The contributors to this volume shed light on regulation through litigation in case studies involving tobacco, guns, lead paint, breast implants, and health maintenance organizations.
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W. Kip Viscusi is John F. Cogan Jr. Professor of Law and Economics at Harvard University.
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The recent lawsuits involving cigarettes, guns, and other products have created a new phenomenon. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
optimal tort deterrence, malpractice pressure, action scale economies, optimal aggregate investment, total net expected welfare, class action aggregation, mandatory class action, aggregate expected value, production torts, expected net welfare, payout tail, litigation scale, tortious loss, gun prevalence, cigarette litigation, optimal precautions, gun litigation, tortious harm, aggregate net return, universal aggregation, public nuisance doctrine, regulation through litigation, class counsel, optimal deterrence, extracontractual damages Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Dow Corning, New York, United States, Environmental Protection Agency, Surgeon General, House Committee, Federal Register, Human Resources, New Jersey, University of Chicago Press, American Law Institute, Brady Act, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Bureau of Alcohol, David Kessler, Department of the Treasury, Rhode Island, Cosmetic Act, Dow Chemical, Institute of Medicine, North Carolina, Public Citizen, Tobacco Control, Washington Post, Working Paper New!
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The recent lawsuits involving cigarettes, guns, and other products have created a new phenomenon. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
optimal tort deterrence, malpractice pressure, action scale economies, optimal aggregate investment, total net expected welfare, class action aggregation, mandatory class action, aggregate expected value, production torts, expected net welfare, payout tail, litigation scale, tortious loss, gun prevalence, cigarette litigation, optimal precautions, gun litigation, tortious harm, aggregate net return, universal aggregation, public nuisance doctrine, regulation through litigation, class counsel, optimal deterrence, extracontractual damages Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Dow Corning, New York, United States, Environmental Protection Agency, Surgeon General, House Committee, Federal Register, Human Resources, New Jersey, University of Chicago Press, American Law Institute, Brady Act, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Bureau of Alcohol, David Kessler, Department of the Treasury, Rhode Island, Cosmetic Act, Dow Chemical, Institute of Medicine, North Carolina, Public Citizen, Tobacco Control, Washington Post, Working Paper New!
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- Crime and Justice, Volume 27: A Review of Research (Crime and Justice: A Review of Research) by Michael Tonry on page 102, page 103, and page 104
- More Guns, Less Crime: Understanding Crime and Gun-Control Laws by John R. Lott Jr. on page 103, and page 355
- The Firm, the Market, and the Law by R. H. Coase on page 354
- Plastic Surgery by Joseph G., M.D. [Editor] McCarthy on page 164
- Legal Medicine by American College of Legal Medicine Textbook Committee on page 182
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- Suing the Gun Industry: A Battle at the Crossroads of Gun Control and Mass Torts (Law, Meaning, and Violence) by Timothy Lytton on 9 pages
- Regulating Law by Christine Parker on page 141, and page 142
- Regulation in the States by Paul Eric Teske in Back Matter
- Asbestos and Fire: Technological Tradeoffs and the Body at Risk by Rachel Maines in Back Matter
- Brookings-Wharton Papers on Financial Services 2004 by Robert E. Litan on page 215
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