This Handbook chapter provides a brief review of selected settlement bargaining models in some areas where new work is … thought of as the environment of the settlement negotiation process, where bargaining failure generally results in trial, and …

This Handbook chapter provides a brief review of selected settlement bargaining models in some areas where new work is … thought of as the environment of the settlement negotiation process, where bargaining failure generally results in trial, and …

This Handbook chapter provides a brief review of selected settlement bargaining models in some areas where new work is … thought of as the environment of the settlement negotiation process, where bargaining failure generally results in trial, and …

This Handbook chapter provides a brief review of selected settlement bargaining models in some areas where new work is … thought of as the environment of the settlement negotiation process, where bargaining failure generally results in trial, and …

equilibrium settlements and the incentives to go to trial. We find that split-award statutes simultaneously lower settlement …

then consider the effect of allowing preemptive settlement offers by the defendant aimed at discouraging follow-on suits …. Preemptive settlement results in a "gold rush" of cases into the first period. In general, plaintiffs (ex ante) strictly prefer … settlement. Finally, we consider partial unawareness of victims as to the source of harm; this provides a role for plaintiffs …