The Trouble with Cases

Frederick Schauer & Richard Zeckhauser
Published Date
Copyright 2011
ISBN 9780226432182
Regulation versus Litigation
Book: Regulation vs. Litigation: Perspectives from Economics and Law
Book editor: Daniel P. Kessler
PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press
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  • Frederick Schauer and Richard Zeckhauser, Regulation vs. Litigation: Perspectives from Economics and Law (University of Chicago Press, 2010), chap. 3, https://www.nber.org/books-and-chapters/regulation-vs-litigation-perspectives-economics-and-law/trouble-cases.

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