Contingency Fees, Settlement Delay, and Low-Quality Litigation: Empirical Evidence from Two Datasets

Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 517-542

  Helland, Eric ^a   Tabarrok, Alexander ^b  

^a CLAREMONT MCKENNA COLLEGE   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0345374660     PISSN: 87566222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jleo/19.2.517     Document Type: Review

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