Scott Baker

Washington University in St. Louis - School of Law

Professor

Campus Box 1120

St. Louis, MO 63130

United States

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1.

Contract's Role in Relational Contract

101:3 Virginia Law Review 559 (2015), Virginia Law and Economics Research Paper No. 2014-01, Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2014-04
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 03 Jan 2014 Last Revised: 08 Jun 2021
Scott Baker and Albert H. Choi
Washington University in St. Louis - School of Law and University of Michigan Law School
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Reputation and Litigation: Why Costly Legal Sanctions Can Work Better than Reputational Sanctions

47:1 Journal of Legal Studies 45 (2018), Virginia Law and Economics Research Paper No. 2013-02, Washington University in St. Louis Legal Studies Research Paper No. 13-03-01
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 02 Jan 2013 Last Revised: 08 Jun 2021
Scott Baker and Albert H. Choi
Washington University in St. Louis - School of Law and University of Michigan Law School
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Strategic Disclosure in the Patent System

U Chicago Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 107
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 10 Nov 2000
Douglas Lichtman, Scott Baker and Kate Kraus
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Law, Washington University in St. Louis - School of Law and Irell & Manella LLP
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patent law, disclosure, prior art, information economics

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The Economics of Limited Liability: An Empirical Study of New York Law Firms

Number of pages: 89 Posted: 15 Dec 2004
Scott Baker and Kimberly D. Krawiec
Washington University in St. Louis - School of Law and University of Virginia School of Law
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partnerships, law firms, limited liability, empirical

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The Rat Race as an Information Forcing Device

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 20 Jan 2005
Scott Baker, Stephen J. Choi and Mitu Gulati
Washington University in St. Louis - School of Law, New York University School of Law and University of Virginia School of Law
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Information forcing, law firms, tenure, judicial tournaments, US news, rankings, promotion

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Incomplete Contracts in a Complete Contract World

Florida State University Law Review, Forthcoming, UNC Legal Studies Research Paper No. 899160
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 27 Apr 2006
Scott Baker and Kimberly D. Krawiec
Washington University in St. Louis - School of Law and University of Virginia School of Law
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incomplete contracts, relationship-specific investment, default rules, theory of the firm

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Rational Gridlock

Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2024-47 , Virginia Law and Economics Research Paper No. 2024-23, Washington University in St. Louis Legal Studies Research Paper Forthcoming
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 10 Jun 2024 Last Revised: 05 Feb 2025
Scott Baker and Michael D. Gilbert
Washington University in St. Louis - School of Law and University of Virginia School of Law
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pivotal politics, legislative design, constraining advocates, gridlock, agenda setting, purposeful polarization, bicameralism, separation of powers, checks and balances

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Harmful, Harmless, and Beneficial Uncertainty in Law

Journal of Legal Studies, June 2017, Columbia Law and Economics Working Paper No. 565, Washington University in St. Louis Legal Studies Research Paper No. 17-05-01
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 15 May 2017 Last Revised: 23 Dec 2017
Scott Baker and Alex Raskolnikov
Washington University in St. Louis - School of Law and Columbia University - Law School
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Legal Uncertainty, Rules and Standards, Targeted Enforcement, Graduated Sanctions

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Economic Uncertainty Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Economic Uncertainty Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic

University of Chicago, Becker Friedman Institute for Economics Working Paper No. 2020-88
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 01 Jul 2020
David Altig, David Altig, Scott Baker, Jose Maria Barrero, Nicholas Bloom, Philip Bunn, Scarlet Chen, Steven J. Davis, Brent Meyer, Emil Mihaylov, Paul Mizen, Nicholas Parker, Thomas Renault, Pawel Smietanka and Gregory Thwaites
Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of AtlantaFederal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Washington University in St. Louis - School of Law, ITAM - Business School, Stanford University - Department of Economics, Bank of England, Stanford University, University of Chicago, Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, University of Nottingham, Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne - Centre d'Economie de la Sorbonne (CES), Bank of England and Bank of England - Monetary Analysis
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forward-looking uncertainty measures, volatility, COVID-19, coronavirus

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The Penalty Default Canon

Number of pages: 87 Posted: 12 Jan 2004
Scott Baker and Kimberly D. Krawiec
Washington University in St. Louis - School of Law and University of Virginia School of Law
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default rules, penalty default, nondelegation doctrine, statutory interpreation, incomplete contracts

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Should We Pay Federal Circuit Judges More?

UNC Legal Studies Research Paper No. 998395
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 05 Jul 2007 Last Revised: 10 Jan 2011
Scott Baker
Washington University in St. Louis - School of Law
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judicial pay

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Deterrence, Lawsuits, and Litigation Outcomes Under Court Errors

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Deterrence, Lawsuits, and Litigation Outcomes Under Court Errors

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 10 Sep 2004
Claudia M. Landeo, Maxim Nikitin and Scott Baker
University of Alberta - Department of Economics, Higher School of Economics and Washington University in St. Louis - School of Law
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Deterrence, punitive damage awards, bargaining, asymmetric information, court errors

Deterrence, Lawsuits, and Litigation Outcomes Under Court Errors

Journal of Law, Economics, & Organization, Vol. 23, No. 1, Spring 2007
Posted: 03 May 2006
Claudia M. Landeo, Maxim Nikitin and Scott Baker
University of Alberta - Department of Economics, Higher School of Economics and Washington University in St. Louis - School of Law

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Deterrence, Punitive Damage Awards, Bargaining, Asymmetric Information, Court Errors

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A Theory of Rational Jurisprudence

Washington University in St. Louis Legal Studies Research Paper No. 10-10-07
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 26 Oct 2010
Scott Baker and Claudio Mezzetti
Washington University in St. Louis - School of Law and University of Warwick - Faculty of Social Studies
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Law and Economics, Incompleteness of Law, Judge-Made Law

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Fall from Grace or Business as Usual? A Retrospective Look at Lawyers on Wall Street and Main Street

Law and Social Inquiry, Forthcoming, UNC Legal Studies Research Paper No. 05-17
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 23 Jul 2005
John M. Conley and Scott Baker
University of North Carolina School of Law and Washington University in St. Louis - School of Law
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A Risk-Based Approach to Mandatory Arbitration

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 19 Nov 2004
Scott Baker
Washington University in St. Louis - School of Law
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mandatory arbitration, pre-dispute arbitration, employment discrimination

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A Dynamic Model of Doctrinal Choice

Washington University in St. Louis Legal Studies Research Paper No. 12-01-04
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 12 Jan 2012
Scott Baker and Pauline Kim
Washington University in St. Louis - School of Law and Washington University in St. Louis - School of Law
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Rules and Standards, Judicial Politics, Legal Doctrine, Repeated Games

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Can the Courts Rescue Us from the Patent Crisis?

Texas Law Review, Vol. 88, No. 593, 2010, Washington U. School of Law Working Paper No. 10-03-05
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 12 Mar 2010
Scott Baker
Washington University in St. Louis - School of Law
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Intellectual Property Disclosure as 'Threat'

UNC Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1012152
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 08 Sep 2007
Scott Baker, Pak Yee Lee and Claudio Mezzetti
Washington University in St. Louis - School of Law, University of Leicester - Department of Economics and University of Leicester - Department of Economics
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intellectual property, disclosure, repeated games, self-enforcement

19.

Reasonableness

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 08 Jun 2023
Scott Baker and Giri Parameswaran
Washington University in St. Louis - School of Law and Haverford College - Department of Economics
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Reasonable Person, Asymmetric Information, Coordination, Task-specialization.

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Does Accuracy Improve the Information Value of Trials?

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Does Accuracy Improve the Information Value of Trials?

U of Chicago Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 579, U of Chicago, Public Law Working Paper No. 366, Washington University in St. Louis Legal Studies Research Paper No. 11-05-01
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 18 Oct 2011 Last Revised: 25 Oct 2011
Scott Baker and Anup Malani
Washington University in St. Louis - School of Law and University of Chicago - Law School
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Does Accuracy Improve the Information Value of Trials?

NBER Working Paper No. w17036
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 16 May 2011 Last Revised: 21 Jul 2023
Anup Malani and Scott Baker
University of Chicago - Law School and Washington University in St. Louis - School of Law
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Optimal Patent Jurisprudence

TILEC Discussion Paper No. 2009-006
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 09 Mar 2009 Last Revised: 10 Jan 2011
Scott Baker and Claudio Mezzetti
Washington University in St. Louis - School of Law and University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill - Department of Economics
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judicial learning, optimal patent policy, patents, policy, predictability

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Delegation Without Commitment: Soft Authority, Red Flags and the Reputational Motivations of Civil Servants

Washington University in St. Louis Legal Studies Research Paper No. 17-06-03
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 01 Jul 2017 Last Revised: 18 Aug 2017
Scott Baker and Lewis A. Kornhauser
Washington University in St. Louis - School of Law and New York University School of Law
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Delegation, Judicial Hierarchy, Judicial Reputation, Structure of Courts

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A Theory of Claim Resolution

Washington University in St. Louis Legal Studies Research Paper No. 20-07-04
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 23 Jul 2020 Last Revised: 17 Aug 2021
Scott Baker and Lewis A. Kornhauser
Washington University in St. Louis - School of Law and New York University School of Law
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Prosecutorial Resources, Plea Bargaining, and the Decision to Go to Trial

Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, Vol. 17, No. 1, pp. 149-167, 2001
Posted: 18 Dec 2000
Scott Baker and Claudio Mezzetti
Washington University in St. Louis - School of Law and University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill - Department of Economics

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