Do excessive legal standards discourage desirable activity?

Economics Letters

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 394-397

  Shavell, Steven ^a  

^a HARVARD LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Liability; Negligence; Regulation; Standards

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248563773     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2006.11.013     Document Type: Article

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