Tort liability litigation costs for commercial claims

American Law and Economics Review

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 330-369

  Hersch, Joni ^a   Viscusi, W Kip ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

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EID: 38949121257     PISSN: 14657252     EISSN: 14657260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aler/ahm011     Document Type: Article

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