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Should The Tax Law Require Current Accrual Of Interest On Derivative Financial Instruments?, David A. Weisbach Dec 1999

Should The Tax Law Require Current Accrual Of Interest On Derivative Financial Instruments?, David A. Weisbach

Coase-Sandor Working Paper Series in Law and Economics

No abstract provided.


The Law Of Group Polarization, Cass R. Sunstein Dec 1999

The Law Of Group Polarization, Cass R. Sunstein

Coase-Sandor Working Paper Series in Law and Economics

In a striking empirical regularity, deliberation tends to move groups, and the individuals who compose them, toward a more extreme point in the direction indicated by their own predeliberation judgments. For example, people who are opposed to the minimum wage are likely, after talking to each other, to be still more opposed; people who tend to support gun control are likely, after discussion, to support gun control with considerable enthusiasm; people who believe that global warming is a serious problem are likely, after discussion, to insist on severe measures to prevent global warming. This general phenomenon -- group polarization -- …


Implementing Cost-Benefit Analysis When Preferences Are Distorted, Eric A. Posner, Matthew D. Adler Nov 1999

Implementing Cost-Benefit Analysis When Preferences Are Distorted, Eric A. Posner, Matthew D. Adler

Coase-Sandor Working Paper Series in Law and Economics

No abstract provided.


Market Signaling Of Personal Characteristics, Richard A. Posner, Gertrud M. Fremling Nov 1999

Market Signaling Of Personal Characteristics, Richard A. Posner, Gertrud M. Fremling

Coase-Sandor Working Paper Series in Law and Economics

No abstract provided.


Orwell Versus Huxley: Economics, Technology, Privacy, And Satire, Richard A. Posner Nov 1999

Orwell Versus Huxley: Economics, Technology, Privacy, And Satire, Richard A. Posner

Coase-Sandor Working Paper Series in Law and Economics

Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four and Huxley's novel Brave New World have often been thought prophetic commentaries on economic, political, and social matters. I argue, with particular reference to the supposed applicability of these novels to issues of technology and privacy, that the novels are best understood as literary works of art, rather than as social science or commentary, and that when so viewed Orwell's novel in particular reflects a dissatisfaction with everyday life and a nostalgia for Romantic values.


Do Constitutional Amendments Matter?, David A. Strauss Nov 1999

Do Constitutional Amendments Matter?, David A. Strauss

Public Law and Legal Theory Working Papers

No abstract provided.


Impeachment And Presidential Immunity From Judicial Process, Joseph Isenbergh Nov 1999

Impeachment And Presidential Immunity From Judicial Process, Joseph Isenbergh

Public Law and Legal Theory Working Papers

No abstract provided.


Second-Order Decisions, Cass R. Sunstein, Edna Ullmann-Margalit Nov 1999

Second-Order Decisions, Cass R. Sunstein, Edna Ullmann-Margalit

Public Law and Legal Theory Working Papers

No abstract provided.


Standing For Animals, Cass R. Sunstein Nov 1999

Standing For Animals, Cass R. Sunstein

Public Law and Legal Theory Working Papers

No abstract provided.


The Law And Economics Of 'Informed Voter' Ballot Notations, Elizabeth Garrett Nov 1999

The Law And Economics Of 'Informed Voter' Ballot Notations, Elizabeth Garrett

Public Law and Legal Theory Working Papers

No abstract provided.


Cognition And Cost-Benefit Analysis, Cass R. Sunstein Oct 1999

Cognition And Cost-Benefit Analysis, Cass R. Sunstein

Coase-Sandor Working Paper Series in Law and Economics

No abstract provided.


Optimal Timing And Legal Decisionmaking: The Case Of The Liquidation Decision In Bankruptcy, Edward Morrison, Douglas G. Baird Oct 1999

Optimal Timing And Legal Decisionmaking: The Case Of The Liquidation Decision In Bankruptcy, Edward Morrison, Douglas G. Baird

Coase-Sandor Working Paper Series in Law and Economics

No abstract provided.


Regulating Network Industries: A Look At Intel, Randal C. Picker Oct 1999

Regulating Network Industries: A Look At Intel, Randal C. Picker

Coase-Sandor Working Paper Series in Law and Economics

No abstract provided.


Lessons From A Debacle: From Impeachment To Reform, Cass R. Sunstein Sep 1999

Lessons From A Debacle: From Impeachment To Reform, Cass R. Sunstein

Articles

No abstract provided.


The Theory And Practice Of Citations Analysis, With Special Reference To Law And Economics, Richard A. Posner Sep 1999

The Theory And Practice Of Citations Analysis, With Special Reference To Law And Economics, Richard A. Posner

Coase-Sandor Working Paper Series in Law and Economics

No abstract provided.


Are Juries Less Erratic Than Individuals? Deliberation, Polarization, And Punitive Damages, Cass R. Sunstein, David Schkade, Daniel Kahneman Sep 1999

Are Juries Less Erratic Than Individuals? Deliberation, Polarization, And Punitive Damages, Cass R. Sunstein, David Schkade, Daniel Kahneman

Coase-Sandor Working Paper Series in Law and Economics

No abstract provided.


Nondelegation Canons, Cass R. Sunstein Sep 1999

Nondelegation Canons, Cass R. Sunstein

Coase-Sandor Working Paper Series in Law and Economics

No abstract provided.


Against Cyberanarchy, Jack L. Goldsmith Aug 1999

Against Cyberanarchy, Jack L. Goldsmith

Occasional Papers

No abstract provided.


A Theory Of Contract Law Under Conditions Of Radical Judicial Error, Eric A. Posner Aug 1999

A Theory Of Contract Law Under Conditions Of Radical Judicial Error, Eric A. Posner

Coase-Sandor Working Paper Series in Law and Economics

No abstract provided.


Is The Clean Air Act Unconstitutional?, Cass R. Sunstein Aug 1999

Is The Clean Air Act Unconstitutional?, Cass R. Sunstein

Public Law and Legal Theory Working Papers

No abstract provided.


Ironing Out The Flat Tax, David A. Weisbach Jul 1999

Ironing Out The Flat Tax, David A. Weisbach

Coase-Sandor Working Paper Series in Law and Economics

No abstract provided.


The Case Of The Speluncean Explorers: Revisited, Cass R. Sunstein Jun 1999

The Case Of The Speluncean Explorers: Revisited, Cass R. Sunstein

Articles

No abstract provided.


The Case Of The Speluncean Explorers: Revisited, Frank H. Easterbrook Jun 1999

The Case Of The Speluncean Explorers: Revisited, Frank H. Easterbrook

Articles

No abstract provided.


The Long-Run Growth In Obesity As A Function Of Technological Change, Richard A. Posner, Tomas J. Philipson Jun 1999

The Long-Run Growth In Obesity As A Function Of Technological Change, Richard A. Posner, Tomas J. Philipson

Coase-Sandor Working Paper Series in Law and Economics

No abstract provided.


Atticus Finch, In Context, Randolph N. Stone May 1999

Atticus Finch, In Context, Randolph N. Stone

Articles

No abstract provided.


The Assault That Failed: The Progressive Critique Of Laissez Faire (Reviewing Barbara H. Fried, The Progressive Assault On Laissez Faire : Robert Hale And The First Law And Economics Movement (1998)), Richard A. Epstein May 1999

The Assault That Failed: The Progressive Critique Of Laissez Faire (Reviewing Barbara H. Fried, The Progressive Assault On Laissez Faire : Robert Hale And The First Law And Economics Movement (1998)), Richard A. Epstein

Articles

No abstract provided.


Winning The Art Lottery: The Economic Returns To The Ganz Collection, William M. Landes May 1999

Winning The Art Lottery: The Economic Returns To The Ganz Collection, William M. Landes

Coase-Sandor Working Paper Series in Law and Economics

No abstract provided.


Deconstructing Privacy: And Putting It Back Together Again, Richard A. Epstein May 1999

Deconstructing Privacy: And Putting It Back Together Again, Richard A. Epstein

Coase-Sandor Working Paper Series in Law and Economics

No abstract provided.


Do People Want Optimal Deterrence?, David Schkade, Cass R. Sunstein, Daniel Kahneman May 1999

Do People Want Optimal Deterrence?, David Schkade, Cass R. Sunstein, Daniel Kahneman

Coase-Sandor Working Paper Series in Law and Economics

No abstract provided.


Multiple Victim Public Shootings, Bombings, And Right-To-Carry Concealed Handgun Laws: Contrasting Private And Public Law Enforcement, John Lott, William M. Landes Apr 1999

Multiple Victim Public Shootings, Bombings, And Right-To-Carry Concealed Handgun Laws: Contrasting Private And Public Law Enforcement, John Lott, William M. Landes

Coase-Sandor Working Paper Series in Law and Economics

No abstract provided.