Cost Shifting in Civil Litigation: A General Theory
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Keywords
cost shifting; legal predictability; litigation costs; legal accuracy; contest theory.;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C72 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Noncooperative Games
- K41 - Law and Economics - - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior - - - Litigation Process
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-DCM-2017-06-04 (Discrete Choice Models)
- NEP-LAW-2017-06-04 (Law and Economics)
- NEP-MIC-2017-06-04 (Microeconomics)
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