Philip A. Curry

University of Waterloo

Associate Professor

Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1

Canada

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1.

No-Fault Divorce and the Division of Marital Assets

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 28 Sep 2005
Philip A. Curry
University of Waterloo
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no-fault divorce, property division laws, efficiency

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Creating Failures in the Market for Tax Planning

Virginia Tax Review, Forthcoming, Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper No. 07-07
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 05 Apr 2007
Philip A. Curry, Claire A. Hill and Francesco Parisi
University of Waterloo, University of Minnesota Law School and University of Minnesota - Law School
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tax planning, tax enforcement policy, dissipation

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Tax Avoidance and the Optimal Design of Tax Law

Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper No. 09-16
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 16 Apr 2009 Last Revised: 27 Sep 2014
Philip A. Curry, Claire A. Hill and Francesco Parisi
University of Waterloo, University of Minnesota Law School and University of Minnesota - Law School
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optimal taxation, tax avoidance, public goods, patents, market failure

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Rock Concert Pricing and Anti-Scalping Laws: Selling to an Input

Number of pages: 13 Posted: 28 Sep 2005
Philip A. Curry and Lutz-Alexander Busch
University of Waterloo and University of Waterloo - Department of Economics
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equilibrium excess demand, pricing

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Statistical Discrimination in the Criminal Justice System: The Case for Fines Instead of Jail

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 02 May 2007
Philip A. Curry and Tilman Klumpp
University of Waterloo and University of Alberta, Department of Economics
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Statistical discrimination, criminal justice, prejudice, deterrence, fines, imprisonment

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Social Welfare and the Benefits to Crime

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 18 Jan 2012 Last Revised: 18 Jul 2012
Philip A. Curry and Matthew Doyle
University of Waterloo and University of Waterloo
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economics of crime, social welfare

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What is a Gang and Why Does the Law Care?

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 08 Oct 2008
Philip A. Curry and Steeve Mongrain
University of Waterloo and Simon Fraser University (SFU) - Department of Economics
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Crime, Criminal Organization, Enforcement

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What You Don't See Can't Hurt You: An Economic Analysis of Morality Laws

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 07 Nov 2004
Philip A. Curry and Steeve Mongrain
University of Waterloo and Simon Fraser University (SFU) - Department of Economics
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Crime, externality, law and economics, morality, enforcement

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Evolutionary Stability of Kantian Optimization

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 19 Jul 2012
Philip A. Curry and John E. Roemer
University of Waterloo and Yale University - Department of Political Science
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Kantian equilibrium, Nash equilibrium, evolutionary stable strategy, cooperation

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Deterrence in Rank-Order Tournaments

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 12 Dec 2005
Philip A. Curry and Steeve Mongrain
University of Waterloo and Simon Fraser University (SFU) - Department of Economics
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Enforcement, Cheating, Tournament

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Malice Aforethought

CLEA 2008 Meetings Paper
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 21 May 2008 Last Revised: 06 Jan 2015
Philip A. Curry
University of Waterloo
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crime, private property protection, criminal intent, deterrence

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Crime, Apprehension and Clearance Rates: Panel Data Evidence from Canadian Provinces

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 06 Oct 2013
Philip A. Curry, Anindya Sen and George Orlov
University of Waterloo, University of Waterloo - Department of Economics and Cornell University
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Violent Crime, Property Crime, Probability of Apprehension, Clearance Rates, Canada

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Institutional Flexibility in Tax Law and Enforcement

International Review of Law and Economics, volume 79, 2024[10.1016/j.irle.2024.106215], Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper No. 23-06
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 04 Apr 2023 Last Revised: 24 Mar 2025
Emanuela Carbonara, Philip A. Curry, Claire A. Hill and Francesco Parisi
University of Bologna - Department of Economics, University of Waterloo, University of Minnesota Law School and University of Minnesota - Law School
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tax avoidance, tax policy, loopholes, flexibility in enforcement, selective auditing