Disciplinary Perspectives & Law

Louis Kaplow, Transfer Motives and Tax Policy (Nat’l Bureau Econ. Res., Working Paper No. w6340, Mar. 1999).

Louis Kaplow, The Optimal Probability and Magnitude of Fines for Acts that Definitely are Undesirable, 12 Int’l Rev. L. & Econ. 3 (1992).

Louis Kaplow, Why Measure Inequality?, 3 J. Econ. Ineq. 65 (2005).

Louis Kaplow, Transition Policy: A Conceptual Framework, 13 J. Contemp. Legal Issues 161 (2003).

Louis Kaplow, Horizontal Equity: New Measures, Unclear Principles (NBER Working Paper No. w7649, Apr. 2000).

Louis Kaplow, General Characteristics of Rules, in 7 Encyclopedia of Law and Economics 18 (Francesco Parisi ed., 2nd ed. 2012).

Louis Kaplow & Steven Shavell, Reply to Ripstein: Notes on Welfarist Versus Deontological Principles, 20 Econ. & Phil. 209 (2004).

Louis Kaplow, On the Optimal Burden of Proof, 119 J. Pol. Econ. 1104 (2011).

Louis Kaplow, The Value of Accuracy in Adjudication: An Economic Analysis, 23 J. Legal Stud. 307 (1994).

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

Louis Kaplow, An Economic Approach to Price Fixing, 77 Antitrust L.J. 343 (2011).

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

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

Louis Kaplow, A Note on the Optimal Supply of Public Goods and the Distortionary Cost of Taxation, 51 Nat’l Tax J. 117 (1998).

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

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

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

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

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

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