Law & Economics

Louis Kaplow, Shifting Plaintiffs Fees Versus Increasing Damage Awards, 24 Rand J. Econ. 625 (1993).

Louis Kaplow, An Optimal Tax System, 32 Fiscal Stud. 415 (2011).

Louis Kaplow, Optimal Taxation with Costly Enforcement and Evasion, 43 J. Pub. Econ. 221 (1990).

Louis Kaplow, Choosing Expensive Tastes, 36 Can. J. Phil. 415 (2006).

Louis Kaplow & Steven M. Shavell, Fairness versus Welfare: Notes on the Pareto principle, preferences, and distributive justice, 32 J. Legal Stud. 331 (2003).

Louis Kaplow & Steven Shavell, Any Non‐welfarist Method of Policy Assessment Violates the Pareto Principle, 109 J. Pol. Econ. 281 (2001).

Louis Kaplow & Steven Shavell, Moral Rules, the Moral Sentiments, and Behavior: Toward a Theory of an Optimal Moral System, 115 J. Pol. Econ. 494…

Louis Kaplow, Optimal Proof Burdens, Deterrence, and the Chilling of Desirable Behavior, 101 Am. Econ. Rev. 277 (2011).

Louis Kaplow, An Ex Ante Perspective on Deregulation, Viewed Ex Post, 15 Resource & Energy Econ. 153 (1993).

Louis Kaplow, The Accuracy of Traditional Market Power Analysis and a Direct Adjustment Alternative, 95 Harv. L. Rev. 1817 (1982).

Louis Kaplow & Steven Shavell, Accuracy in the Determination of Liability, 37 J.L. & Econ. 1 (1994).

Louis Kaplow, Discount Rates, Social Judgments, Individuals’ Risk Preferences, and Uncertainty, 42 J. Risk & Uncertainty 125 (2011).

Louis Kaplow, Human Capital Under an Ideal Income Tax, 80 Va. L. Rev. 1477 (1994).

Louis Kaplow, An Economic Analysis of Legal Transitions, 99 Harv. L. Rev. 509 (1986).

Louis Kaplow & Steven Shavell, Property Rules Versus Liability Rules: An Economic Analysis, 109 Harv. L. Rev. 713 (1996).

Louis Kaplow & Steven Shavell, Accuracy in the Assessment of Damages, 39 J.L. & Econ. 191 (1996).

Louis Kaplow, Optimal Deterrence, Uninformed Individuals, and Acquiring Information About Whether Acts are Subject to Sanctions, 6 J.L. Econ. & Org. 93 (1990).

Louis Kaplow, Optimal Control of Externalities in the Presence of Income Taxation, 53 Int’l. Econ. Rev. 487 (2012).

Louis Kaplow, On the (Ir)relevance of Distribution and Labor Supply Distortion to Government Policy, 18 J. Econ. Persp. 159 (2004).

Louis Kaplow, Private Versus Social Costs in Bringing Suit, 15 J. Legal Stud. 371 (1986).

Louis Kaplow, Optimal Income Transfers, 14 Int’l Tax & Pub. Fin. 295 (2007).