Biasing, Debiasing, and the Law

37 Pages Posted: 12 Feb 2013

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Daniel Pi

University of New Hampshire School of Law (formerly Franklin Pierce Law Center)

Francesco Parisi

University of Minnesota - Law School; University of Bologna; University of Miami, School of Law

Barbara Luppi

Università degli studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia (UNIMORE) - Faculty of Business and Economics; University of St. Thomas School of Law

Date Written: February 11, 2013

Abstract

In this essay, we build on the existing literature on the use of legal strategies for addressing problems of biased judgment and behavior, exploring how heuristics and biases may be exploited to foster efficiency in the presence of other incentive alignment problems. We also introduce two new categories: the hitherto unnoticed counterparts to debiasing and insulating strategies, which we will call "benevolent biasing," and "cognitive leveraging" strategies.

Keywords: benevolent biasing, insulating strategies, cognitive leveraging

JEL Classification: D03, D60, K00

Suggested Citation

Pi, Daniel and Parisi, Francesco and Luppi, Barbara and Luppi, Barbara, Biasing, Debiasing, and the Law (February 11, 2013). Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper No. 13-08, U of St. Thomas Legal Studies Research Paper No. 13-02, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2215117 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2215117

Daniel Pi

University of New Hampshire School of Law (formerly Franklin Pierce Law Center) ( email )

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Francesco Parisi (Contact Author)

University of Minnesota - Law School ( email )

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Minneapolis, MN 55455
United States

University of Bologna ( email )

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Italy

University of Miami, School of Law ( email )

Barbara Luppi

Università degli studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia (UNIMORE) - Faculty of Business and Economics ( email )

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41100 Modena, Modena 41100
Italy

University of St. Thomas School of Law

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Saint Paul, MN 55105
United States

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