TY  - JOUR
AU  - Kaplow,Louis
AU  - Shavell,Steven
TI  - Accuracy in the Determination of Liability
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 4203
PY  - 1994
Y2  - August 1994
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w4203
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w4203.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
Louis Kaplow
Harvard University
Hauser 322
Cambridge, MA  02138
Tel: 617/495-4101
Fax: 617/496-4880
E-Mail: meskridge@law.harvard.edu

Steven Shavell
Harvard Law School
1575 Massachusetts Avenue
Hauser Hall 508
Cambridge, MA  02138
Tel: 617/495-3668
Fax: 617/496-2256
E-Mail: shavell@law.harvard.edu
AB  - Many legal rules, notably rules of procedure and evidence, are concerned with achieving accuracy in the outcome of adjudication. In this article, we study accuracy in the conventional model of law enforcement. We consider why reducing error in determining liability is socially valuable and how error and its reduction affect the optimal probability and magnitude of sanctions.
ER  -