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Howard F. Chang

University of Pennsylvania Law School

Professor of Law

3501 Sansom Street

Philadelphia, PA 19104

United States

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1.

A Liberal Theory of Social Welfare: Fairness, Utility, and the Pareto Principle

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Citation 13

A Liberal Theory of Social Welfare: Fairness, Utility, and the Pareto Principle

University of Pennsylvania Law School, Institute for Law and Economics, Working Paper No. 272
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 18 Dec 1999
Howard F. Chang
University of Pennsylvania Law School
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Citation 13

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A Liberal Theory of Social Welfare: Fairness, Utility, and the Pareto Principle

Yale Law Journal, Vol. 110, pp. 173-235, November 2000
Posted: 05 Oct 2000
Howard F. Chang
University of Pennsylvania Law School

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Migration as International Trade: The Economic Gains from the Liberalized Movement of Labor

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Migration as International Trade: The Economic Gains from the Liberalized Movement of Labor

Stanford Law School, John M. Olin Program in Law and Economics Working Paper No. 166; and Univ. of Pennsylvania Law School, ILE Working Paper No. 278
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 05 Oct 1999
Howard F. Chang
University of Pennsylvania Law School
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Migration as International Trade: The Economic Gains from the Liberalized Movement of Labor

U.C.L.A. Journal of International Law and Foreign Affairs, Vol. 3, P. 371, Fall/Winter 1998-99
Posted: 09 Jul 1998
Howard F. Chang
University of Pennsylvania Law School

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The Economic Impact of International Labor Migration: Recent Estimates and Policy Implications

Temple Political & Civil Rights Law Review, Vol. 16, p. 321, 2007, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 06-26, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Working Paper No. 06-44
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 22 Nov 2006 Last Revised: 23 Sep 2009
Howard F. Chang
University of Pennsylvania Law School
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Citation 1

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Immigration Law, Labor Economics, Economics, International Trade

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The Immigration Paradox: Poverty, Distributive Justice, and Liberal Egalitarianism

DePaul Law Review, Vol. 52, No. 759, 2003
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 13 Jun 2003
Howard F. Chang
University of Pennsylvania Law School
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Citation 1

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Immigration, discrimination

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Incentives to Settle Under Joint and Several Liability: An Empirical Analysis of Superfund Litigation

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Citation 11

Incentives to Settle Under Joint and Several Liability: An Empirical Analysis of Superfund Litigation

Stanford Law School, Olin Law & Economics Paper No. 169; U of Penn Law School, Law & Economics Paper No. 262; USC Law School, Olin Paper No. 99-1
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 03 May 1999
Howard F. Chang and Hilary Sigman
University of Pennsylvania Law School and Rutgers University - Department of Economics
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Incentives to Settle Under Joint and Several Liability: An Empirical Analysis of Superfund Litigation

Journal of Legal Studies, Vol. 29, No. 205, January 2000
Posted: 22 Sep 1999
Howard F. Chang and Hilary Sigman
University of Pennsylvania Law School and Rutgers University - Department of Economics

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Immigration Restrictions as Employment Discrimination

Chicago-Kent Law Review, Vol. 78, 2002
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 07 Dec 2002
Howard F. Chang
University of Pennsylvania Law School
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Citation 1

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discrimination, immigration, employment, labor law

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Bargaining and the Division of Value in Corporate Reorganization

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Citation 28

Bargaining and the Division of Value in Corporate Reorganization

Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, Vol. 8, pp. 253-279, 1992, Harvard Law and Economics Discussion Paper No. 80
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 21 Nov 2003 Last Revised: 07 May 2009
Lucian A. Bebchuk and Howard F. Chang
Harvard Law School and University of Pennsylvania Law School
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Citation 28

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Bargaining and the Division of Value in Corporate Reorganization

NBER Working Paper No. t0097
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 29 Dec 2006
Lucian A. Bebchuk and Howard F. Chang
Harvard Law School and University of Pennsylvania Law School
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Citation 28

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The Economics of International Labor Migration and the Case for Global Distributive Justice in Liberal Political Theory

Cornell International Law Journal, Vol. 41, p. 1, 2008, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 07-08, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 07-21
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 15 May 2007 Last Revised: 22 Sep 2009
Howard F. Chang
University of Pennsylvania Law School
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Law & Economics, Law & Philosophy, Jurisprudence, Law & Social Sciences, Law & the Global Community, Immigration Law, Moral & Political Philosophy, Economics

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The Immigration Paradox: Alien Workers and Distributive Justice

CITIZENSHIP, BORDERS, AND HUMAN NEEDS, Rogers M. Smith, ed., Forthcoming, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 08-32, U of Penn, Inst. for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 08-15
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 25 Jul 2008 Last Revised: 14 Jul 2010
Howard F. Chang
University of Pennsylvania Law School
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Immigration Law, Law and Equality, Moral and Political Philosophy, Politics, Race Relations, Social Science and the Law, Economics

10.

Non-Welfarist Paretian Methods of Policy Assessment

U of Penn, Inst. for Law & Econ Research Paper 01-18; U of Penn Law School, Pub. Law Research Paper No. 01; NYU, Public Law Research Paper No. 32
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 31 Oct 2001
Howard F. Chang
University of Pennsylvania Law School
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Liberal Ideals and Political Feasibility: Guest-Worker Programs as Second-Best Policies

North Carolina Journal of International Law and Commercial Regulation, Vol. 27, No. 3, 2002
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 23 May 2002
Howard F. Chang
University of Pennsylvania Law School
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Risk Regulation, Endogenous Public Concerns, and the Hormones Dispute: Nothing to Fear But Fear Itself?

Southern California Law Review, Vol. 77, pp. 743, 2004, U of Penn. Law School, Public Law Working Paper 39, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 03-25
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 03 Sep 2003 Last Revised: 18 Jun 2009
Howard F. Chang
University of Pennsylvania Law School
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The Effect of Joint and Several Liability Under Superfund on Brownfields

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Citation 3

The Effect of Joint and Several Liability Under Superfund on Brownfields

U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 05-21, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Working Paper No. 06-18, International Review of Law and Economics, Vol. 27, 2007
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 20 Sep 2005
Howard F. Chang and Hilary Sigman
University of Pennsylvania Law School and Rutgers University - Department of Economics
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Citation 3

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environmental law and policy, environmental economics, Superfund liability, torts, real estate

The Effect of Joint and Several Liability Under Superfund on Brownfields

NBER Working Paper No. w11667
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 14 Jul 2006
Howard F. Chang and Hilary Sigman
University of Pennsylvania Law School and Rutgers University - Department of Economics
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The Effect of offer-of-Settlement Rules on the Terms of Settlement

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Citation 7

The Effect of offer-of-Settlement Rules on the Terms of Settlement

Journal of Legal Studies, Vol. 28, pp. 489-513, 1999, Stanford Law and Economics Olin Working Paper No. 164
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 13 May 1998 Last Revised: 07 May 2009
Lucian A. Bebchuk and Howard F. Chang
Harvard Law School and University of Pennsylvania Law School
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Citation 7

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The Effect of offer-of-Settlement Rules on the Terms of Settlement

NBER Working Paper No. w6509
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 23 Jun 2000
Lucian A. Bebchuk and Howard F. Chang
Harvard Law School and University of Pennsylvania Law School
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Citation 7

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Cultural Communities in a Global Labor Market: Immigration Restrictions as Residential Segregation

University of Chicago Legal Forum, Vol. 2007, p. 93, University of Pennsylvania, Institute for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 05-14, University of Pennsylvania Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 07-06
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 28 Jul 2005 Last Revised: 22 Sep 2009
Howard F. Chang
University of Pennsylvania Law School
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immigration law, moral and political philosophy, economics, race relations

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Immigration Restriction as Redistributive Taxation: Working Women and the Costs of Protectionism in the Labor Market

Journal of Law, Economics and Policy, Vol. 5, p. 1, 2009, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 08-13, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 08-22
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 10 Jun 2008 Last Revised: 28 Oct 2009
Howard F. Chang
University of Pennsylvania Law School
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Immigration Law, Labor Economics, Feminism, Women, Gender Studies, Income Taxation, Law and Equality, Race Relations, Economics, International Trade

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An Empirical Analysis of Cost Recovery in Superfund Cases: Implications for Brownfields and Joint and Several Liability

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Citation 1

An Empirical Analysis of Cost Recovery in Superfund Cases: Implications for Brownfields and Joint and Several Liability

Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, Vol. 11, P. 447, 2014, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 10-12, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 10-23
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 17 Jul 2010 Last Revised: 12 Dec 2014
Howard F. Chang and Hilary Sigman
University of Pennsylvania Law School and Rutgers University - Department of Economics
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Citation 1

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Environmental Law, Torts, Litigation and Settlement, Real Estate, Economics

An Empirical Analysis of Cost Recovery in Superfund Cases: Implications for Brownfields and Joint and Several Liability

NBER Working Paper No. w16209
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 26 Jul 2010
Howard F. Chang and Hilary Sigman
University of Pennsylvania Law School and Rutgers University - Department of Economics
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Citation 1

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An Empirical Analysis of Cost Recovery in Superfund Cases: Implications for Brownfields and Joint and Several Liability

Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, Vol. 11, Issue 3, pp. 477-504, 2014
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 26 Jul 2014
Howard F. Chang and Hilary Sigman
University of Pennsylvania Law School and Rutgers University - Department of Economics
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Public Benefits and Federal Authorization for Alienage Discrimination by the States

New York University Annual Survey of American Law, Vol. 58, 2002
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 20 May 2002
Howard F. Chang
University of Pennsylvania Law School
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The Effect of Allowing Pollution Offsets with Imperfect Enforcement

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Citation 2

The Effect of Allowing Pollution Offsets with Imperfect Enforcement

University of Pennsylvania Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper No. 10-18
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 11 Sep 2010
Hilary Sigman and Howard F. Chang
Rutgers University - Department of Economics and University of Pennsylvania Law School
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Citation 2

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Environmental Law and Economics, Climate Change, Emission Trading System

The Effect of Allowing Pollution Offsets with Imperfect Enforcement

NBER Working Paper No. w16860
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 07 Mar 2011
Hilary Sigman and Howard F. Chang
Rutgers University - Department of Economics and University of Pennsylvania Law School
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Endogenous Decentralization in Federal Environmental Policies

International Review of Law and Economics, Vol. 37, P. 39, 2014, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 12-25
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 12 Jul 2012 Last Revised: 14 Feb 2015
Howard F. Chang, Hilary Sigman and Leah Goldman Traub
University of Pennsylvania Law School, Rutgers University - Department of Economics and Lord Abbett
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Cooperative federalism, political economy, environmental law and regulation, economics, intergovernmental relations, federalism, government policy, air pollution, hazardous waste, empirical research, administrative law, primacy, authorization, decentralization, pollution control

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An Analysis of Fee-Shifting Based on the Margin of Victory: On Frivoloussuits, Meritorious Suits and the Role of Rule 11

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An Analysis of Fee-Shifting Based on the Margin of Victory: On Frivoloussuits, Meritorious Suits and the Role of Rule 11

NBER Working Paper No. w4731
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 24 Nov 2000
Lucian A. Bebchuk and Howard F. Chang
Harvard Law School and University of Pennsylvania Law School
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An Analysis of Fee-Shifting Based on the Margin of Victory: On Frivolous Suits, Meritorious Suits, and the Role of Rule 11

Journal of Legal Studies, Vol. 25, No. 2, pp. 371-403, 1996, Harvard Law and Economics Discussion Paper No. 135, 1993
Posted: 16 Oct 2000 Last Revised: 24 May 2009
Lucian A. Bebchuk and Howard F. Chang
Harvard Law School and University of Pennsylvania Law School

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An Analysis of Fee-Shifting Based on the Margin of Victory: On Frivolous Suits, Meritorious Suits, and the Role of Rule 11

University of Southern California Law Center Working Paper 94-3
Posted: 07 Jul 1999
Lucian A. Bebchuk and Howard F. Chang
Harvard Law School and University of Pennsylvania Law School

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Incentives to Settle Under Joint and Several Liability

NBER Working Paper No. w7096
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 07 Sep 2000
Howard F. Chang and Hilary Sigman
University of Pennsylvania Law School and Rutgers University - Department of Economics
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Patent Scope, Antitrust Policy, and Cumulative Innovation

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Patent Scope, Antitrust Policy, and Cumulative Innovation

RAND Journal of Economics, Vol. 26, No. 1, P. 34, Spring 1995
Posted: 16 Oct 2000
Howard F. Chang
University of Pennsylvania Law School

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Patent Scope, Antitrust Policy, and Cumulative Innovation

USC Working Paper No 94-5
Posted: 10 Sep 1999
Howard F. Chang
University of Pennsylvania Law School

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Liberalized Immigration as Free Trade: Economic Welfare and the Optimal Immigration Policy

University of Pennsylvania Law Review, Vol. 145, No. 5, May 1997
Posted: 15 May 1998
Howard F. Chang
University of Pennsylvania Law School

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An Economic Analysis of Trade Measures to Protect the Global Environment

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An Economic Analysis of Trade Measures to Protect the Global Environment

University of Southern California Law Center Working Paper No 94-4
Posted: 14 May 1998
Howard F. Chang
University of Pennsylvania Law School

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An Economic Analysis of Trade Measures to Protect the Global Environment

Georgetown Law Journal, Vol. 83, No. 6, p. 2131, July 1995
Posted: 31 Aug 2001
Howard F. Chang
University of Pennsylvania Law School

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Carrots, Sticks, and International Externalities

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Carrots, Sticks, and International Externalities

USC Law Center Working Paper No. 96-2
Posted: 15 Sep 1996
Howard F. Chang
University of Pennsylvania Law School

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Carrots, Sticks, and International Externalities

International Review of Law and Economics, Vol. 17, No. 3, Pp. 309, Sept. 1997
Posted: 17 Jan 2001
Howard F. Chang
University of Pennsylvania Law School

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Immigration as International Trade: Optimal Tariffs and Quotas

USC Law Center Working Paper 96-3
Posted: 01 Sep 1996
Howard F. Chang
University of Pennsylvania Law School

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