The Effect of Legal Rules on the Value of Economic and Non-Economic Damages and the Decision to File

Journal of Risk and Uncertainty

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 189-213

  Browne, Mark J ^a   Puelz, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Decision to file; Economic damages; Insurance; Non economic damages; Tort reforms

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033460842     PISSN: 08955646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007842714849     Document Type: Article

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