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Liability

Liability is a legal obligation imposed on an individual or entity to perform, redress, or compensate for harm resulting from a breach of duty, default, or violation of law, thereby distinguishing it from mere moral or social accountability by its enforceability through judicial or regulatory mechanisms.

863

Publications

42.8K

Citations

1.1K

Authors

491

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

149

Variants

Legal LiabilityLiability Of AgentsLiability Of Principals

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Publications

863

OVERCOMING THE LIABILITY OF FOREIGNNESS.

Syed Ahsan Zaheer · Academy of Management Journal · 1995 · 3.6K citations

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The inheritance of liability to certain diseases, estimated from the incidence among relatives

D. S. Falconer · Annals of Human Genetics · 1965 · 1.7K citations

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Economic Analysis of Accident Law.

Roger Bowles, Steven Shavell · The Economic Journal · 1989 · 777 citations

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Toward an Economic Theory of Liability

John Prather Brown · The Journal of Legal Studies · 1973 · 579 citations

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A Model of the Optimal Use of Liability and Safety Regulation

Steven Shavell · The RAND Journal of Economics · 1984 · 511 citations

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Authors

1.1K

  1. SS
    Steven Shavell

    National Bureau of Economic Research, United States

    26 publications · 3.4K citations

    22

    h-index

  2. AP
    Ariel Porat

    University of Chicago, United States

    9 publications · 268 citations

    9

    h-index

  3. MF
    Michaël Faure

    Maastricht University, Netherlands

    7 publications · 182 citations

    7

    h-index

  4. RD
    Robert D. Cooter

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    6 publications · 224 citations

    6

    h-index

  5. RA
    R. A. Duff

    University of Stirling, United Kingdom

    6 publications · 526 citations

    6

    h-index

1–5 of 1.1K

Institutions

491

  1. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    18 h-index

    25 publications

    1.7K citations

  2. National Bureau of Economic Research

    Cambridge, United States

    14 h-index

    20 publications

    953 citations

  3. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

    13 h-index

    19 publications

    541 citations

  4. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    12 h-index

    16 publications

    542 citations

  5. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    12 h-index

    18 publications

    524 citations

  6. Tel Aviv University

    Tel Aviv, Israel

    11 h-index

    11 publications

    337 citations

  7. London School of Economics and Political Science

    London, United Kingdom

    9 h-index

    10 publications

    304 citations

  8. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    9 h-index

    9 publications

    411 citations

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Venues

  1. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 69 publications · 2.1K citations

    28

    h-index

  2. The Journal of Legal Studies

    JLS · 31 publications · 3.9K citations

    26

    h-index

  3. International Review of Law and Economics

    29 publications · 1.4K citations

    21

    h-index

  4. The Yale Law Journal

    12 publications · 697 citations

    12

    h-index

  5. Oxford Journal of Legal Studies

    12 publications · 397 citations

    12

    h-index

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