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This paper studies how litigation and settlement behavior is affected by agents motivated by spiteful preferences under the American and the English fee-shifting rule. We conduct an experiment and find that litigation expenditures and settlement requests are higher for more spiteful...
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In recent years, a large academic debate has tried to explain the rapid rise in CEO pay experienced over the past three decades. In this article, I review the main proposed theories, which span views of compensation as the result of a competitive labor market for executives to theories based on...
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Trends in BMI values are estimated by centiles of the US adult population by birth cohorts 1886-1986 stratified by ethnicity. The highest centile increased by some 18 to 22 units in the course of the century while the lowest ones increased by merely 1 to 3 units. Hence, the BMI distribution...
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Little research exists on the historical relationship between BMI variation, wealth, and inequality. This study finds that 19th century US black and white BMIs were distributed symmetrically; neither wasting nor obesity was common. Nineteenth century BMI values were also greater for blacks than...
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Background: The trend in the BMI values of the US population has not been estimated accurately because time series data are unavailable and because the focus has been on calculating period effects. Object: To estimate the trend and rate of change of BMI values by birth cohorts stratified by...
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are currently making huge investments in electrification, with a view to achieving structural change. What does history …
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the presence of such products on innovation and consumer welfare. For a given number of buyers, platform liability … interests between innovators and buyers. Furthermore, platform liability can have unintended consequences, which overturn the … intended effect on innovation. Platform liability tends to increase (decrease) innovation and consumer welfare when the …
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Risk-neutral individuals take more risky decisions when they have limited liability. Risk-neutral managers may not when … acting as agents under contract and taking costly actions to acquire information before taking decisions. Limited liability … return. Further results on the form of contracts are also derived. -- managers ; risky decisions ; limited liability …
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, we contrast producer liability and minimum quality standard regulation as alternative means of social control of product … relative desirability of strict liability vis-à-vis minimum quality standard regulation from a social welfare standpoint. We … also clarify when and why joint use of strict liability and minimum quality standard regulation welfare dominates the …
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