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Optimal Law Enforcement with Self-Reporting of Behavior
(University of Chicago Press, 1994)Self-reporting--the reporting by parties of their own behavior to an enforcement authority--is a commonly observed aspect of law enforcement, such as in the context of environmental and safety regulation. We add self-reporting ... -
Optimal Policy with Heterogeneous Preferences
(Berkeley Electronic Press, 2008)Optimal policy rules—including those regarding income taxation, commodity taxation, public goods, and externalities—are typically derived in models with homogeneous preferences. This article reconsiders many central results ... -
Optimal Political Control of the Bureaucracy
(Michigan Law Review, 2008)It is widely believed that insulating an administrative agency from the influence of elected officials, whatever its other benefits or justifications, reduces the agency's responsiveness to the preferences of political ... -
Optimal Proof Burdens, Deterrence, and the Chilling of Desirable Behavior
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Optimal Sanctions When Individuals Are Imperfectly Informed about the Probability of Apprehension
(University of Chicago Press, 1992)No abstract provided. -
An Optimal Tax System
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2011)A notable feature and principal virtue of Tax by Design is its system-wide perspective on different elements of the tax system. This review essay builds on this trait and offers a more explicit foundation for the report's ... -
The Optimist's Tale
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Option Backdating and Its Implications
(School of Law, Washington and Lee University, 2008)Thousands of US companies appear to have secretly backdated stock options. This paper analyzes three forms of secret option backdating: (1) the backdating of executives' option grants; (2) the backdating of non-executive ... -
Oracle v. PeopleSoft: A Case Study
(Students of the Harvard Law School, 2007)This case describes Oracle's hostile takeover bid to acquire PeopleSoft, which began with an unsolicited cash tender offer at $16.00 per share in June 2003 and ended with a negotiated deal at $26.50 per share in December ... -
ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES AND THE LEARNED INTERMEDIARY DOCTRINE
(2002)Ordinarily prescription drug manufacturers aren’t required to give direct warnings to patients regarding the risks associated with their products. Instead, manufacturers need only inform the prescribing ... -
Original Intent
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Originalism and Emergencies: A Reply to Lawson
(The Boston University School of Law, 2007) -
Originalist or Original: The Difficulties of Reconciling Citizens United with Corporate Law history
(2015)Citizens United has been the subject of a great deal of commentary, but one important aspect of the decision that has not been explored in detail is the historical basis for Justice Scalia’s claims in his concurring opinion ... -
Origins of the Regulation of Raw Milk Cheeses In the United States
(2005)Artisanal cheese constitutes a subcategory of specialty cheese whose manufacture is characterized by its small scale, limited volume production, and individualistic producers. In recent years, artisanal cheese has been the ... -
OTC Sunscreen Drug Products: Towards Greater Protection
(1997)It is important for the public to know that sunscreens are not a panacea for the adverse effects of solar radiation and that they are not a substitute for avoidance of the sun. Along with the many benefits attributed to ... -
Out of Control: The Flawed Regulation of Schedule II Drugs and Its Impact on Pain and Addiction
(2004)This paper explores the current state of regulation of controlled substances at the federal and state level and analyzes how such regulations impact the undertreatment of pain and prescription drug abuse. Taking a historical ... -
Outsourcing Power: How Privatizing Military Efforts Challenges Accountability, Professionalism, and Democracy
(The Boston College Law School, 2005)Private contractors have played key roles in recent high-profile scandals. These scandals hint at the degree to which the U.S. military has increased the scope and scale of its reliance on private security companies in ...