Avery W. Katz

Columbia University - Law School

Milton Handler Professor of Law

435 West 116th Street

New York, NY 10025

United States

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The Law and Economics of Contracts

Handbook of Law and Economics, Forthcoming, Columbia Law and Economics Working Paper No. 296
Number of pages: 144 Posted: 12 Jun 2006
Benjamin E. Hermalin, Avery W. Katz and Richard Craswell
University of California, Berkeley, Columbia University - Law School and Stanford Law School
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contract law, freedom of contract, contract formation, pre-contractual liability, promissory estoppel, interpretation, incomplete contracts, default rules, form and substance, breach of contract, contract damages, private enforcement of contracts, contract theory

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Contract Formation and Interpretation

The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics and the Law (Peter Newman, Ed.), May 1998.
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 01 Dec 1997
Avery W. Katz
Columbia University - Law School
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Standard Form Contracts

Number of pages: 9 Posted: 28 Jul 1997
Avery W. Katz
Columbia University - Law School
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The Economics of Form and Substance in Contract Interpretation

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 12 Nov 2003
Avery W. Katz
Columbia University - Law School
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Contract law, contract interpretation

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An Economic Analysis of the Guaranty Contract

Columbia Law School, Center for Law and Economic Studies, Working Paper No. 136
Number of pages: 74 Posted: 27 Nov 1997
Avery W. Katz
Columbia University - Law School
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The Efficient Design of Option Contracts: Principles and Applications

Number of pages: 62 Posted: 03 Mar 2004
Avery W. Katz
Columbia University - Law School
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Contract law, option contracts

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Fee Shifting in Litigation: Survey and Assessment

University of Pennsylvania Institute for Law and Economics Research Paper No. 10-30
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 25 Nov 2010
Avery W. Katz and Chris William Sanchirico
Columbia University - Law School and University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
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Litigation, Legal Costs, Legal Fees, Legal Fee Shifting, Offer of Judgment Rules, Payment Into Court Rules, Rule 68

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The Relative Costs of Incorporating Trade Usage into Domestic Versus International Sales Contracts

Number of pages: 13 Posted: 29 Feb 2004
Avery W. Katz
Columbia University - Law School
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Trade usage, CISG, contract interpretation

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Indemnity of Legal Fees

Encyclopedia of Law and Economics (Edward Elgar and the University of Ghent, 1997), Boudewijn Bouckaert and Gerrit De Geest, eds.
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 09 Jan 1998
Avery W. Katz
Columbia University - Law School
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Virtue Ethics and Efficient Breach

Suffolk University Law Review, Forthcoming, Columbia Law and Economics Working Paper No. 402
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 19 May 2011 Last Revised: 03 Jun 2011
Avery W. Katz
Columbia University - Law School
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Efficient breach, contract damages, virtue ethics

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