Variability in punitive damages: Empirically assessing Exxon Shipping Co. v. Baker

Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 5-26

  Eisenberg, Theodore ^a   Heise, Michael ^a   Wells, Martin T ^b  

^a MIT Sloan School of Management   (United States)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

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EID: 76649086678     PISSN: 09324569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1628/093245610790711555     Document Type: Article

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