Do excessive legal standards discourage desirable activity?
By: Steven Shavell
Series: Discussion paper -- no. 540; Discussion paper (John M. Olin Center for Law, Economics, and Business) -- no. 540
Publisher: Harvard Law School
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Subjects: Effectiveness and validity of law; Mathematical models; Liability (Law); Negligence; Human behavior
Notes: "2/2006."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 5).

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