Books by Louis Kaplow
Rethinking Merger Analysis
Rethinking Merger Analysis
Competition Policy and Price Fixing
An economic approach to price
An economic approach to price fixing
An optimal tax system
An optimal tax system
Market definition and the merg
Market definition and the merger guidelines
Market share thresholds
Market share thresholds
On the choice of welfare stand
On the choice of welfare standards in competition law
On the meaning of horizontal a
On the meaning of horizontal agreements in competition law
On the taxation of private tra
On the taxation of private transfers
Targeted savings and labor sup
Targeted savings and labor supply
Taxes, permits, and climate ch
Taxes, permits, and climate change
Why (ever) define markets
Why (ever) define markets
Utility from accumulation
Utility from accumulation
Optimal policy with heterogene
Optimal policy with heterogeneous preferences
Optimal taxation
Optimal taxation
The Theory of Taxation and Public Economics
Primary goods, capabilities,..
Primary goods, capabilities,...or well-being?
Capital levies and transition
Capital levies and transition to a consumption ta
Capital levies and transition
Capital levies and transition to a consumption tax
Discounting dollars, discounti
Discounting dollars, discounting lives
Fairness Versus Welfare
Myopia and the effects of soci
Myopia and the effects of social security and capital taxation on labor supply
Optimal control of externaliti
Optimal control of externalities in the presence of income taxation
Optimal income transfers
Optimal income transfers
Choosing expensive tastes
Choosing expensive tastes
Income taxation and optimal go
Income taxation and optimal government policy
Pareto principle and competing
Pareto principle and competing principles
Any non-welfarist method of po
Any non-welfarist method of policy assessment violates the Pareto principle
Decision Analysis, Game Theory, and Information
Notes on welfarist versus deon
Notes on welfarist versus deontological principles
On the (ir)relevance of distri
On the (ir)relevance of distribution and labor supply distortion to government policy
On the (ir)relevence of distri
On the (ir)relevence of distribution and labor supply distortion of government policy
On the undesirability of commo
On the undesirability of commodity taxation even when income taxation is not optimal
Analytical Methods for Lawyers 2003
Concavity of utility, concavit
Concavity of utility, concavity of welfare, and redistribution of income
Public goods and the distribut
Public goods and the distribution of income
Taxation and redistribution
Taxation and redistribution
The value of a statistical lif
The value of a statistical life and the coefficient of relative risk aversion
The value of a statistical lif
The value of a statistical life and the coefficient of relative risk aversions
Transition policy
Transition policy
Moral rules and the moral sent
Moral rules and the moral sentiments
Why measure inequality?
Why measure inequality?
A framework for assessing esta
A framework for assessing estate and gift taxation
Antitrust Analysis, 2000 Suppl
Antitrust Analysis, 2000 Supplement (Case Supplement)
Horizontal equity
Horizontal equity
Notions of fairness versus the
Notions of fairness versus the Pareto principle
Principles of fairness versus
Principles of fairness versus human welfare
Any non-individualistic social
Any non-individualistic social welfare function violates the Pareto principle
Fairness versus welfare econom
Fairness versus welfare economics in normative analysis of law
A note on the optimal supply o
A note on the optimal supply of public goods and the distortionary cost of taxation
Transfer motives and tax polic
Transfer motives and tax policy
Concentration in the Israeli e
Concentration in the Israeli economy and bank investment in nonfinancial companies
On the superiority of correcti
On the superiority of corrective taxes to quantity regulation
Accuracy in adjudication
Accuracy in adjudication
Tax and non-tax distortions
Tax and non-tax distortions
Do liability rules facilitate
Do liability rules facilitate bargaining
Fiscal federalism and the dedu
Fiscal federalism and the deductibility of state and local taxes under the federal income tax
How tax complexity and enforce
How tax complexity and enforcement affect the equity and efficiency of the income tax
Property rules versus liabilit
Property rules versus liability rules
Regional cost-of-living adjust
Regional cost-of-living adjustments in tax-transfer schemes
A fundamental objection to tax
A fundamental objection to tax equity norms
A note on subsidizing gifts
A note on subsidizing gifts
Accuracy, complexity, and the
Accuracy, complexity, and the income tax
Human capital under an ideal i
Human capital under an ideal income tax
Tax treatment of families
Tax treatment of families
The standard deduction and flo
The standard deduction and floors in the income tax
Human capital and the income t
Human capital and the income tax
Optimal insurance contracts wh
Optimal insurance contracts when establishing the amount of losses is costly
Seminar on current research in
Seminar on current research in taxation
Shifting plaintiffs' fees vers
Shifting plaintiffs' fees versus increasing damage awards
Should the government's alloca
Should the government's allocation branch be concerned about the distortionary cost of taxation and distributive effects?
The efficiency of the legal sy
The efficiency of the legal system versus the income tax in redistributing income
The value of accuracy in adjud
The value of accuracy in adjudication
A model of the optimal complex
A model of the optimal complexity of rules
Accuracy in the assessment of
Accuracy in the assessment of damages
Accuracy in the determination
Accuracy in the determination of liability
Optimal distribution and taxat
Optimal distribution and taxation of the family
Rules versus standards
Rules versus standards
A note on taxation as social i
A note on taxation as social insurance for uncertain labor income
Income tax deductions for loss
Income tax deductions for losses as insurance
Optimal law enforcement with s
Optimal law enforcement with self-reporting of behavior
Private versus socially optima
Private versus socially optimal provision of ex ante legal advice
Taxation and risk taking
Taxation and risk taking
The income tax as insurance
The income tax as insurance
A note on the optimal use of n
A note on the optimal use of nonmonetary sanctions
Government relief for risk ass
Government relief for risk associated with government action
Incentives and government reli
Incentives and government relief for risk
Legal advice about acts alread
Legal advice about acts already committed
Legal advice about information
Legal advice about information to present in litigation
Optimal sanctions, uninformed
Optimal sanctions, uninformed individuals, and acquiring information about the law
Optimal taxation with costly e
Optimal taxation with costly enforcement and evasion
The optimal probability and ma
The optimal probability and magnitude of fines for acts that are definitely undesirable
The effects and desirability o
The effects and desirability of legal advice concerning information present in litigation
An ex ante perspective on dere
An ex ante perspective on deregulation, viewed ex post
Optimal transition policy
Optimal transition policy
An economic analysis of legal
An economic analysis of legal transitions
Antitrust, law & economics, an
Antitrust, law & economics, and the courts
Brooking tax conference
Brooking tax conference
Optimal government policy towa
Optimal government policy toward risk imposed by uncertainty concerning future government action
Seminar on structural implicat
Seminar on structural implications of the 1986 tax legislation
Private versus social costs in
Private versus social costs in bringing suit
Extension of monopoly power th
Extension of monopoly power through leverage
The patent-antitrust intersect
The patent-antitrust intersection
Taxation
Some thoughts on Norris
Some thoughts on Norris