002

13. Anti-insurance
    The Journal of Legal Studies, 2002, 31, (2), 203-32 View citations (1)
    See also Working Paper Anti-Insurance, Berkeley Olin Program in Law & Economics, Working Paper Series (2002) View citations (5) (2002)

2001

14. Should Courts Deduct Nonlegal Sanctions from Damages?
    The Journal of Legal Studies, 2001, 30, (2), 401-22 View citations (16)
    See also Working Paper Should Courts Deduct Non-Legal Sanctions from Damages?, Berkeley Olin Program in Law & Economics, Working Paper Series (2000) (2000)

2000

15. Does Risk to Oneself Increase the Care Owed to Others? Law and Economics in Conflict
    The Journal of Legal Studies, 2000, 29, (1), 19-34 View citations (3)
    See also Working Paper Does Risk to Oneself Increase the Care Owed to Others? Law and Economics in Conflict, Berkeley Olin Program in Law & Economics, Working Paper Series (2000) View citations (3) (2000)

1998

16. Expressive Law and Economics
    The Journal of Legal Studies, 1998, 27, (2), 585-608 View citations (175)
    See also Working Paper Expressive Law and Economics, CESifo Working Paper Series (1998) View citations (160) (1998)

1996

17. Comparative judicial discretion: An empirical test of economic models
    International Review of Law and Economics, 1996, 16, (3), 295-313 View citations (14)
18. Conference on the constitutional law and economics of the European Union Saarbrucken, Germany September 1995
    International Review of Law and Economics, 1996, 16, (3), 277-277 View citations (1)
19. The theory of market modernization of law
    International Review of Law and Economics, 1996, 16, (2), 141-172 View citations (5)

1994

20. An Economic Model of Legal Discovery
    The Journal of Legal Studies, 1994, 23, (1), 435-63 View citations (33)
21. Structural adjudication and the new law merchant: A model of decentralized law
    International Review of Law and Economics, 1994, 14, (2), 215-231 View citations (20)
22. The logic of power in the emerging European constitution: Game theory and the division of powers
    International Review of Law and Economics, 1994, 14, (3), 307-326 View citations (12)

1992

23. Editors' introduction
    International Review of Law and Economics, 1992, 12, (2), 123-124

1991

24. Economic Theories of Legal Liability
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1991, 5, (3), 11-30 View citations (31)
25. Economic analysis in civil law countries: Past, present, future
    International Review of Law and Economics, 1991, 11, (3), 261-263 View citations (1)
26. Lapses, conflict, and akrasia in torts and crimes: Towards an economic theory of the will
    International Review of Law and Economics, 1991, 11, (2), 149-164 View citations (6)

1989

27. Economic Analysis of Legal Disputes and Their Resolution
    Journal of Economic Literature, 1989, 27, (3), 1067-97 View citations (274)
28. Rawls's Lexical Orderings Are Good Economics
    Economics and Philosophy, 1989, 5, (1), 47-54 View citations (2)

1987

29. Why Litigants Disagree: A Comment on George Priest's "Measuring Legal Change."
    The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 1987, 3, (2), 227-34 View citations (1)

1986

30. Liability Rules and Risk Sharing in Environmental and Resource Policy: Discussion
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1986, 68, (5), 1276-1278 View citations (2)

1985

31. Reply to I. M. D. Little's Comment [Were the Ordinalists Wrong about Welfare Economics?]
    Journal of Economic Literature, 1985, 23, (3), 1189-91

1984

32. Personal versus impersonal trade: The size of trading groups and contract law
    International Review of Law and Economics, 1984, 4, (1), 15-22 View citations (16)
33. Were the Ordinalists Wrong about Welfare Economics?
    Journal of Economic Literature, 1984, 22, (2), 507-30 View citations (61)
    See also Working Paper Were the Ordinalists Wrong About Welfare Economics?, Working Papers (1983) (1983)

1980

34. How the law circumvents Starrett's nonconvexity
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1980, 22, (3), 499-504 View citations (8)
35. Political Economy of a Public Corporation: Pricing Objectives of BART
    Empirical Economics, 1980, 13, (3), 299-318 View citations (2)
    Also in Journal of Public Economics, 1980, 13, (3), 299-318 (1980) View citations (2)

1979

36. A Closed Model of Careers in a Simple Hierarchy
    Bell Journal of Economics, 1979, 10, (2), 526-548 View citations (1)
37. A new expenditure function
    Economics Letters, 1979, 2, (2), 103-110 View citations (1)
38. Liability Rules, Limited Information, and the Role of Precedent
    Bell Journal of Economics, 1979, 10, (1), 366-373 View citations (26)

1978

39. Optimal Tax Schedules and Rates: Mirrlees and Ramsey
    American Economic Review, 1978, 68, (5), 756-68 View citations (6)

1974

40. Optimal Income Taxation for Transfer Payments Under Different Social Welfare Criteria
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1974, 88, (4), 656-670 View citations (11)

Books

2014

1. Getting Incentives Right: Improving Torts, Contracts, and Restitution
   Economics Books, Princeton University Press View citations (2)

2013

2. Solomon’s Knot: How Law Can End the Poverty of Nations
   Economics Books, Princeton University Press View citations (3)

Edited books

2009

1. Foundations of Law and Economics
   Books, Edward Elgar Publishing View citations (1)
2. Legal Institutions and Economic Development
   Books, Edward Elgar Publishing View citations (2)
3. Recent Developments in Law and Economics, vol Three volume set
   Books, Edward Elgar Publishing View citations (1)

Chapters

2014

1. Introduction
   A chapter in The National Origins of Policy Ideas: Knowledge Regimes in the United States, France, Germany, and Denmark, 2014

2013

2. Damages for incompensable harms
   Chapter 17 in Research Handbook on the Economics of Torts, 2013, pp 439-459
3. It’s About The Economy
   A chapter in Solomon’s Knot: How Law Can End the Poverty of Nations, 2013

2011

4. Growth-oriented Legal Reforms
   Chapter 22 in Production of Legal Rules, 2011