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Part 1 Theory: the role of liability - property rules, liability rulesand alienability - one view of the cathedral, Guido Calabresi and A. DouglasMelamed, liability for harm versus regulation of safety, Steven Shavell, acomparison of taxes, regulation and liability rules under imperfectinformation, Michele J. White, a model of the optimal use of liability andsafety regulation, Steven Shavell; incentive effects of liability - strictliability vs. negligence, Steven Shavell, strict liability vs. negligence ina market setting, A. Mitchell Polinsky, when does the rule of liabilitymatter?, Harold Demsetz, strict liability in a principal-agent model, HarryA. Newman and David W. Wright, on liability and insurance, Steven Shavell,the influence of litigation costs on deterrence under strict liability andnegligence, Keith N. Hylton, bankruptcy and care choice, T.R. Beard, tort lawas a regulatory regime for catastrophic personal injuries, William Landes andRichard Posner. Part 2 Applications: conceptual models - the effects ofenvironmental liability on industrial real estate development, James Boyd etal, lender penalty for environmental damage and the equilibrium cost ofcapital, Anthony Heyes, sharing damages among multiple tortfeasors, Lewis A.Kornhauser and Richard L. Pevesz, indivisible toxic torts - the economics ofjoint and several liability, Tom H. Tietenberg, liability for groundwatercontamination from pesticides, Kathleen Segerson, the structure of penaltiesin environmental enforcement - an economic analysis, Kathleen Segerson andTom Tietenberg; empirical models -controlling stochastic pollution eventsthrough liability rules -some evidence from OCS leasing, James J. Opaluch andThomas A. Grigalunas, premiums for environmental liability - does superfundincrease the cost of capital?, Steven Garber and James K. Hammitt, strictliability as a deterrent in toxic waste management -empirical evidence fromaccident and spill data, Anna Alberini and David Austin, liability andlarge-scale, long-term hazards, A.H. Ringleb and Steven N. Wiggins; liabilityreform - environmental liability reform and privatization in central andeastern Europe, James Boyd, economic models of compensation for damage causedby nuclear accidents - some lessons for the revision of the Paris and ViennaConventions, Michael Faure.