Physicians are traditionally liable under a negligence rule of liability. Economic analysis of liability rules …, including malpractice, assumes that the primary function of liability is injury prevention (deterrence). Compensation can be … provided more efficiently through other forms of social or private insurance. In theory, a negligence rule creates incentives …

, parental altruism makes withdrawal of such support non-credible. To promote work effort, parents may want to instill norms …

colleagues, which in turn creates co-worker altruism. We study how financial incentives for productive activities can improve or …

-selection and allocation decisions of agents who differ in altruism towards clients. When bureaucrats are paid flat wages, they do … of the altruism distribution. We also show how client composition affects sorting and why street-level bureaucrats often …