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Robert Cooter

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Terminal Degree:1975 Department of Economics; Harvard University (from RePEc Genealogy)

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Working papers

  1. Cooter, Robert & Edlin, Aaron, 2011. "Clearings and Thickets," Ratio Working Papers 168, The Ratio Institute.
  2. Cooter, Robert D. & Edlin, Aaron, 2011. "Law and Growth Economics: A Framework for Research," Berkeley Program in Law and Economics, Working Paper Series qt50t4d0kt, Berkeley Program in Law and Economics.
  3. Kirstein, Roland & Cooter, Robert D, 2006. "Sharing and Anti-Sharing in Teams," Berkeley Program in Law and Economics, Working Paper Series qt07z8m8wm, Berkeley Program in Law and Economics.
  4. Cooter, Robert D, 2006. "The Intrinsic Value of Obeying a Law: Economic Analysis of the Internal Viewpoint," Berkeley Program in Law and Economics, Working Paper Series qt2kc0f6mq, Berkeley Program in Law and Economics.
  5. Kirstein, Roland & Cooter, Robert D, 2006. "Anti-Sharing as a Theory of Partnerships and Firms," Berkeley Program in Law and Economics, Working Paper Series qt4441r9r1, Berkeley Program in Law and Economics.
  6. Cooter, Robert D & Feldman, Michael & Feldman, Yuval, 2006. "The Misperception of Norms: The Psychology of Bias and the Economics of Equilibrium," Berkeley Program in Law and Economics, Working Paper Series qt0t6420jb, Berkeley Program in Law and Economics.
  7. Cooter, Robert D. & Gilbert, Michael D., 2006. "Chaos, Direct Democracy and the Single Subject Rule," Berkeley Program in Law and Economics, Working Paper Series qt9xm920bv, Berkeley Program in Law and Economics.
  8. Cooter, Robert D & Broughman, Brian, 2005. "Charity, Publicity, and the Donation Registry," Berkeley Program in Law and Economics, Working Paper Series qt9cm5h0qr, Berkeley Program in Law and Economics.
  9. Cooter, Robert D. & Porat, Ariel, 2005. "Total Liability for Excessive Harm," Berkeley Program in Law and Economics, Working Paper Series qt98x711qg, Berkeley Program in Law and Economics.
  10. Cooter, Robert D., 2005. "Law, Information, and the Poverty of Nations," Berkeley Program in Law and Economics, Working Paper Series qt4hd374nq, Berkeley Program in Law and Economics.
  11. Cooter, Robert D, 2005. "Innovation, Information, and the Poverty of Nations," Berkeley Program in Law and Economics, Working Paper Series qt9sz547bd, Berkeley Program in Law and Economics.
  12. Cooter, Robert D, 2005. "Adapt or Optimize? The Psychology and Economics of Rules of Evidence," Berkeley Program in Law and Economics, Working Paper Series qt5mq9x0rs, Berkeley Program in Law and Economics.
  13. Cooter, Robert D. & Porat, Ariel, 2003. "Decreasing Liability Contracts," Berkeley Program in Law and Economics, Working Paper Series qt27j9b28n, Berkeley Program in Law and Economics.
  14. Cooter, Robert D., 2003. "Treating Yourself Instrumentally: Internalization, Rationality and Law," Berkeley Program in Law and Economics, Working Paper Series qt86v5k15t, Berkeley Program in Law and Economics.
  15. Cooter, Robert D., 2003. "Federalism with Two Languages," Berkeley Program in Law and Economics, Working Paper Series qt5jv4560j, Berkeley Program in Law and Economics.
  16. Cooter, Robert D., 2003. "Hand Rule Damages for Incompensable Losses," Berkeley Program in Law and Economics, Working Paper Series qt5rf3f1m2, Berkeley Program in Law and Economics.
  17. Cooter, Robert D., 2003. "The Donation Registry," Berkeley Program in Law and Economics, Working Paper Series qt8nc10851, Berkeley Program in Law and Economics.
  18. Cooter, Robert D., 2002. "Who Gets On Top in Democracy? Elections as Filters," Berkeley Program in Law and Economics, Working Paper Series qt4q258892, Berkeley Program in Law and Economics.
  19. Cooter, Robert D. & Porat, Ariel, 2002. "Anti-Insurance," Berkeley Program in Law and Economics, Working Paper Series qt1vw0d9sf, Berkeley Program in Law and Economics.
  20. Bohnet, Iris & Cooter, Robert, 2001. "Expressive Law: Framing or Equilibrium Selection?," Berkeley Program in Law and Economics, Working Paper Series qt5h6970h8, Berkeley Program in Law and Economics.
  21. Cooter, Robert D. & Emons, Winand, 2001. "Truth-Bonding and Other Truth-Revealing Mechanisms for Courts [technical version]," Berkeley Program in Law and Economics, Working Paper Series qt3587v9sv, Berkeley Program in Law and Economics.
  22. Cooter, Robert D. & Eisenberg, Melvin, 2000. "Fairness, Character, and Efficiency in Firms," Berkeley Program in Law and Economics, Working Paper Series qt6wk0z35c, Berkeley Program in Law and Economics.
  23. Cooter, Robert & Garoupa, Nuno, 2000. "The Virtuous Circle of Distrust: A Mechanism to Deter Bribes and Other Cooperative Crimes," Berkeley Program in Law and Economics, Working Paper Series qt83c0k3wc, Berkeley Program in Law and Economics.
  24. Cooter, Robert D, & Porat, Ariel, 2000. "Should Courts Deduct Non-Legal Sanctions from Damages?," Berkeley Program in Law and Economics, Working Paper Series qt2bn166qw, Berkeley Program in Law and Economics.
  25. Robert Cooter & Winand Emons, 2000. "Truth-Revealing Mechanisms for Courts," Econometric Society World Congress 2000 Contributed Papers 0211, Econometric Society.
  26. Cooter, Robert D. & Emons, Winand, 2000. "Truth-Bonding and Other Truth-Revealing Mechanisms for Courts," Berkeley Program in Law and Economics, Working Paper Series qt35j9s08h, Berkeley Program in Law and Economics.
  27. Cooter, Robert, 2000. "Do Good Laws Make Good Citizens? An Economic Analysis of Internalizing Legal Values," Berkeley Program in Law and Economics, Working Paper Series qt3xr1v1x2, Berkeley Program in Law and Economics.
  28. Cooter, Robert D. & Porat, Ariel, 2000. "Does Risk to Oneself Increase the Care Owed to Others? Law and Economics in Conflict," Berkeley Program in Law and Economics, Working Paper Series qt8c41q4fm, Berkeley Program in Law and Economics.
  29. Cooter, Robert D., 1999. "Punitive Damages, Social Norms, and Economic Analysis," Berkeley Program in Law and Economics, Working Paper Series qt7h38w307, Berkeley Program in Law and Economics.
  30. Cooter, Robert D., 1999. "The Optimal Number of Governments for Economic Development," Berkeley Program in Law and Economics, Working Paper Series qt2sg2h2qx, Berkeley Program in Law and Economics.
  31. Cooter, Robert, 1998. "Expressive Law and Economics," Berkeley Program in Law and Economics, Working Paper Series qt3w34j60j, Berkeley Program in Law and Economics.
  32. Cooter, Robert D., 1998. "Models of Morality in Law and Economics: Self-Control and Self-Improvement for the "Bad Man" of Holmes," Berkeley Program in Law and Economics, Working Paper Series qt5dj8m2kf, Berkeley Program in Law and Economics.
  33. Cooter, Robert D., 1997. "Commodifying Liability," Berkeley Program in Law and Economics, Working Paper Series qt9pq4m8ts, Berkeley Program in Law and Economics.
  34. Cooter, Robert & Rappoport, Peter, 1983. "Were the Ordinalists Wrong About Welfare Economics?," Working Papers 83-14, C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, New York University.
  35. Robert Cooter & Hans-Bernd Schäfer, "undated". "Law and the Poverty of Nations - The Double Trust Problem," German Working Papers in Law and Economics 2007-2-1204, Berkeley Electronic Press.
  36. Robert Cooter & Hans-Bernd Schäfer, "undated". "Law and the Poverty of Nations - Giving Credit to Credit," German Working Papers in Law and Economics 2007-2-1206, Berkeley Electronic Press.
  37. Tom Ginsburg & Robert Cooter, "undated". "Leximetrics: Why the Same Laws are Longer in Some Countries than Others," American Law & Economics Association Annual Meetings 1080, American Law & Economics Association.
  38. Roland Kirstein & Robert Cooter, "undated". "Anti-Sharing," German Working Papers in Law and Economics 2005-1-1131, Berkeley Electronic Press.

Articles

  1. Cooter, Robert D. & Gilbert, Michael D., 2026. "Constitutional law and economics," International Review of Law and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 87(C).
  2. Benjamin Chen & Robert Cooter, 2015. "The New Economic Freedom," Supreme Court Economic Review, University of Chicago Press, vol. 23(1), pages 59-76.
  3. Robert Cooter & Ariel Porat, 2015. "Disgorgement Damages for Accidents," The Journal of Legal Studies, University of Chicago Press, vol. 44(2), pages 249-276.
  4. Cooter Robert D. & Garoupa Nuno, 2014. "A Disruption Mechanism for Bribes," Review of Law & Economics, De Gruyter, vol. 10(3), pages 241-263, November.
  5. Robert Cooter & Hans Bernd Schäfer, 2011. "The Secret of Growth Is Financing Secrets: Corporate Law and Growth Economics," Journal of Law and Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 54(S4), pages 105-123.
  6. Cooter Robert D & Feldman Michal & Feldman Yuval, 2008. "The Misperception of Norms: The Psychology of Bias and the Economics of Equilibrium," Review of Law & Economics, De Gruyter, vol. 4(3), pages 889-911, December.
  7. Kirstein, Roland & Cooter, Robert D., 2007. "Sharing and anti-sharing in teams," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 96(3), pages 351-356, September.
  8. Robert Cooter & Ariel Porat, 2007. "Total Liability for Excessive Harm," The Journal of Legal Studies, University of Chicago Press, vol. 36(1), pages 63-80, January.
  9. Cooter, Robert D. & Raja, Angara & Schafer, Hans-Bernd, 2005. "Workshop on Law and Economic Development, Hamburg, Germany, January 2004," International Review of Law and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 25(1), pages 62-64, March.
  10. Cooter Robert & Broughman Brian J, 2005. "Charity, Publicity, and the Donation Registry," The Economists' Voice, De Gruyter, vol. 2(3), pages 1-9, August.
  11. Robert Cooter & Ariel Porat, 2004. "Decreasing-Liability Contracts," The Journal of Legal Studies, University of Chicago Press, vol. 33(1), pages 157-197, January.
  12. Robert Cooter & Winand Emons, 2004. "Truth-Bonding and Other Truth-Revealing Mechanisms for Courts," European Journal of Law and Economics, Springer, vol. 17(3), pages 307-327, May.
  13. Robert Cooter & Winand Emons, 2003. "Truth-Revealing Mechanisms for Courts," Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE), Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen, vol. 159(2), pages 259-279, June.
  14. Cooter, Robert & Porat, Ariel, 2002. "Anti-insurance," The Journal of Legal Studies, University of Chicago Press, vol. 31(2), pages 203-232, June.
  15. Cooter, Robert & Porat, Ariel, 2001. "Should Courts Deduct Nonlegal Sanctions from Damages?," The Journal of Legal Studies, University of Chicago Press, vol. 30(2), pages 401-422, Part I Ju.
  16. Cooter, Robert & Porat, Ariel, 2000. "Does Risk to Oneself Increase the Care Owed to Others? Law and Economics in Conflict," The Journal of Legal Studies, University of Chicago Press, vol. 29(1), pages 19-34, January.
  17. Cooter, Robert, 1998. "Expressive Law and Economics," The Journal of Legal Studies, University of Chicago Press, vol. 27(2), pages 585-608, June.
  18. Cooter, Robert D., 1996. "The theory of market modernization of law," International Review of Law and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 16(2), pages 141-172, June.
  19. Cooter, Robert D. & Ginsburg, Tom, 1996. "Comparative judicial discretion: An empirical test of economic models," International Review of Law and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 16(3), pages 295-313, September.
  20. Cooter, Robert D. & Schmidtchen, Dieter, 1996. "Conference on the constitutional law and economics of the European Union Saarbrucken, Germany September 1995," International Review of Law and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 16(3), pages 277-277, September.
  21. Cooter, Robert D., 1994. "Structural adjudication and the new law merchant: A model of decentralized law," International Review of Law and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 14(2), pages 215-231, June.
  22. Cooter, Robert D & Rubinfeld, Daniel L, 1994. "An Economic Model of Legal Discovery," The Journal of Legal Studies, University of Chicago Press, vol. 23(1), pages 435-463, January.
  23. Cooter, Robert & Drexl, Josef, 1994. "The logic of power in the emerging European constitution: Game theory and the division of powers," International Review of Law and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 14(3), pages 307-326, September.
  24. Cooter, Robert & Weingast, Barry R., 1992. "Editors' introduction," International Review of Law and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 12(2), pages 123-124, June.
  25. Cooter, Robert D., 1991. "Lapses, conflict, and akrasia in torts and crimes: Towards an economic theory of the will," International Review of Law and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 11(2), pages 149-164, September.
  26. Robert D. Cooter, 1991. "Economic Theories of Legal Liability," Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association, vol. 5(3), pages 11-30, Summer.
  27. Cooter, R. & Gordley, J., 1991. "Economic analysis in civil law countries: Past, present, future," International Review of Law and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 11(3), pages 261-263, December.
  28. Cooter, Robert D & Rubinfeld, Daniel L, 1989. "Economic Analysis of Legal Disputes and Their Resolution," Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association, vol. 27(3), pages 1067-1097, September.
  29. Cooter, Robert D., 1989. "Rawls's Lexical Orderings Are Good Economics," Economics and Philosophy, Cambridge University Press, vol. 5(1), pages 47-54, April.
  30. Cooter, Robert, 1987. "Why Litigants Disagree: A Comment on George Priest's "Measuring Legal Change."," The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, Oxford University Press, vol. 3(2), pages 227-234, Fall.
  31. Robert Cooter, 1986. "Liability Rules and Risk Sharing in Environmental and Resource Policy: Discussion," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 68(5), pages 1276-1278.
  32. Cooter, Robert D & Rappoport, Peter, 1985. "Reply to I. M. D. Little's Comment [Were the Ordinalists Wrong about Welfare Economics?]," Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association, vol. 23(3), pages 1189-1191, September.
  33. Cooter, Robert & Rappoport, Peter, 1984. "Were the Ordinalists Wrong about Welfare Economics?," Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association, vol. 22(2), pages 507-530, June.
  34. Cooter, Robert & Landa, Janet T., 1984. "Personal versus impersonal trade: The size of trading groups and contract law," International Review of Law and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 4(1), pages 15-22, June.
  35. Cooter, Robert D., 1980. "How the law circumvents Starrett's nonconvexity," Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier, vol. 22(3), pages 499-504, June.
  36. Cooter, Robert & Topakian, Gregory, 1980. "Political economy of a public corporation : Pricing objectives of BART," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 13(3), pages 299-318, June.
  37. Robert Cooter & Lewis Kornhauser & David Lane, 1979. "Liability Rules, Limited Information, and the Role of Precedent," Bell Journal of Economics, The RAND Corporation, vol. 10(1), pages 366-373, Spring.
  38. Cooter, Robert, 1979. "A new expenditure function," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 2(2), pages 103-110.
  39. Robert Cooter & Rodrigo Restrepo, 1979. "A Closed Model of Careers in a Simple Hierarchy," Bell Journal of Economics, The RAND Corporation, vol. 10(2), pages 526-548, Autumn.
  40. Cooter, Robert D, 1978. "Optimal Tax Schedules and Rates: Mirrlees and Ramsey," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 68(5), pages 756-768, December.
  41. Robert Cooter & Elhanan Helpman, 1974. "Optimal Income Taxation for Transfer Payments Under Different Social Welfare Criteria," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 88(4), pages 656-670.

Chapters

  1. Robert D. Cooter & Ariel Porat, 2014. "Introduction [The National Origins of Policy Ideas: Knowledge Regimes in the United States, France, Germany, and Denmark]," Introductory Chapters,, Princeton University Press.
  2. Robert Cooter & David DePianto, 2013. "Damages for incompensable harms," Chapters, in: Jennifer H. Arlen (ed.), Research Handbook on the Economics of Torts, chapter 17, pages 439-459, Edward Elgar Publishing.
  3. Robert D. Cooter & Hans-Bernd Schäfer, 2013. "It’s About The Economy," Introductory Chapters, in: Solomon’s Knot: How Law Can End the Poverty of Nations, Princeton University Press.
  4. Robert Cooter & Hans-Bernd Schäfer, 2011. "Growth-oriented Legal Reforms," Chapters, in: Francesco Parisi (ed.), Production of Legal Rules, chapter 22, Edward Elgar Publishing.

Books

  1. Robert D. Cooter & Ariel Porat, 2014. "Getting Incentives Right: Improving Torts, Contracts, and Restitution," Economics Books, Princeton University Press, edition 1, number 10268, December.
  2. Robert D. Cooter & Hans-Bernd Schäfer, 2013. "Solomon’s Knot: How Law Can End the Poverty of Nations," Economics Books, Princeton University Press, edition 1, number 9540, December.
  3. Robert Cooter & Francesco Parisi (ed.), 2009. "Legal Institutions and Economic Development," Books, Edward Elgar Publishing, number 13538.
  4. Robert Cooter & Francesco Parisi (ed.), 2009. "Recent Developments in Law and Economics," Books, Edward Elgar Publishing, volume 0, number 3808.
  5. Robert Cooter & Francesco Parisi (ed.), 2009. "Foundations of Law and Economics," Books, Edward Elgar Publishing, number 13537.

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