Research Handbook on the Economics of Torts

Edited by Jennifer H. Arlen, Norma Z. Paige Professor of Law; Director, Program on Corporate Compliance and Enforcement; and Director, Center for Law, Economics and Organization, New York University School of Law, US

• Contents:IntroductionJennifer ArlenPART I: OVERVIEW OF TORT LITIGATION1. Empirical Analysis of Civil Litigation: Tort Trials in State CourtsMichael HeisePART II: ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF LIABILITY2. Economic Analysis of Medical Malpractice Liability and its ReformJennifer Arlen3. Economic Analysis of Products Liability: TheoryAndrew F. Daughety and Jennifer F. Reinganum4. Causation in Tort Law: A ReconsiderationKeith N. Hylton5. Causation and ForeseeabilityMark F. Grady6. Fault Lines in the Positive Economic Analysis of Tort LawMark A. Geistfeld7. The Law and Economics of Liability Insurance: A Theoretical and Empirical ReviewTom Baker and Peter SiegelmanPART III: ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF MULTI-PARTY LITIGATION8. Economic Analysis of Joint and Several LiabilityLewis A. Kornhauser9. Economic Policy and the Vicarious Liability of FirmsReinier Kraakman10. Group Litigation in the Enforcement of Tort LawGeoffrey Miller11. The Socio-economics of Mass Torts: What We Know, Don’t Know and Should KnowDeborah R. HenslerPART IV: THE LITIGATION PROCESS12. Law, Economics, and the Burden(s) of ProofEric L. Talley13. Law and Economics of SettlementAbraham L. Wickelgren14. Bounded Rationality in the Settlement Process: Empirical Evidence on the Causes of Settlement Failure in LitigationLinda Babcock and Joshua Furgeson15. Contingent-fee Contracts in Litigation: A Survey and AssessmentEric Helland and Seth A. Seabury16. Empirical Analysis of Juries in Tort CasesShari Seidman Diamond and Jessica M. SalernoPART V: DAMAGES17. Damages for Incompensable HarmsRobert Cooter and David DePianto18. Empirical Analysis of Tort DamagesW. Kip Viscusi19. Economic Analysis of Punitive Damages: Theory, Empirics, and DoctrineCatherine M. SharkeyPART VI: REFORM OF AND ALTERNATIVES TO THE TORT SYSTEM20. The Empirical Effects of Tort ReformTheodore Eisenberg21. Do Damage Caps Reduce Medical Malpractice Insurance Premiums? A Systematic Review of Estimates and the Methods Used to Produce ThemKathryn Zeiler and Lorian Hardcastle22. No-fault Accident Compensation SystemsMichael Trebilcock and Paul-Erik Veel23. Alternatives and Complements: Liability and Regulation as Remedies for Physical InjuryRichard A. EpsteinIndex

‘The highlight of this intellectually rich volume is the multiple perspectives it offers on the economic analysis of the tort system. In collecting these essays from leading legal scholars, Jennifer Arlen offers a wide range of empirical, institutional, and doctrinal dimensions of economic thought critical to assessing how our socio-legal system addresses the problem of accidental harm. The volume will serve as an invaluable contribution to the literature on the dynamic character of the tort system in action.’