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Punitive Damages

Punitive Damages is a judicial remedy classified under tort restitution, distinguished by its imposition of monetary liability not to compensate the plaintiff but to punish the defendant for egregious misconduct and deter future wrongdoing.

156

Publications

6.6K

Citations

177

Authors

110

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

8

Variants

Vindictive Damages

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Publications

156

Should punitive damages be part of the judicial arsenal in contract cases?

Ralph Cunnington · Legal Studies · 2006 · 475 citations

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Shared Outrage and Erratic Awards: The Psychology of Punitive Damages

Daniel Kahneman, David Schkade, Cass R. Sunstein · Journal of Risk and Uncertainty · 1998 · 302 citations

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Punitive Damages: Their Determinants, Effects on Firm Value, and the Impact of Supreme Court and Congressional Attempts to Limit Awards

Jonathan M. Karpoff, John R. Lott · SSRN Electronic Journal · 1999 · 297 citations · Full text

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Assessing Punitive Damages (With Notes on Cognition and Valuation in Law)

Cass R. Sunstein, Daniel Kahneman, David Schkade · The Yale Law Journal · 1998 · 276 citations · Full text

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Are Juries Less Erratic than Individuals? Deliberation, Polarization, and Punitive Damages

David Schkade, Cass R. Sunstein, Daniel Kahneman · SSRN Electronic Journal · 1999 · 227 citations · Full text

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Authors

177

  1. TE
    Theodore Eisenberg

    Cornell University, United States

    14 publications · 440 citations

    12

    h-index

  2. MT
    Martin T. Wells

    Cornell University, United States

    9 publications · 354 citations

    9

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  3. BO
    Brian Ostrom

    National Center for State Courts, United States

    7 publications · 295 citations

    7

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  4. DS
    David Schkade

    The University of Texas at Austin, United States

    6 publications · 867 citations

    6

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  5. CR
    Cass R. Sunstein

    Harvard University, United States

    5 publications · 611 citations

    5

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Institutions

110

  1. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    12 h-index

    27 publications

    803 citations

  2. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    8 h-index

    9 publications

    332 citations

  3. National Center for State Courts

    Williamsburg, United States

    7 h-index

    19 publications

    738 citations

  4. The University of Texas at Austin

    Austin, United States

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    390 citations

  5. University of Colorado Colorado Springs

    Colorado Springs, United States

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    178 citations

  6. National Bureau of Economic Research

    Cambridge, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    69 citations

  7. University of Alberta

    Edmonton, Canada

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    81 citations

  8. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    271 citations

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Venues

  1. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 25 publications · 1.2K citations

    16

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  2. The Journal of Legal Studies

    JLS · 12 publications · 600 citations

    11

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  3. Law and Human Behavior

    10 publications · 665 citations

    10

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  4. International Review of Law and Economics

    6 publications · 122 citations

    6

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  5. Journal of Empirical Legal Studies

    JELS · 5 publications · 137 citations

    5

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