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Legal Error, Litigation, and the Incentive to Obey the Law

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Polinsky, A Mitchell
Shavell, Steven

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Article provided by Oxford University Press in its journal Journal of Law, Economics and Organization.

Volume (Year): 5 (1989)
Issue (Month): 1 (Spring)
Pages: 99-108
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