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    Punitive Damages by Numbers: Exxon Shipping Co. v. Baker 

    Hersch, Joni, 1956-; Viscusi, W. Kip (Supreme Court Economic Review, 2010)
    The U.S. Supreme Court decision in Exxon Shipping Co. v. Baker is a landmark that establishes an upper bound ratio of punitive damages to compensatory damages of 1:1 for maritime cases, with potential implications for other ...
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    Tort Liability Litigation Costs for Commercial Claims 

    Hersch, Joni, 1956-; Viscusi, W. Kip (American Law and Economics Review, 2007)
    This article analyzes tort liability litigation costs using the Texas Department of Insurance Commercial Liability Insurance Closed Claim database for the years 1988–2004. Insurer costs to defend claims in which a suit was ...
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    An Empirical Assessment of Early Offer Reform for Medical Malpractice 

    Hersch, Joni, 1956-; Viscusi, W. Kip; O'Connell, Jeffrey (Journal of Legal Studies, 2007)
    The early offer reform proposal for medical malpractice provides an option for claimants to receive prompt payment of all their net economic losses and reasonable attorney fees. Using a large sample of closed individual ...
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    Cigarette Smokers as Job Risk Takers 

    Hersch, Joni, 1956-; Viscusi, W. Kip (The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2001)
    Using a large data set, the authors find that smokers select riskier jobs, but receive lower total wage compensation for risk than do nonsmokers. This finding is inconsistent with conventional models of compensating ...
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    Punitive Damages: How Judges and Juries Perform 

    Hersch, Joni, 1956-; Viscusi, W. Kip (Journal of Legal Studies, 2004)
    This paper presents the first empirical anatysis that demonstrates that juries differ from judges in awarding punitive damages. Our review of punitive damages awards of $100 million or more identified 63 such awards, of ...
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    Allocating Responsibility for the Failure of Global Warming Policies 

    Viscusi, W. Kip; Hersch, Joni, 1956- (University of Pennsylvania Law Review, 2007)
    A recent series of climate change lawsuits has sought to mimic the "regulation through litigation" approach of the claims brought by the states against cigarette manufacturers. What is distinctive about the cigarette cases ...
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    Assessing the Insurance Role of Tort Liability After Calabresi 

    Viscusi, W. Kip; Hersch, Joni, 1956- (Law & Contemporary Problems, 2014)
    Calabresi’s theory of tort liability (1961) as a risk distribution mechanism established insurance as an objective of tort liability. Calabresi’s risk-spreading concept of tort has provided the impetus for much of the ...
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    Law and Economics as a Pillar of Legal Education 

    Viscusi, W. Kip; Hersch, Joni, 1956- (Review of Law and Economics, 2012)
    This paper reports the distribution of doctoral degrees in economics and in other fields among faculty at the 26 highest ranked law schools. Almost one-third of professors at the top 13 law schools have a Ph.D. degree, ...
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    Voter Preferences and State Regulation of Smoking 

    Viscusi, W. Kip; Del Rossi, Alison F.; Hersch, Joni, 1956- (2015-12-17)
    Voters' preferences for smoking restrictions in restaurants, bars, malls, indoor sporting events, and hospitals are consistent with state-level restrictions on smoking in each of these public areas. This analysis is based ...
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    Saving Lives Through Punitive Damages 

    Viscusi, W. Kip; Hersch, Joni, 1956- (Southern California Law Review, 2010)
    This Article proposes that the value of statistical life ("VSL ") be used to set the total damages amount needed for deterrence when punitive damages are warranted in wrongful death cases. The appropriate level of total ...
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