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Optimal Awards and Penalties when the Probability of Prevailing Varies Among Plaintiffs
Get PDFThis article derives the optimal award to a winning plaintiff and the optimal penalty on a losing plaintiff when the probability of prevailing varies among plaintiffs. Optimality is defined in terms of achieving a specified degree of deterrence of potential injurers with the lowest litigation cost. Our main result is that the optimal penalty on a losing plaintiff is positive, in contrast to common practice in the United States. By penalizing losing plaintiffs and raising the award to winning plaintiffs (relative to what it would be if losing plaintiffs were not penalized), it is possible to discourage relatively low-probability-of-prevailing plaintiffs from suing without discouraging relatively high-probability plaintiffs, and thereby to achieve the desired degee of deterrence with lower litigation costs. This result is developed first in a model in which all suits are assumed to go to trial and then in a model in which settlements are possible.
Pindyck, Robert S.: Mikroökonomie
No full textPindyck, Robert S.: Mikroökonomie / von Robert S. Pindyck u. Daniel L. Rubinfeld. Aus d. Engl. übers. von Ulrich K. Schittko. - München u.a. : Oldenbourg, 1998. - XXV, 893 S. - (Internationale Standardlehrbücher der Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften
Pindyck, Robert S.: Mikroökonomie
No full textPindyck, Robert S.: Mikroökonomie / von Robert S. Pindyck u. Daniel L. Rubinfeld. Aus d. Engl. übers. von Ulrich K. Schittko. - München u.a. : Oldenbourg, 1998. - XXV, 893 S. - (Internationale Standardlehrbücher der Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften
Microeconomics / Robert S. Pindyck, Daniel L. Rubinfeld.
No full textIncludes bibliographical references and index.xxiv, 743 p.
Microeconomics / Robert S. Pindyck, Daniel L. Rubinfeld.
No full textIncludes bibliographical references and index.739 p.
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
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