The effects of limiting punitive damage awards

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 217-234

  Greene, Edith ^a   Coon, David ^a   Bornstein, Brian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; JURISPRUDENCE; LEGAL LIABILITY; MOTIVATION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COLORADO; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; JURISPRUDENCE; LIABILITY, LEGAL; MOTIVATION;

EID: 0035376225     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010741826826     Document Type: Article

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