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Note---The Managerial Economics of Civil Litigation: A Note

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  • Kofi O. Nti

    (College of Business Administration, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802)

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In his paper, "The Managerial Economics of Civil Litigation," Levy (Levy, F. K. 1985. The managerial economics of civil litigation. Management Sci. 31 (March) 323--342.) develops a model to determine the optimal expenditures and maximal budgets for a plaintiff and a defendant in a civil suit. He uses a learning process to relate each litigant's probability of success to his level of expenditure. The specific learning process used is a difference equation where the rate of enhancement of probability is a constant fraction of the maximum possible gain. Levy's analysis would have been simpler if he had formulated that learning process as a differential equation.

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  • Kofi O. Nti, 1986. "Note---The Managerial Economics of Civil Litigation: A Note," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 32(12), pages 1650-1651, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:ormnsc:v:32:y:1986:i:12:p:1650-1651
    DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.32.12.1650
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