Economic Foundations of Injury & Death Damages

'Economic Foundations of Injury and Death Damages is a terrific collection of articles on the economics of damages payments in personal injury cases. The editors Roger Kaufman, James Rodgers, and Gerald Martin have assembled the key articles by topic and have reflected the diverse points of view. This volume brings to life many of the courtroom battles that these articles have generated. This wide ranging volume will be of enormous value to economists and practicing attorneys.'- W. Kip Viscusi, Vanderbilt University, USThis volume is a first-rate collection of classic articles covering all major aspects of calculating economic damages in injury and death cases. Selected by some of the foremost practitioners in the field, the 53 articles discuss the concepts, methodologies and reasoning used by forensic economists: they examine issues involving life and worklife expectancy, earnings and earnings capacity, fringe benefits, medical and personal care costs, taxes, discounting, personal consumption, household services, hedonic damages, and the relationship of forensic economics to ethics and the law.The editors have written an authoritative introduction to complement their collection.The volume will be essential reading for practising forensic economists, lawyers and academics in the fields of forensic economics, labor economics and tort law.