Accuracy in the assessment of damages

Journal of Law and Economics

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 191-210

  Kaplow, Louis ^a   Shavell, Steven ^a  

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EID: 0030525122     PISSN: 00222186     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/467347     Document Type: Article

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