Precaution Costs and the Law of Fraud in Impersonal Markets

Date

1992

Citation

Paul G. Mahoney, Precaution Costs and the Law of Fraud in Impersonal Markets, 78 Virginia Law Review, 623–670 (1992).

UVA Law Faculty Affiliations

Paul G. Mahoney

John W. Glynn Jr. Law & Business Program

Center for Public Law and Political Economy

Center for Empirical Studies in Law

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