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Documents from 2018
Rational Discounting for Regulatory Analysis, W. Kip Viscusi
Regulating the Regulators, W. Kip Viscusi
Regulatory Economics in the Courts: An Analysis of Judge Scalia's NHTSA Bumper Decision, W. Kip Viscusi
Risk Equity, W. Kip Viscusi
Risk Equity, W. Kip Viscusi
Risk Perceptions in Regulation, Tort Liability, and the Market, W. Kip Viscusi
Safety at Any Price, W. Kip Viscusi
Sex Differences in Worker Quitting, W. Kip Viscusi
Sources of Inconsistency in Societal Responses to Health Risks, W. Kip Viscusi
Structuring an Effective Occupational Disease Policy: Victim Compensation and Risk Regulation, W. Kip Viscusi
The Benefits of Mortality Risk Reduction: Happiness Surveys vs. the Value of a Statistical Life , W. Kip Viscusi
The Benefits of Mortality Risk Reduction: Happiness Surveys vs. The Value of a Statistical Life, W. Kip Viscusi
The Blockbuster Punitive Damages Awards, W. Kip Viscusi
The Challenge of Punitive Damages Mathematics, W. Kip Viscusi
The Challenge of Punitive Damages Mathematics, W. Kip Viscusi
The Changing Landscape of Blockbuster Punitive Damages Awards, W. Kip Viscusi
The Denominator Blindness Effect: Accident Frequencies and the Misjudgment of Recklessness, W. Kip Viscusi
The Determinants of the Disposition of Product Liability Claims and Compensation for Bodily Injury, W. Kip Viscusi
The Determinants of the Disposition of Product Liability Claims and Compensation for Bodily Injury, W. Kip Viscusi
The Dimensions of the Product Liability Crisis, W. Kip Viscusi
The Dimensions of the Product Liability Crisis, W. Kip Viscusi
The Governmental Composition of the Insurance Costs of Smoking, W. Kip Viscusi
The Governmental Composition of the Insurance Costs of Smoking, W. Kip Viscusi
The Heterogeneity of the Value of Statistical Life: Introduction and Overview, W. Kip Viscusi
The Lulling Effect: The Impact of Child-Resistant Packaging on Aspirin and Analgesic Ingestions, W. Kip Viscusi
The Performance of Liability Insurance in States with Different Products-Liability Statutes, W. Kip Viscusi
The Performance of Liability Insurance in States with Different Products-Liability Statutes, W. Kip Viscusi
The Risks and Rewards of Criminal Activity: A Comprehensive Test of Criminal Deterrence, W. Kip Viscusi
The Social Costs of Punitive Damages Against Corporations in Environmental and Safety Torts, W. Kip Viscusi
The Structure and Enforcement of Job Safety Regulation, W. Kip Viscusi
The Value of Life in Legal Contexts: Survey and Critique, W. Kip Viscusi
Toward a Diminished Role for Tort Liability: Social Insurance, Government Regulation, and Contemporary Risks to Health and Safety, W. Kip Viscusi
Using Warnings to Extend the Boundaries of Consumer Sovereignty, W. Kip Viscusi
Wading Through the Muddle of Risk-Utility Analysis, W. Kip Viscusi
Wealth Effects and Earnings Premiums for Job Hazards, W. Kip Viscusi
Why There is No Defense of Punitive Damages, W. Kip Viscusi
Adjusting the Value of a Statistical Life for Age and Cohort Effects, W. Kip Viscusi and Joseph E. Aldy
Survey Mode Effects on Valuation of Environmental Goods, W. Kip Viscusi, Jason Bell, and Joel Huber
Medical Malpractice Insurance in the Wake of Liability Reform, W. Kip Viscusi and Patricia Born
The Catastrophic Effects of Natural Disasters on Insurance Markets, W. Kip Viscusi and Patricia Born
The National Implications of Liability Reforms for General Liability and Medical Malpractice Insurance, W. Kip Viscusi and Patricia Born
Utility Functions that Depend on Health Status: Estimates and Economic Implications, W. Kip Viscusi and William N. Evans
The Market Value of Reducing Cancer Risk: Hedonic Housing Prices with Changing Information, W. Kip Viscusi, Ted Gayer, and James T. Hamilton
Superfund and Real Risks, W. Kip Viscusi and James T. Hamilton
The Benefits and Costs of Regulatory Reforms for Superfund, W. Kip Viscusi and James T. Hamilton
What Juries Can't Do Well: The Jury's Performance as a Risk Manager, W. Kip Viscusi and Reid Hastie
Saving Lives Through Punitive Damages, W. Kip Viscusi and Joni Hersch
Smoking Status and Public Responses to Ambiguous Scientific Risk Evidence, W. Kip Viscusi, Wesley A. Magat, and Joel Hubert
Workers' Compensation and Injury Duration: Evidence from a Natural Experiment, W. Kip Viscusi, Bruce D. Meyer, and David L. Durbin
Worker Learning and Compensating Differentials, W. Kip Viscusi and Michael J. Moore
Workers' Compensation: Wage Effects, Benefit Inadequacies, and the Value of Health Losses, W. Kip Viscusi and Michael J. Moore
A Statistical Profile of Pharmaceutical Industry Liability, 1976-1989, W. Kip Viscusi, Michael J. Moore, and James Albright
Adaptive Responses to Chemical Labeling: Are Workers Bayesian Decision Makers?, W. Kip Viscusi and Charles J. O'Conner
Risky Investment Decisions: How Are Individuals Influenced by Their Groups?, W. Kip Viscusi, Owen R. Phillips, and Stephan Kroll
Recollection Bias and the Combat of Terrorism, W. Kip Viscusi and Richard Zeckhauser
Regulating Ambiguous Risks: The Less than Rational Regulation of Pharmaceuticals, W Kip Viscusi and Richard J. Zeckhauser
An Intentional Tort Theory of Patents, Saurabh Vishnubhakat
An Intentional Tort Theory of Patents, Saurabh Vishnubhakat
Cognitive Economy and the Trespass Fallacy: A Response to Professor Mossoff, Saurabh Vishnubhakat
Expired Patents, Saurabh Vishnubhakat
Gender Diversity in the Patent Bar, Saurabh Vishnubhakat
The Antitrusting of Patentability, Saurabh Vishnubhakat
The Antitrusting of Patentability, Saurabh Vishnubhakat
The Field of Invention, Saurabh Vishnubhakat
The Porous Court-Agency Border in Patent Law, Saurabh Vishnubhakat
The Porous Court-Agency Border in Patent Law, Saurabh Vishnubhakat
The Youngest Patent Validity Proceeding: Evaluating Post-Grant Review, Saurabh Vishnubhakat
What Patent Attorney Fee Awards Really Look Like, Saurabh Vishnubhakat
When Can the Patent Office Intervene in its Own Cases?, Saurabh Vishnubhakat
When Biopharma Meets Software: Bioinformatics at the Patent Office, Saurabh Vishnubhakat and Arti K. Rai
Strategic Decision Making in Dual PTAB and District Court Proceedings, Saurabh Vishnubhakat, Arti K. Rai, and Jay P. Kesan
Strategic Decision Making in Dual PTAB and District Court Proceedings, Saurabh Vishnubhakat, Arti K. Rai, and Jay P. Kesan
Don’t Panic! The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Learning Outcomes: Eight Ways to Make Them More Than (Mostly) Harmless, Debra Moss Vollweiler
Blaming Culture for Bad Behavior, Leti Volpp
Citizenship Undone, Leti Volpp
Denaturalizing Citizenship: An Introduction, Leti Volpp
Divesting Citizenship: On Asian American History and the Loss of Citizenship through Marriage, Leti Volpp
Excesses of Culture: On Asian American Citizenship and Identity, Leti Volpp
Impossible Subjects: Illegal Aliens and Alien Citizens, Leti Volpp
In Memory of Peter M. Cicchino, Leti Volpp
Lawyering at the Margins: On Reason and Emotion, Leti Volpp
Lawyering at the Margins: On Reason and Emotion, Leti Volpp
Migrating Identities: On Labor, Culture, and Law, Leti Volpp
Obnoxious to Their Very Nature: Asian Americans and Constitutional Citizenship, Leti Volpp
Obnoxious to Their Very Nature: Asian Americans and Constitutional Citizenship, Leti Volpp
Obnoxious to Their Very Nature: Asian Americans and Constitutional Citizenship, Leti Volpp
Rethinking Asian American Jurisprudence, Leti Volpp
Syllabus: Asian Pacific Americans and the Law, Leti Volpp
The Boston Bombers, Leti Volpp
The Citizen and the Terrorist, Leti Volpp
Vol. 21, No. 4, Jeanne M. Vonhof and Martin H. Malin
Internal Compliance Mechanisms for Firms in the EU General Data Protection Regulation, W. Gregory Voss
Committing to the Non-Traditional: The Path to the Incorporation of 3D Models in an Online Journal, Dillon Mark Wackerman and Robert Z. Selden Jr.
Immigration Enforcement and the Future of Discretion, Shoba S. Wadhia
"Assault Weapon" Myths, E. Gregory Wallace
Floating Liens, Proceeds, and PMSIs: Perfection and Priority in Three Closely Connected Cases, 47 Uniform Com. Code L.J. 287 (2017), Paul T. Wangerin
Law School Academic Support Programs, Paul T. Wangerin
Business crimes, Wai Yee WAN
Compliance in the 21st century: The exchange of tax information and the future of banking secrecy in Singapore, Wai Yee WAN