Louis Kaplow

Harvard Law School

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Economic Analysis of Law

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Economic Analysis of Law

Harvard Law School, John M. Olin Center for Law, Economics and Business, Discussion Paper No. 251
Number of pages: 96 Posted: 02 Mar 1999
Louis Kaplow and Steven Shavell
Harvard Law School and Harvard Law School
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Economic Analysis of Law

NBER Working Paper No. w6960
Number of pages: 100 Posted: 25 May 2006 Last Revised: 10 Jul 2022
Louis Kaplow and Steven Shavell
Harvard Law School and Harvard Law School
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Antitrust

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Antitrust

Harvard Law and Economics Discussion Paper No. 575
Number of pages: 157 Posted: 06 Feb 2007
Louis Kaplow and Carl Shapiro
Harvard Law School and University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business
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Antitrust

NBER Working Paper No. w12867
Number of pages: 156 Posted: 31 Jan 2007 Last Revised: 29 Aug 2022
Louis Kaplow and Carl Shapiro
Harvard Law School and University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business
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Property Rules Versus Liability Rules

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Property Rules Versus Liability Rules

Number of pages: 101 Posted: 01 Feb 1998
Louis Kaplow and Steven Shavell
Harvard Law School and Harvard Law School
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Property Rules Versus Liability Rules

Harvard Law Review, Vol. 109, No. 4, February 1996.
Posted: 06 Feb 1998
Louis Kaplow and Steven Shavell
Harvard Law School and Harvard Law School

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Principles of Fairness Versus Human Welfare: On the Evaluation of Legal Policy

Number of pages: 460 Posted: 23 May 2000
Louis Kaplow and Steven Shavell
Harvard Law School and Harvard Law School
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Why (Ever) Define Markets?

Harvard Law Review, Forthcoming, Harvard Law and Economics Discussion Paper No. 666, Harvard Public Law Working Paper No. 11-08
Number of pages: 82 Posted: 29 Jan 2011 Last Revised: 03 Mar 2014
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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The Conflict between Notions of Fairness and the Pareto Principle

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The Conflict between Notions of Fairness and the Pareto Principle

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 18 Feb 2000
Louis Kaplow and Steven Shavell
Harvard Law School and Harvard Law School
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The Conflict between Notions of Fairness and the Pareto Principle

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 29 Sep 1999
Louis Kaplow and Steven Shavell
Harvard Law School and Harvard Law School
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Taxation and Redistribution: Some Clarifications

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Taxation and Redistribution: Some Clarifications

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 21 Aug 2003
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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Taxation and Redistribution: Some Clarifications

Tax Law Review, Vol. 60, No. 2, 2007
Posted: 21 Dec 2007
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School

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Taxation

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Taxation

Harvard Law and Economics Discussion Paper No. 542, HANDBOOK OF LAW AND ECONOMICS, Polinksy, Shavell, eds., Elsevier, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 118 Posted: 31 Jul 2006
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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Taxation

NBER Working Paper No. w12061
Number of pages: 119 Posted: 09 May 2006 Last Revised: 17 Dec 2022
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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Fairness Versus Welfare: Notes on the Pareto Principle, Preferences, and Distributive Justice

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Fairness Versus Welfare: Notes on the Pareto Principle, Preferences, and Distributive Justice

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 27 Mar 2003
Louis Kaplow and Steven Shavell
Harvard Law School and Harvard Law School
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Fairness Versus Welfare: Notes on the Pareto Principle, Preferences, and Distributive Justice

NBER Working Paper No. w9622
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 11 Apr 2003 Last Revised: 17 Oct 2022
Louis Kaplow and Steven Shavell
Harvard Law School and Harvard Law School
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Pareto Principle and Competing Principles

THE NEW PALGRAVE DICTIONARY OF ECONOMICS, Steven Durlauf & Lawrence Blume, eds., McMillan, 2006 , Harvard Law and Economics Discussion Paper No. 519
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 12 Oct 2005
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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The Theory of Taxation and Public Economics

Harvard Law and Economics Discussion Paper No. 616
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 09 Jul 2008 Last Revised: 19 Jan 2009
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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On the Choice of Welfare Standards in Competition Law

Harvard Law and Economics Discussion Paper No. 693
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 27 Jun 2011 Last Revised: 02 Jul 2011
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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Market Definition: Impossible and Counterproductive

Antitrust Law Journal , Vol. 79, No. 1 (2013)
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 04 Mar 2014 Last Revised: 16 Mar 2014
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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Market definition, Mergers, Merger guidelines, Hypothetical monopolist test, Competition policy, Antitrust

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Moral Rules and the Moral Sentiments: Toward a Theory of an Optimal Moral System

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Moral Rules and the Moral Sentiments: Toward a Theory of an Optimal Moral System

Number of pages: 63 Posted: 13 Dec 2001
Louis Kaplow and Steven Shavell
Harvard Law School and Harvard Law School
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Moral Rules and the Moral Sentiments: Toward a Theory of an Optimal Moral System

NBER Working Paper No. w8688
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 20 Dec 2001 Last Revised: 29 Sep 2022
Louis Kaplow and Steven Shavell
Harvard Law School and Harvard Law School
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Burden of Proof

Yale Law Journal, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 97 Posted: 04 Nov 2011 Last Revised: 15 Nov 2011
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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The Meaning of Vertical Agreement and the Structure of Competition Law

Antitrust Law Journal (2016) Forthcoming, Harvard John M. Olin Discussion Paper No. 860
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 11 May 2016
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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Vertical Agreement, Conspiracy, Unilateral Action, Competition, Monopoly, Antitrust

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On the Meaning of Horizontal Agreements in Competition Law

Harvard Law and Economics Discussion Paper No. 691
Number of pages: 120 Posted: 27 Jun 2011 Last Revised: 08 Jan 2015
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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Optimal Taxation

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Optimal Taxation

The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2nd Edition, Forthcoming, Harvard Law and Economics Discussion Paper No. 607
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 25 Feb 2008 Last Revised: 17 Mar 2008
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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Primary Goods, Capabilities, . . . Or Well-Being?

Harvard Law and Economics Discussion Paper No. 602
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 20 Nov 2007 Last Revised: 17 Mar 2008
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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Market Definition, Market Power

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Market Definition, Market Power

International Journal of Industrial Organization, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 13 May 2015
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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Market power, market definition, competition policy, antitrust, merger guidelines, market share

Market Definition, Market Power

NBER Working Paper No. w21167
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 18 May 2015 Last Revised: 04 May 2023
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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An Economic Approach to Price Fixing

Harvard Law and Economics Discussion Paper No. 694
Number of pages: 96 Posted: 27 Jun 2011 Last Revised: 08 Jan 2015
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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Market Definition

Forthcoming in The Oxford Handbook of International Antitrust Economics (Roger D. Blair & D. Daniel Sokol, ed., 2013).
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 16 May 2013
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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Market definition, Market share thresholds, Mergers, Merger guidelines, Hypothetical monopolist test, Cross-elasticity, Competition policy, Antitrust

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2021 Professor's Update to Antitrust Analysis: Problems, Text, and Cases

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 03 Nov 2014 Last Revised: 25 Aug 2021
Phillip Areeda, Louis Kaplow, Aaron S. Edlin and C. Scott Hemphill
Harvard University, Harvard Law School, University of California at Berkeley and New York University School of Law
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On the Relevance of Market Power

Harvard Law Review (March 2017), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 84 Posted: 22 Oct 2016
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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Market power, dominance, monopolization, abuse, antitrust, competition policy

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Human Nature and the Best Consequentialist Moral System

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 18 Mar 2002
Louis Kaplow and Steven Shavell
Harvard Law School and Harvard Law School
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Price-Fixing Policy

Forthcoming in International Journal of Industrial Economics (2018), Havard John M. Olin Center for Law, Economics and Business, Discussion Paper No. 945, 01/2018
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 30 Jan 2018
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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Price fixing, competition policy, antitrust, conspiracy, horizontal agreement, collusion, oligopoly

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Notions of Fairness Versus the Pareto Principle: On the Role of Logical Consistency

Number of pages: 16 Posted: 16 Jan 2001
Louis Kaplow and Steven Shavell
Harvard Law School and Harvard Law School
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Income Taxation and Optimal Government Policy

The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics and the Law, 2nd Edition, Harvard Law and Economics Discussion Paper No. 518
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 12 Oct 2005
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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Efficiencies in Merger Analysis

Harvard Law School John M. Olin Center Discussion Paper No. 1056
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 29 Mar 2021
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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Efficiencies, horizontal mergers, economies of scale, economies of scope, theory of the firm, entry, efficiency credit, burden of proof

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Market Definition and the Merger Guidelines

Harvard Law and Economics Discussion Paper No. 695
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 27 Jun 2011 Last Revised: 03 Mar 2014
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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Public Goods and the Distribution of Income

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Public Goods and the Distribution of Income

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 21 Aug 2003
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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Public Goods and the Distribution of Income

NBER Working Paper No. w9842
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 20 Jul 2003 Last Revised: 29 Nov 2022
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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Why Measure Inequality?

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Why Measure Inequality?

Number of pages: 16 Posted: 03 Dec 2002
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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Why Measure Inequality?

NBER Working Paper No. w9342
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 30 Nov 2002 Last Revised: 13 Jul 2022
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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The Value of a Statistical Life and the Coefficient of Relative Risk Aversion

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The Value of a Statistical Life and the Coefficient of Relative Risk Aversion

Number of pages: 17 Posted: 21 Aug 2003
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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The Value of a Statistical Life and the Coefficient of Relative Risk Aversion

NBER Working Paper No. w9852
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 23 Jul 2003 Last Revised: 04 Dec 2022
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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Horizontal Equity: New Measures, Unclear Principles

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Horizontal Equity: New Measures, Unclear Principles

The Role of Inequality in Tax Policy, American Enterprise Institute, 2000
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 22 Jun 2000
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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Horizontal Equity: New Measures, Unclear Principles

NBER Working Paper No. w7649
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 16 May 2000 Last Revised: 29 Nov 2022
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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Notes on Welfarist Versus Deontological Principles

Number of pages: 12 Posted: 21 Sep 2004
Louis Kaplow and Steven Shavell
Harvard Law School and Harvard Law School
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A Framework for Assessing Estate and Gift Taxation

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A Framework for Assessing Estate and Gift Taxation

Number of pages: 59 Posted: 01 Aug 2000
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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A Framework for Assessing Estate and Gift Taxation

NBER Working Paper No. w7775
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 17 Jul 2000 Last Revised: 01 Oct 2022
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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Market Definition Alchemy

Antitrust Bulliten, Vol. 57, 2012
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 16 May 2013
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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Market definition, Mergers, Merger guidelines, Hypothetical monopolist test, Competition policy, Antitrust

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On the Optimal Burden of Proof

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On the Optimal Burden of Proof

Journal of Political Economy, Forthcoming, Harvard Public Law Working Paper No. 12-13, Harvard Law School, John M. Olin Center for Law, Economics and Business Discussion Paper No. 712
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 14 Jan 2012 Last Revised: 07 Jan 2015
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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burden of proof, law enforcement, type 1 and type 2 errors

On the Optimal Burden of Proof

NBER Working Paper No. w17765
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 21 Jan 2012 Last Revised: 17 Jul 2023
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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Recoupment, Market Power, and Predatory Pricing

Forthcoming, Antitrust Law Journal, Vol. 82 (2018), Harvard John M. Olin Discussion Working Paper No. 967
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 09 Aug 2018
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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predatory pricing, recoupment, antitrust, competition policy, market power

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Should Legal Rules Favor the Poor? Clarifying the Role of Legal Rules and the Income Tax in Redistributing Income

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Should Legal Rules Favor the Poor? Clarifying the Role of Legal Rules and the Income Tax in Redistributing Income

January 2000
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 23 Jun 2000
Louis Kaplow and Steven Shavell
Harvard Law School and Harvard Law School
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Transition Policy: A Conceptual Framework

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Transition Policy: A Conceptual Framework

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 27 Mar 2003
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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Transition Policy: A Conceptual Framework

NBER Working Paper No. w9596
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 05 Apr 2003 Last Revised: 22 Sep 2022
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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Direct Versus Communications-Based Prohibitions on Price Fixing

Journal of Legal Analysis, Forthcoming, Harvard Law and Economics Discussion Paper No. 703
Number of pages: 78 Posted: 22 Jul 2011
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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On the Superiority of Corrective Taxes to Quantity Regulation

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On the Superiority of Corrective Taxes to Quantity Regulation

Number of pages: 18 Posted: 10 Feb 1998
Louis Kaplow and Steven Shavell
Harvard Law School and Harvard Law School
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On the Superiority of Corrective Taxes to Quantity Regulation

NBER Working Paper No. w6251
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 20 Jul 2000 Last Revised: 01 Aug 2022
Louis Kaplow and Steven Shavell
Harvard Law School and Harvard Law School
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On the Superiority of Corrective Taxes to Quantity Regulation

American Law and Economics Review, Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 1-17, 2002
Posted: 29 Feb 2008
Louis Kaplow and Steven Shavell
Harvard Law School and Harvard Law School

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Multistage Adjudication

Harvard Law Review, Forthcoming, Harvard John M. Olin Discussion Paper No. 732, Harvard Public Law Working Paper No. 12-41
Number of pages: 101 Posted: 01 Oct 2012 Last Revised: 26 Oct 2012
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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litigation, law enforcement, adjudication, courts, motion to dismiss, summary judgment, screening, burden of proof

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Any Non-Welfarist Method of Policy Assessment Violates the Pareto Principle: Reply

Number of pages: 6 Posted: 09 Feb 2004
Louis Kaplow and Steven Shavell
Harvard Law School and Harvard Law School
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A Fundamental Objection to Tax Equity Norms: A Call for Utilitarianism

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A Fundamental Objection to Tax Equity Norms: A Call for Utilitarianism

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 12 Dec 1997
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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A Fundamental Objection to Tax Equity Norms: A Call for Utilitarianism

NBER Working Paper No. w4961
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 07 Jul 2000 Last Revised: 13 Feb 2023
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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Market Share Thresholds: On the Conflation of Empirical Assessments and Legal Policy Judgments

Harvard Law and Economics Discussion Paper No. 692
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 27 Jun 2011 Last Revised: 02 Jul 2011
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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Replacing the Structural Presumption

Harvard Law School John M. Olin Center Discussion Paper No. 1076 , Published in Antitrust Law Journal, Vol. 84, No. 2 (2022)
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 02 May 2022 Last Revised: 23 Jun 2022
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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Structural presumption, horizontal mergers, merger guidelines, market definition

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Discounting Dollars, Discounting Lives: Intergenerational Distributive Justice and Efficiency

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Discounting Dollars, Discounting Lives: Intergenerational Distributive Justice and Efficiency

University of Chicago Law Review, Forthcoming, Harvard Law and Economics Discussion Paper No. 550
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 31 Jul 2006
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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Discounting Dollars, Discounting Lives: Intergenerational Distributive Justice and Efficiency

NBER Working Paper No. w12239
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 25 May 2006 Last Revised: 12 Jun 2022
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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Horizontal Merger Analysis

Harvard Law School John M. Olin Center Discussion Paper No. 1049 (2020)
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 07 Feb 2021
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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Mergers, competition policy, antitrust, market definition, efficiencies, entry, unilateral effects, coordinated effects, general equilibrium

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All Individuals May Be Made Worse Off Under Any Nonwelfarist Principle

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 18 Mar 2002
Louis Kaplow and Steven Shavell
Harvard Law School and Harvard Law School
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Concavity of Utility, Concavity of Welfare, and Redistribution of Income

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Concavity of Utility, Concavity of Welfare, and Redistribution of Income

Number of pages: 18 Posted: 05 Nov 2003
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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Concavity of Utility, Concavity of Welfare, and Redistribution of Income

Number of pages: 18 Posted: 28 Sep 2003
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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Taxing Leisure Complements

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Taxing Leisure Complements

Harvard Law and Economics Discussion Paper No. 621
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 24 Nov 2008
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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income taxation, commodity taxation, optimal taxation, leisure complements

Taxing Leisure Complements

NBER Working Paper No. w14397
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 10 Oct 2008 Last Revised: 13 Oct 2008
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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Information and the Aim of Adjudication: Truth or Consequences?

Stanford Law Review (2015), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 04 Mar 2015
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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Adjudication, Legal System Design, Rules versus Standards, Precision of Legal Rules, Burden of Proof, Accuracy in Adjudication, Legal Procedure, Litigation

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On the Undesirability of Commodity Taxation Even When Income Taxation is Not Optimal

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On the Undesirability of Commodity Taxation Even When Income Taxation is Not Optimal

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 19 Oct 2004
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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On the Undesirability of Commodity Taxation Even When Income Taxation is Not Optimal

NBER Working Paper No. w10407
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 19 Apr 2004 Last Revised: 10 Dec 2022
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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Market Power and Income Taxation

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Market Power and Income Taxation

Harvard Law School John M. Olin Center Discussion Paper No. 994
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 31 Mar 2019
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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market power, income taxation, optimal taxation, redistribution, antitrust

Market Power and Income Taxation

NBER Working Paper No. w25578
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 26 Feb 2019 Last Revised: 22 May 2023
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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Likelihood Ratio Tests and Legal Decision Rules

Forthcoming; American Law and Economics Review
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 25 Jun 2013
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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Optimal Control of Externalities in the Presence of Income Taxation

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Optimal Control of Externalities in the Presence of Income Taxation

Harvard Law and Economics Discussion Paper No. 547
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 31 Jul 2006
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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Optimal Control of Externalities in the Presence of Income Taxation

NBER Working Paper No. w12339
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 14 Jul 2006 Last Revised: 02 Jan 2023
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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Entry and Merger Analysis

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 26 Jan 2023
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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entry, horizontal mergers

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Optimal Policy with Heterogeneous Preferences

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Optimal Policy with Heterogeneous Preferences

Harvard Law and Economics Discussion Paper No. 617
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 25 Jul 2008
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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heterogeous preferences, optimal income taxation, commodity taxation, externailities, public goods, social welfare

Optimal Policy with Heterogeneous Preferences

NBER Working Paper No. w14170
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 16 Jul 2008 Last Revised: 21 Sep 2022
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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On the (Ir)Relevance of Distribution and Labor Supply Distortion to Government Policy

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On the (Ir)Relevance of Distribution and Labor Supply Distortion to Government Policy

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 28 Oct 2004
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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On the (Ir)Relevence of Distribution and Labor Supply Distortion of Government Policy

NBER Working Paper No. w10490
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 27 May 2004 Last Revised: 01 Sep 2022
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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61.

Capital Levies and Transition to a Consumption Tax

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Capital Levies and Transition to a Consumption Tax

Harvard Law and Economics Discussion Paper No. 551
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 31 Jul 2006
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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Capital Levies and Transition to a Consumption Tax

NBER Working Paper No. w12259
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 01 Jun 2006 Last Revised: 01 Jan 2023
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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62.

Taxes, Permits, and Climate Change

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Taxes, Permits, and Climate Change

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 11 Aug 2010
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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Taxes, Permits, and Climate Change

NBER Working Paper No. w16268
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 16 Aug 2010 Last Revised: 15 Jun 2023
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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63.

Optimal Income Transfers

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Optimal Income Transfers

Harvard Law and Economics Discussion Paper No. 548
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 31 Jul 2006
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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Optimal Income Transfers

NBER Working Paper No. w12284
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 08 Jun 2006 Last Revised: 27 Jul 2022
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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64.

Myopia and the Effects of Social Security and Capital Taxation on Labor Supply

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Myopia and the Effects of Social Security and Capital Taxation on Labor Supply

Harvard Law and Economics Discussion Paper No. 555
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 24 Aug 2006
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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Myopia and the Effects of Social Security and Capital Taxation on Labor Supply

NBER Working Paper No. w12452
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 21 Aug 2006 Last Revised: 11 Jul 2022
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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65.

The Social Evaluation of Intergenerational Policies and its Application to Integrated Assessment Models of Climate Change

B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy, 2010, U of Chicago Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 565
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 26 Jul 2011 Last Revised: 29 Jul 2011
Louis Kaplow, Elisabeth J. Moyer and David A. Weisbach
Harvard Law School, University of Chicago - Department of the Geophysical Sciences and University of Chicago - Law School
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individual discount rate, social discount rate, intergenerational distribution, climate policy, integrated assessment models

66.

Utility from Accumulation

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Utility from Accumulation

Harvard Law and Economics Discussion Paper No. 654
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 20 Dec 2009
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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annuities, behavioral public finance, bequests, consumption, charitable giving, gifts, savings, wealth

Utility from Accumulation

NBER Working Paper No. w15595
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 22 Dec 2009 Last Revised: 11 Feb 2023
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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67.

Discount Rates, Social Judgments, Individuals’ Risk Preferences, and Uncertainty

Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, Vol. 42, pp. 125-143, 2011, U of Chicago Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 564
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 30 Jul 2011
Louis Kaplow and David A. Weisbach
Harvard Law School and University of Chicago - Law School
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Discount Rate, Risk Preferences, Policy Assessment Under Uncertainty, Climate Policy

68.

An Optimal Tax System

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An Optimal Tax System

Harvard Law and Economics Discussion Paper No. 701
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 08 Jul 2011
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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An Optimal Tax System

NBER Working Paper No. w17214
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 16 Jul 2011 Last Revised: 16 Jul 2023
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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69.

Who Will Vote Quadratically? Voter Turnout and Votes Cast Under Quadratic Voting

Forthcoming, Public Choice (2017) , Harvard Law School John M. Olin Center Discussion Paper No. 894
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 05 Dec 2016
Louis Kaplow and Scott Duke Kominers
Harvard Law School and Harvard University
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Voting; voter turnout; paradox of voting; quadratic voting; pivotality; elections

70.

On the Design of Legal Rules: Balancing Versus Structured Decision Procedures

Harvard Law Review, Vol. 132, 2019, John M. Olin Discussion Paper No. 996, Harvard Public Law Working Paper No. 19-15
Number of pages: 75 Posted: 07 Apr 2019 Last Revised: 11 Jul 2019
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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Legal rules, adjudication, information, balancing, less restrictive alternatives

71.

Optimal Law Enforcement with Self-Reporting of Behavior

NBER Working Paper No. w3822
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 19 Jun 2004 Last Revised: 12 Dec 2022
Louis Kaplow and Steven Shavell
Harvard Law School and Harvard Law School
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72.

Choosing Expensive Tastes

Harvard Law and Economics Discussion Paper No. 526
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 07 Nov 2005
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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73.

Optimal Design of Private Litigation

Harvard Law School John M. Olin Center Discussion Paper No. 928
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 17 Aug 2017
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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Litigation, law enforcement, courts, fee shifting, decoupling, filing fees, burden of

74.

Balancing Versus Structured Decision Procedures: Antitrust, Title VII Disparate Impact, and Constitutional Law Strict Scrutiny

Forthcoming, University of Pennsylvania Law Review, Vol. 167, 2019
Number of pages: 69 Posted: 17 Apr 2019
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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Legal rules, adjudication, information, balancing, rule of reason, mergers, disparate impact, Title VII, strict scrutiny, proportionality analysis

75.

Optimal Income Taxation and Charitable Giving

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Optimal Income Taxation and Charitable Giving

Forthcoming, Tax Policy and the Economy, Volume 38, Robert Moffitt, ed. (2024)
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 28 Oct 2023
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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optimal income taxation, charitable contributions, philanthropy

Optimal Income Taxation and Charitable Giving

NBER Working Paper No. w31752
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 09 Oct 2023
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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76.

A Unified Perspective on Efficiency, Redistribution, and Public Policy

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A Unified Perspective on Efficiency, Redistribution, and Public Policy

Harvard Law School John M. Olin Center Discussion Paper No. 1027, Harvard Public Law Working Paper No. 20-08
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 09 Feb 2020 Last Revised: 10 Jun 2020
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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Income taxation, optimal taxation, inequality, efficiency, redistribution, commodity taxation, public goods, externalities, tax expenditures, capital taxation, wealth taxation, estate and gift taxation, social insurance, transfer programs, welfarism, taxation of families

A Unified Perspective on Efficiency, Redistribution, and Public Policy

NBER Working Paper No. w26683
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 22 Jan 2020 Last Revised: 29 May 2023
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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77.

On the Representativeness of Voter Turnout

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On the Representativeness of Voter Turnout

Harvard Law School John M. Olin Center Discussion Paper No. 1030, 2020
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 08 Apr 2020
Louis Kaplow and Scott Duke Kominers
Harvard Law School and Harvard University
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Voting; Voter Turnout; Paradox of Voting; Pivotality; Elections

On the Representativeness of Voter Turnout

NBER Working Paper No. w26913
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 30 Mar 2020 Last Revised: 16 Jul 2023
Louis Kaplow and Scott Duke Kominers
Harvard Law School and Harvard University
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78.

Optimal Multistage Adjudication

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Optimal Multistage Adjudication

Forthcoming, Journal of Law, Economics, & Organization (2017), Harvard Law School John M. Olin Center Discussion Paper No. 904, Harvard Public Law Working Paper No. 17-11
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 24 Apr 2017 Last Revised: 19 May 2017
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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Litigation, law enforcement, adjudication, courts, screening, burden of proof, value of information, mechanism design

Optimal Multistage Adjudication

NBER Working Paper No. w23364
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 01 May 2017
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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79.

Accuracy in the Determination of Liability

NBER Working Paper No. w4203
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 28 Dec 2006 Last Revised: 28 Dec 2022
Louis Kaplow and Steven Shavell
Harvard Law School and Harvard Law School
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80.

Government Policy and Labor Supply with Myopic or Targeted Savings Decisions

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Government Policy and Labor Supply with Myopic or Targeted Savings Decisions

Forthcoming, Tax Policy and the Economy (J. Brown, ed., NBER 2015)
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 15 Jul 2015
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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Behavioral public finance, Capital Taxation, Income taxation, Labor supply, Myopia, Retirement plans, Satisficing, Savings, Social security

Government Policy and Labor Supply with Myopic or Targeted Savings Decisions

NBER Working Paper No. w21109
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 20 Apr 2015 Last Revised: 06 Mar 2023
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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81.

Accuracy in the Assessment of Damages

NBER Working Paper No. w4287
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 28 Dec 2006 Last Revised: 19 Sep 2022
Louis Kaplow and Steven Shavell
Harvard Law School and Harvard Law School
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82.

Optimal Sanctions When Individuals are Imperfectly Informed About the Probability of Apprehension

NBER Working Paper No. w4079
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 27 Sep 2001 Last Revised: 26 Aug 2022
Lucian A. Bebchuk and Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School and Harvard Law School
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83.

Recoupment and Predatory Pricing Analysis

Journal of Legal Analysis (2018)
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 04 Dec 2018
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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Predatory Pricing, Recoupment, Antitrust, Competition Policy

84.

Optimal Taxation with Costly Enforcement and Evasion

NBER Working Paper No. w2996
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 07 Nov 2007 Last Revised: 11 Mar 2022
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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85.

Any Non-Individualistic Social Welfare Function Violates the Pareto Principle

NBER Working Paper No. w7051
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 18 Apr 2000 Last Revised: 09 Oct 2022
Louis Kaplow and Steven Shavell
Harvard Law School and Harvard Law School
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86.

How Tax Complexity and Enforcement Affect the Equity and Efficiency of the Income Tax

NBER Working Paper No. w5391
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 06 Sep 2000 Last Revised: 13 Feb 2023
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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87.

A Distribution-Neutral Perspective on Tax Expenditure Limitations

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A Distribution-Neutral Perspective on Tax Expenditure Limitations

Tax Policy and the Economy, Vol. 31, Robert Moffitt, ed., Forthcoming , John M. Olin Center for Law, Economics, and Business Discussion Paper No. 885
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 07 Oct 2016
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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Tax Expenditures, Distribution-Neutral, Progressivity, Marginal Tax Rates, Optimal Taxation, Tax Reform, Distribution

A Distribution-Neutral Perspective on Tax Expenditure Limitations

NBER Working Paper No. w22733
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 17 Oct 2016 Last Revised: 12 Feb 2023
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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88.

Horizontal Equity: Measures in Search of a Principle

NBER Working Paper No. w1679
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 26 May 2004 Last Revised: 13 Feb 2023
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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89.

Optimal Regulation with Exemptions

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Optimal Regulation with Exemptions

Harvard Law School John M. Olin Center Discussion Paper No. 934, Harvard Public Law Working Paper No. 17-50
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 07 Oct 2017
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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Regulation, exemption, corrective taxation, cost-benefit analysis, externalities, small business

Optimal Regulation with Exemptions

NBER Working Paper No. w23887
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 02 Oct 2017 Last Revised: 09 Apr 2023
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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90.

Competition Policy in a Simple General Equilibrium Model

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Competition Policy in a Simple General Equilibrium Model

Harvard Law School John M. Olin Center Discussion Paper No. 1054
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 22 Mar 2021
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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Competition policy, antitrust, general equilibrium, entry, exit, efficiencies, second best

Competition Policy in a Simple General Equilibrium Model

NBER Working Paper No. w28482
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 22 Feb 2021 Last Revised: 29 Apr 2023
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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91.

The Optimal Probability and Magnitude of Fines for Acts that Definitely are Undesirable

NBER Working Paper No. w3008
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 16 Jul 2004 Last Revised: 22 Sep 2022
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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92.

Accuracy, Complexity, and the Income Tax

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Accuracy, Complexity, and the Income Tax

NBER Working Paper No. w4631
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 26 Dec 2000 Last Revised: 27 Feb 2022
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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Accuracy, Complexity, and the Income Tax

Journal of Law, Economics, & Organization, Vol. 14, No. 1, Spring 1998
Posted: 13 Jan 1998
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School

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93.

Taxation and Risk Taking: A General Equilibrium Perspective

NBER Working Paper No. w3709
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 24 Aug 2010 Last Revised: 13 Feb 2023
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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94.

A Model of the Optimal Complexity of Rules

NBER Working Paper No. w3958
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 27 Dec 2006 Last Revised: 27 Oct 2022
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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95.

The Efficiency of the Legal System Versus the Income Tax in Redistributing Income

NBER Working Paper No. w4457
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 23 May 2001 Last Revised: 07 Sep 2022
Louis Kaplow and Steven Shavell
Harvard Law School and Harvard Law School
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96.

Human Capital and the Income Tax

NBER Working Paper No. w4299
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 04 Apr 2011 Last Revised: 02 Oct 2022
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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97.

Incentives and Government Relief for Risk

NBER Working Paper No. w3007
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 14 Apr 2007 Last Revised: 21 Sep 2022
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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98.

A Note on Subsidizing Gifts

NBER Working Paper No. w4868
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 08 Jul 2000 Last Revised: 26 Oct 2022
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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99.

Optimal Sanctions When the Probability of Apprehension Varies Among Individuals

NBER Working Paper No. w4078
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 10 Jul 2007 Last Revised: 25 Aug 2022
Lucian A. Bebchuk and Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School and Harvard Law School
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100.

Optimal Income Taxation

NBER Working Paper No. w30199
Number of pages: 104 Posted: 04 Jul 2022 Last Revised: 08 Jul 2023
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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101.

Private Versus Socially Optimal Provision of Ex Ante Legal Advice

NBER Working Paper No. w3868
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 10 Jul 2007 Last Revised: 29 Jul 2022
Louis Kaplow and Steven Shavell
Harvard Law School and Harvard Law School
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102.

Optimal Insurance Contracts When Establishing the Amount of Losses is Costly

NBER Working Paper No. w4290
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 10 Jul 2007 Last Revised: 23 Sep 2022
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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103.

The Income Tax as Insurance: The Casualty Loss and Medical Expense Deductions and the Exclusion of the Medical Insurance Premiums

NBER Working Paper No. w3723
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 13 Sep 2010 Last Revised: 06 Mar 2022
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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104.

Regional Cost-of-Living Adjustments in Tax-Transfer Schemes

NBER Working Paper No. w5008
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 12 Jul 2000 Last Revised: 10 Mar 2022
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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105.

Legal Advice About Acts Already Commited

NBER Working Paper No. w3005
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 14 Apr 2007 Last Revised: 20 Mar 2022
Louis Kaplow and Steven Shavell
Harvard Law School and Harvard Law School
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106.

On the Taxation of Private Transfers

NBER Working Paper No. w15818
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 22 Mar 2010 Last Revised: 23 Mar 2023
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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107.

Should the Government's Allocation Branch Be Concerned About the Distortionary Cost of Taxation and Distributive Effects?

NBER Working Paper No. w4566
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 24 Jul 2007 Last Revised: 25 Dec 2022
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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108.

Government Relief for Risk Associated with Government Action

NBER Working Paper No. w3006
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 14 Apr 2007 Last Revised: 19 Sep 2022
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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109.

Transfer Motives and Tax Policy

NBER Working Paper No. w6340
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 11 Jun 2000 Last Revised: 30 Oct 2022
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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110.

Optimal Distribution and Taxation of the Family

NBER Working Paper No. w4189
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 14 Dec 2010 Last Revised: 14 Dec 2022
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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111.

A Note on Taxation as Social Insurance for Uncertain Labor Income

NBER Working Paper No. w3708
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 24 Aug 2010 Last Revised: 21 Aug 2022
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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112.

Shifting Plaintiffs' Fees Versus Increasing Damage Awards

NBER Working Paper No. w4263
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 24 Jul 2007 Last Revised: 27 Aug 2022
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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113.

Targeted Savings and Labor Supply

NBER Working Paper No. w15656
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 18 Jan 2010 Last Revised: 13 Apr 2023
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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114.

Horizonal Merger Analysis

NBER Working Paper No. w28189
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 12 Jan 2021 Last Revised: 10 Jul 2023
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School
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115.

Markets, Networks, and the Rise of Chrysler in Old Detroit, 1920-1940

American Law and Economics Review, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 63-77, 1999
Posted: 29 Feb 2008
Louis Kaplow and Steven Shavell
Harvard Law School and Harvard Law School

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116.

Moral Rules, the Moral Sentiments, and Behavior: Toward a Theory of an Optimal Moral System

Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 115, No. 3, 2007, Harvard Public Law Working Paper No. 08-01
Posted: 20 Dec 2007 Last Revised: 11 Jan 2008
Louis Kaplow and Steven Shavell
Harvard Law School and Harvard Law School

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117.

Any Non-Welfarist Method of Policy Assessment Violates the Pareto Principle

Posted: 20 Apr 1999
Louis Kaplow and Steven Shavell
Harvard Law School and Harvard Law School

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118.

A Model of the Optimal Complexity of Legal Rules

JOURNAL OF LAW, ECONOMICS, AND ORGANIZATION, Vol 11 No 1, Spring 1995
Posted: 29 Aug 1998
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School

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119.

A Note on the Optimal Supply of Public Goods and the Distortionary Cost of Taxation

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A Note on the Optimal Supply of Public Goods and the Distortionary Cost of Taxation

National Tax Journal, March 1998
Posted: 24 Sep 1998
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School

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A Note on the Optimal Supply of Public Goods and the Distortionary Cost of Taxation

John M. Olin Center for Law, Economics, and Business, Harvard Law School, Discussion Paper No. 230
Posted: 21 Aug 1998
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School

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120.

Concentration in the Israeli Economy and Bank Investment in Nonfinancial Companies

Posted: 05 Sep 1997
Lucian A. Bebchuk, Louis Kaplow and Jesse M. Fried
Harvard Law School, Harvard Law School and Harvard Law School

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121.

The Income Tax Versus the Consumption Tax and the Tax Treatment of Human Capital

Tax Law Review, Vol. 51, No. 1,1997
Posted: 22 Jan 1997
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School

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122.

Accuracy in Adjudication

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Accuracy in Adjudication

'The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics and the Law'.
Posted: 14 Feb 1997
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School

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Accuracy in Adjudication

John M. Olin Center for Law, Economics, and Business, Harvard Law School, Discussion Paper No. 198
Posted: 07 Jan 1997
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School

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123.

On the Divergence between 'Ideal' and Conventional Income Tax Treatment of Human Capital

AMERICAN ECONOMIC REVIEW, May 1996.
Posted: 02 Dec 1996
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School

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124.

General Characteristics of Rules

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General Characteristics of Rules

Encyclopedia of Law and Economics, 1997
Posted: 14 Mar 1997
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School

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General Characteristics of Rules

John M. Olin Center for Law, Economics, and Business, Harvard Law School, Discussion Paper No. 191
Posted: 30 Nov 1996
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School

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125.

Optimal Distribution and the Family

Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 1996.
Posted: 21 Oct 1996
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School

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126.

The Optimal Supply of Public Goods and the Distortionary Cost of Taxation

Posted: 15 Oct 1996
Louis Kaplow
Harvard Law School

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