This paper develops a typology of different behaviors that might be viewed as outrageous by a jury and subjected to punitive damages. The paper derives the level of punitive damages for achieving economic efficiency in four different situation - malice and three settings where a jury might find...

In this essay, I identify some issues that arise in trying to bring the kind of economics I normally practice to this subject. I proceed by examining the parallels and differences between allocating medical care and several other allocation prob lems, starting with the distribution of income...