Punitive Damages: How Judges and Juries Perform

Journal of Legal Studies

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-36

  Hersch, Joni ^a   Viscusi, W Kip ^a  

^a HARVARD LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

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EID: 1842765413     PISSN: 00472530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/380412     Document Type: Review

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