Document Type
Working Paper
Publication Date
1999
Abstract
This note extends the Bernardo, Talley & Welch (1999) model of legal presumptions to study situations where litigation efforts are spent sequentially rather than simultaneously. The equilibria of the litigation stage are presented as functions of the underlying presumption. The equilibria and comparative statics are shown to be qualitatively similar to those of the simultaneous version. However, sequentiality allows the principal to pre commit to a litigation strategy, and thus possibly preempt any litigation effort whatsoever by the agent.
Disciplines
Law | Litigation
Recommended Citation
Antonio E. Bernardo & Eric L. Talley,
A Note on Presumptions with Sequential Litigation,
USC Law School, Olin Working Paper No. 99-9
(1999).
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