Private versus socially optimal provision of ex ante legal advice

Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1992, Pages 306-320

  Kaplow, Louis ^a   Shavell, Steven ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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