The demographics of tort reform

Review of Law and Economics

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Rubin, Paul H ^a   Shepherd, Joanna M ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 58149347623     PISSN: 15555879     EISSN: 15555879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1555-5879.1193     Document Type: Article

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