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The Role of Status Quo Bias and Bayesian Learning in the Creation of New Legal RightsFrancesco ParisiUniversity of Minnesota - Law School; University of Bologna Robert L. ScharffOhio State University - Department of Consumer Sciences Journal of Law, Economics, and Policy, 2006 Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper No. 07-10 Abstract: We consider the role of status quo bias and Bayesian learning on the creation of new legal rights utilizing a model of legal evolution in which judges have limited discretion to create new precedent based on personal values, but, in the long run, are constrained by efficiency criteria. Our model demonstrates that status quo bias may effectively transform an ex ante inefficient rule into an ex post efficient rule. Because these legal rights are internalized over time through a process of Bayesian learning, new precedent is vulnerable to reversal until the new right has been sufficiently recognized and accepted.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 29 Keywords: Status quo bias, Bayesian Learning, Legal Evolution, Legal Rights JEL Classification: K10, K41 Accepted Paper SeriesDate posted: April 20, 2007Suggested Citation |
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