Litigation costs and returns to experience

American Economic Review

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 683-705

  Oyer, Paul ^a   Schaefer, Scott ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0039486396     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/00028280260136318     Document Type: Article

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