Robert D. Cooter

University of California, Berkeley - School of Law

Herman F. Selvin Professor of Law

Berkeley, CA 94720-7200

United States

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1.

Rules for Growth: Promoting Innovation and Growth Through Legal Reform

Yale Law & Economics Research Paper No. 426, Stanford Law and Economics Olin Working Paper No. 410, UC Berkeley Public Law Research Paper No. 1757982
Number of pages: 513 Posted: 08 Feb 2011 Last Revised: 20 Feb 2014
Robert E. Litan, Yochai Benkler, Henry N. Butler, John Henry Clippinger, Bob Cook-Deegan, Robert D. Cooter, Aaron S. Edlin, Nicole Stelle Garnett, Ronald J. Gilson, Oliver R. Goodenough, Gillian K. Hadfield, Mark A. Lemley, Frank Partnoy, George L. Priest, Larry E. Ribstein, Charles Sabel, Peter H. Schuck, Hal S. Scott, Robert E. Scott, Alex Stein, Victoria Stodden, John E. Tyler, Alan D. Viard and Benjamin Wittes
Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) - Council on Foreign Relations- Washington D.C., Harvard University, George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Human Dynamics Group, Arizona State University (ASU) - School for the Future of Innovation in Society, University of California, Berkeley - School of Law, University of California at Berkeley, Notre Dame Law School, Stanford Law School, Vermont Law School, University of Toronto, Stanford Law School, University of California, Berkeley - School of Law, Yale University - Law School, University of Illinois College of Law (deceased), Columbia University - Columbia Law School, Yale University - Law School, Harvard Law School, Columbia University - Law School, Israel Supreme Court, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, American Enterprise Institute and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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entrepreneurship, policy, growth, rules, innovation, immigration, intellectual property, ip, university, business, federal, national, patent

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Expressive Law and Economics

University of Munich, Center for Economic Studies, Working Paper No. 161
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 13 Sep 1998
Robert D. Cooter
University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
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2013 State of Entrepreneurship Address: 'Financing Entrepreneurial Growth'

Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation Research Paper
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 07 Feb 2013
Tom Alberg, Andrew Bogan, Harold S Bradley, Robert D. Cooter, Monika Gruter Cheney, Oliver R. Goodenough, William Hambrecht, Frank Hatheway, Thomas F. Hellmann, Marianne Hudson, Jared Konczal, Josh Lerner, Robert E. Litan, Diane Mulcahy, Ramana Nanda, Frank Partnoy, Joe Ratterman, Naval Ravikant, Jay R. Ritter, Alicia Robb, David T. Robinson, Allison Schrager, Barry Silbert, Erik R. Sirri, Dane Stangler and Sharon Vosmek
Madrona Venture Group, Bogan Associates, LLC, Private Investor, University of California, Berkeley - School of Law, Gruter Institute for Law and Behavioral Research, Vermont Law School, WR Hambrecht + Co, National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., NASD, University of Oxford - Said Business School, Independent, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, Harvard Business School - Finance Unit, Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) - Council on Foreign Relations- Washington D.C., Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, Imperial College Business School, University of California, Berkeley - School of Law, BATS Global Markets, Inc., AngelList, University of Florida - Department of Finance, Insurance and Real Estate, University of Colorado at Boulder, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, Manhattan Institute, SecondMarket, Babson College, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and Astia
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state of entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship, state, national, policy, job creation, regulation, barriers, growth, finance, crowdfunding, bank debt, IPO, venture capital

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Punitive Damages, Social Norms, and Economic Analysis

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 13 Sep 1998
Robert D. Cooter
University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
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Constitutional Law and Economics

Forthcoming in Research Methods in Constitutional Law: A Handbook (Malcolm Langford & David S. Law eds., Edward Elgar), Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2018-08, Virginia Law and Economics Research Paper No. 2018-02, UC Berkeley Public Law Research Paper
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 14 Feb 2018 Last Revised: 23 May 2023
Robert D. Cooter and Michael D. Gilbert
University of California, Berkeley - School of Law and University of Virginia School of Law
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Constitutional law, law and economics, constitutional interpretation, constitutional processes, bargaining, voting, federalism, single subject rule

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Leximetrics: Why the Same Laws are Longer in Some Countries than Others

U Illinois Law & Economics Research Paper No. LE03-012
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 20 Oct 2003
Robert D. Cooter and Tom Ginsburg
University of California, Berkeley - School of Law and University of Chicago Law School
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Not the Power to Destroy: An Effects Theory of the Tax Power

Virginia Law Review, Vol. 98, No. 6, 2012
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 23 Jan 2012 Last Revised: 29 Dec 2014
Robert D. Cooter and Neil Siegel
University of California, Berkeley - School of Law and Duke University School of Law
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Tax Power, Federalism, Minimum Coverage Provision

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Collective Action Federalism: A General Theory of Article I, Section 8

Stanford Law Review, Vol 63, p. 115, 2010, UC Berkeley Public Law Research Paper No. 1692835
Number of pages: 72 Posted: 16 Oct 2010 Last Revised: 29 Dec 2014
Robert D. Cooter and Neil Siegel
University of California, Berkeley - School of Law and Duke University School of Law
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General Welfare Clause, Commerce Clause, Federalism

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Fairness, Character, and Efficiency in Firms

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 07 May 2001
Robert D. Cooter and Melvin A. Eisenberg
University of California, Berkeley - School of Law and University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
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Expressive Law: Framing or Equilibrium Selection?

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 02 Oct 2003
Iris Bohnet and Robert D. Cooter
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
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Equilibrium selection, framing, expressive law, experiments, coordination, prisoner's dilemma

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Public Law and Economics

Oxford University Press (2022), Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper 2022-68, Virginia Law and Economics Research Paper 2022-24
Number of pages: 626 Posted: 13 Oct 2022 Last Revised: 17 Oct 2022
Robert D. Cooter and Michael D. Gilbert
University of California, Berkeley - School of Law and University of Virginia School of Law
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law and economics, constitutional economics, bargaining, voting, entrenchment, delegation, adjudication, enforcement, legislative intent, separation of powers, federalism, intransitivity, political community, stare decisis, transition costs, unconstitutional conditions, campaign finance, textualism

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Do Good Laws Make Good Citizens? An Economic Analysis of Internalizing Legal Values

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 23 Jun 2000
Robert D. Cooter
University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
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Decreasing Liability Contracts

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Decreasing Liability Contracts

Journal of Legal Studies, Vol. 33, No. 1, 2004, U Chicago Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 193, UC Berkeley, Public Law Research Paper No. 134
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 30 Jul 2003 Last Revised: 30 May 2015
Robert D. Cooter and Ariel Porat
University of California, Berkeley - School of Law and Tel Aviv University
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Liability, contracts, remedies, damages, incentives, comparative negligence, contributory negligence, cooperation, expectation damages, reliance damages, over-reliance, efficient breach, decoupling, progress payments, construction contracts, diminished liability, negative liability, negative damages, victim's incentives, aggrieved party's incentives, renegotiation, litigation costs, Anti-Insurance

Decreasing Liability Contracts

33 Journal of Legal Studies 157 (2004)
Posted: 11 Jul 2004 Last Revised: 27 Mar 2015
Robert D. Cooter and Ariel Porat
University of California, Berkeley - School of Law and Tel Aviv University

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Liability, contracts, remedies, damages, incentives, comparative negligence, contributory negligence, cooperation, expectation damages, reliance damages, over-reliance, efficient breach, decoupling, progress payments, construction contracts, diminished liability, negative liability, negative damages

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Truth-Revealing Mechanisms for Courts

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 11 Jul 2000
Winand Emons and Robert D. Cooter
University of Bern - Department of Economics and University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
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A Theory of Direct Democracy and the Single Subject Rule

Columbia Law Review, Vol. 110, p. 687, 2010, Virginia Law and Economics Research Paper No. 2010-02, UC Berkeley Public Law Research Paper No. 1448043
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 13 Aug 2009 Last Revised: 01 Nov 2012
Michael D. Gilbert and Robert D. Cooter
University of Virginia School of Law and University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
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Does Risk to Oneself Increase the Care Owed to Others? Law and Economics in Conflict

29 Journal of Legal Studies 19 (2000) UC Berkeley Law & Economics Research Paper No. 2000-10
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 10 Jan 2000 Last Revised: 04 Mar 2021
Robert D. Cooter and Ariel Porat
University of California, Berkeley - School of Law and Tel Aviv University
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Disgorgement Damages for Accidents

Journal of Legal Studies, Vol. 44, 2015, University of Chicago Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper No. 688, UC Berkeley Public Law Research Paper No. 2439986
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 29 May 2014 Last Revised: 30 Apr 2015
Robert D. Cooter and Ariel Porat
University of California, Berkeley - School of Law and Tel Aviv University
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Damages for Incompensable Harms

Research Handbook on the Economics of Torts (Jennifer Arlen, ed., 2012 Forthcoming), UC Berkeley Public Law Research Paper No. 2111738
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 18 Jul 2012
Robert D. Cooter and David Ennio DePianto
University of California, Berkeley - School of Law and Southern Methodist University - Dedman School of Law
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torts, damages, incommensurable, economics, compensation

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Liability Rights as Contingent Claims

Number of pages: 16 Posted: 20 Jul 1998
Robert D. Cooter
University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
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The Optimal Number of Governments for Economic Development

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 02 Aug 2000
Robert D. Cooter
University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
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Torts and Restitution: Legal Divergence and Economic Convergence

92 Southern California Law Review 897 (2019), University of Chicago Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper No. 863
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 15 Jan 2019 Last Revised: 23 Feb 2020
Robert D. Cooter and Ariel Porat
University of California, Berkeley - School of Law and Tel Aviv University
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Truth-Bonding and Other Truth-Revealing Mechanisms for Courts

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 26 Jun 2000
Robert D. Cooter and Winand Emons
University of California, Berkeley - School of Law and University of Bern - Department of Economics
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Liability Externalities and Mandatory Choices: Should Doctors Pay Less?

Journal of Tort Law, Vol. 1, 2006, U of Chicago Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 313
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 24 Nov 2006
Robert D. Cooter and Ariel Porat
University of California, Berkeley - School of Law and Tel Aviv University
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positive externalities, negative externalities, medical malpractice, doctors' liability, road accidents, activity level, mandatory choices, disgorgement damages for accidents, damages

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Sharing and Anti-Sharing in Teams

Berkeley Program in Law & Economics Working Paper No. 205
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 04 Feb 2007
Roland Kirstein and Robert D. Cooter
University of Magdeburg - Economics of Business and Law and University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
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Team production, strategic complements, Anti-insurance, second-best

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Progress in the Useful Arts: Foundations of Patent Law in Growth Economics

22 Yale J.L. & Tech. 191 (2020)
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 05 Nov 2020
Robert D. Cooter and Uri Y. Hacohen
University of California, Berkeley - School of Law and Tel Aviv University, The Buchmann Faculty of Law
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patent, innovation, growth, economics, incentives, efficiency, holdout, holdup, thickets, copyrights

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Lapses of Attention in Medical Malpractice and Road Accidents

Theoretical Inquiries in Law, Vol. 15, p. 329, 2014, University of Chicago Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper No. 690, UC Berkeley Public Law Research Paper No. 2455828
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 19 Jun 2014
Robert D. Cooter and Ariel Porat
University of California, Berkeley - School of Law and Tel Aviv University
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The New Economic Freedom

Supreme Court Economic Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 26 Jan 2016
Benjamin Minhao Chen and Robert D. Cooter
The University of Hong Kong - Faculty of Law and University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
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Economic Freedom, Economic Rights, Innovation, Creativity

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Growth-Oriented Legal Reforms

Production Of Legal Rules, Hrsg. F. Parisi, Cheltenham 2012, 400-417
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 20 May 2012
Hans-Bernd Schäfer and Robert D. Cooter
Bucerius Law School and University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
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Liability for Lapses: First or Second Order Negligence?

U of Chicago Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 435
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 07 Oct 2008
Robert D. Cooter and Ariel Porat
University of California, Berkeley - School of Law and Tel Aviv University
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lapses, momentary care, negligence, medical malpractice, road accidents, positive externalities

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Community versus Market Values of Life

William & Mary Law Review, Vol. 57, No. 3, 2016, SMU Dedman School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 260, UC Berkeley Public Law Research Paper No. 2756096
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 02 Apr 2016 Last Revised: 24 May 2016
Robert D. Cooter and David Ennio DePianto
University of California, Berkeley - School of Law and Southern Methodist University - Dedman School of Law
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value of statistical life, VSL, legal value of life, personal injuries - law, community value, damages, community damages

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Reply to Hasen and Matsusaka

Columbia Law Review Sidebar, Vol. 110, No. 59, 2010, UC Berkeley Public Law Research Paper No. 1679533
Number of pages: 4 Posted: 20 Sep 2010
Robert D. Cooter and Michael D. Gilbert
University of California, Berkeley - School of Law and University of Virginia School of Law
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Total Liability for Excessive Harm

Journal of Legal Studies, Vol. 36, January 2007, UC Berkeley Public Law Research Paper No. 894277
Posted: 31 Mar 2006
Robert D. Cooter and Ariel Porat
University of California, Berkeley - School of Law and Tel Aviv University

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Pollution, Negligence, Strict Liability, Proportionate Liability, Damages, Unverifiable Harm, Enviromental Harm

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Should Courts Deduct Non-Legal Sanctions from Damages?

30 Journal of Legal Studies 401 (2001), UC Berkeley Public Law Research Paper No. 70
Posted: 15 Nov 2001 Last Revised: 01 Apr 2021
Robert D. Cooter and Ariel Porat
University of California, Berkeley - School of Law and Tel Aviv University

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Anti-Insurance

31 Journal of Legal Studies 203 (2002), UC Berkeley Public Law Research Paper No. 71
Posted: 14 Nov 2001 Last Revised: 01 Apr 2021
Robert D. Cooter and Ariel Porat
University of California, Berkeley - School of Law and Tel Aviv University

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Commodifying Liability

"The Fall and Rise of Freedom of Contract," Duke University Press, 1998, edited by Frank Buckley.
Posted: 31 Jul 1998
Robert D. Cooter
University of California, Berkeley - School of Law

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