Forensic Economics Bibliography

Contents of this page:

• Business Valuation
• Divorce
• Employment
• Forensic Economics in General
• Hedonic Damages and the Value of Life
• Household Work Value
• Interest and Discount Rates
• Journals
• Law and Economics
• Personal Injury and Death
• Real Estate and Natural Resources

• Damages Bibliography by Dennis McConnell (152 kilobytes)
• Evidence and Expert Testimony
• Forensic Economics Consultants
• Forensic Economics Sites
• Journal of Forensic Economics index
• Law Publishers
• Statistical Evidence in Litigation
• Will Yancey's Home Page

Disclaimer: Inclusion on this bibliography does NOT imply the cited work is or was a good authority. This list is NOT an exhaustive list of the forensic economics literature. If more than one edition exists, this bibliography attempts to list only the most recent one.

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Business Valuation

• American Bar Association, Committee on Construction Litigation, Subcommittee on Damages, State By State Survey of the Economic Loss Doctrine in Construction Litigation, (Chicago: American Bar Association, 1996).
• Berenblut, Mark L., Litigation Accounting: The Quantification of Economic Damages, (Scarborough, Ontario: Carswell, 1995).
• Blackman, Irving L., Valuing yourPrivately Held Business: The Art & Science of Establishing Your Company's Worth, (Chicago: Irwin Professional Publishing, 1995). (A prior edition was published in 1992 by Probus Publishing).
• Bologna, G. Jack, Robert J. Lindquist, and Joseph T. Wells, The Accountant's Handbook of Fraud and Commercial Crime, (New York: Wiley, 1993).
• Bologna, G. Jack, and Paul Shaw, Forensic Accounting Handbook, (Madison: Asset Protection Publishing, 1993).
• Burke, Frank M., Valuation and Valuation Planning for Closely Held Businesses, (Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1981).
• Copeland, Tom, Tim Koller, and Jack Murrin, Valuation: Measuring and Managing the Value of Companies, 2nd Edition, (New York: Wiley, 1994).
• Desmond, Glenn, and John A. Marcell, Handbook of Small Business Valuation Formulas and Rules of Thumb, 3rd Edition, (Valuation Press, 1993).
• Dunn, R. L., Recovery of Damages for Lost Profits, 4th Edition, (Westport, CT: Lawpress, 1992).
• Duvall, Alan C., "Valuation of a Closely Held Business Asset", (Dayton, Ohio: Duvall & Associates, 2000).
• Eck, James R., David Ensign, and William Gary Baker, Asset Valuation (Evidence Series), (New York: Shepards/McGraw-Hill, 1991).
• Fairmarketvalue.com
• Fishman, Jay E., Shannon P. Pratt, J. Clifford Griffith, and D. Keith Wilson, Guide to Business Valuations, 6th Edition, (Fort Worth, TX: Practitioners Publishing Company, 1996).
• Guarti, Luigi, The Valuation of Firms, (Blackwell Publishing, 1994).
• Horn, Thomas W., The Business Valuation Manual: An Understandable, Step-By-Step Guide to Finding the Value of a Business, (Charter Oak Press, 1985).
• Howitt, Idelle A., and Susan E. Schechter, editors, Federal Tax Valuation Digest, (Boston: Warren Gorham & Lamont, annually updated).
• Internal Revenue Service, IRS Valuation Guide for Income, Estate and Gift Taxes, (Chicago: Commerce Clearing House, 1994).
• Kasper, Larry J., Business Valuations: Advanced Topics, (Westport, CT: Quorum Books, 1997).
• Knapp, C. L., editor, Commercial Damages: A Guide to Remedies in Business Litigation, (Matthew Bender, 1993).
• Link, Albert N., Evaluating Economic Damages: A Handbook for Attorneys, (Westport, CT: Quorum Books, 1992).
• Logue, Dennis E., editor, Hondbook of Modern Finance, (Boston: Warren, Gorham & Lamont, 1996 with updates).
• Martin, Gerald D., Determining Economic Damages, 7th Edition, (Santa Ana, CA: James Publishing, 1995).
• Miles, Raymond C., Basic Business Appraisal, (New York: Wiley, 1984). Paperback edition by SouthEast Business Investment Corporation.
• Palepu, Krishan G., Victor L. Bernard, and Paul M. Healy, Business Analysis and Valuation Using Financial Statements, (Cincinnati: ITP South-Western Publishing, 1996).
• Palepu, Krishan G., Victor L. Bernard, and Paul M. Healy, Introduction to Business Analysis & Valuation, (Cincinnati: ITP South-Western Publishing, 1997).
• Pratt, Shannon, Robert F. Reilly, and Robert P. Schweihs, Valuing a Business: The Analysis and Appraisal of Closely Held Companies, 3rd Edition, (Chicago: Irwin, 1996).
• Pratt, Shannon, Robert F. Reilly, and Robert P. Schweihs, Valuing Small Businesses and Professional Practices, 2nd Edition, (Chicago: Irwin, 1993).
• Schnepper, Jeff A., The Professional Handbook of Business Valuation, (Reading: MA: Addison-Wesley Publishing, 1982).
• Smith, Gordon V., and Russell Parr, Valuation of Intellectual Property and Intangible Assets, 2nd Edition, (New York: Wiley, 1994).
• Sullivan, Jim, and Keith E. Williams, Handbook of Business Litigation Tactics and Techniques, (Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1988).
• Thornhill, William T., Forensic Accounting: How to Investigate Financial Fraud, (Burr Ridge, Illinois: Irwin Professional Publishing, 1995).
• Trugman, Gary R., Guide to Conducting a Valuation of a Closely Held Business, (New York: American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, 1993).
• Tuller, Lawrence W., Small Business Valuation Book : Easy-To-Use Techniques for Determining Fair Price, Resolving Disputes, and Minimizing Taxes, (Adams Publishing, 1994).
• West, Thomas L., and Jeffrey D. Jones, editors, Handbook of Business Valuation, (New York: Wiley, 1992).
• Yegge, Wilbur M., A Basic Guide for Valuing a Company, (New York: Wiley, 1996).
• Zipp, Alan S., Business Valuation Methods (New York: American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, 1990).
• Zukin, James H., and John G. Mavredakis, editors, Financial Valuation: Businesses and Business Interests, (New York: Warren Gorham & Lamont, 1990 with annual supplements).

Divorce

• American Bar Association, Section of Family Law, The Valuation Expert in Divorce Litigation: A Handbook for Attorneys and Accountants, (Chicago: American Bar Association, 1992).
• Barson, Kalman A., Investigative Accounting in Divorce, (New York: Wiley, 1996).
• Goldberg, Barth H., Valuation of Divorce Assets, (St. Paul: West Publishing, 1984).
• Walker, Roger W., Evaluation of Assets : A Lawyer's Guide for Marriage Dissolution, Personal Injury, and Wrongful Death Actions, (Michie Butterworth, 1984).

Employment

• Cheit, Earl, Injury and Recovery in the Course of Employment, (New York: Wiley, 1961).

Forensic Economics in General

• Boudin, Michael, "Forensic Economics," Harvard Law Review, 1984, vol. 97, pp. 835- .
• Dobbs, D. B., Handbook on the Law of Remedies, (St. Paul: West Publishing, 1973).
• Gaughan, Patrick A., and Robert J. Thornton, editors, Litigation Economics, (Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, 1993).
• Huber, Peter, Galileo's Revenge, Junk Science in the Courtroom, (New York: Basic Books, 1991).
• Martin, Gerald D., Determining Economic Damages, 9th Edition, (Santa Ana, CA: James Publishing Group, 1997).
• Polinsky, A. Mitchell, An Introduction to Law and Economics, (Boston: Little Brown, 1983).
• Posner, Richard A., Economic Analysis of Law, 3rd Edition, (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1986).
• Ward, John O. and Gerald W. Olson, "Forensic Economics: The Development and Outlook for the Fields," Journal of Forensic Economics, 1986, vol. 1, issue 1. 
• Weil, Roman L., Michael J. Wagner, and Peter B. Frank, editors, Litigation Services Handbook, 2nd Edition, (New York: Wiley, 1995).

Hedonic Damages and the Value of Life

• Albrecht, G.R. "The Application of the Hedonic Damages Concept to Wrongful Death and Personal Injury Litigation," Journal of Forensic Economics, (Spring/Summer 1994), 143-150.
• Berla, E.P., Michael L. Brookshire and Stan V. Smith. "Hedonic Damages and Personal Injury: A Conceptual Approach," Journal of Forensic Economics, (December 1989), 1-8.
• Brookshire, Michael L., and Stan V. Smith, Economic/Hedonic Damages: The Practice Book for Plaintiff and Defense Attorneys, (Cincinnati: Anderson Publishing Company, 1990).
• Caragonne, P. "The Use of the Berla Scale in Quantifying Hedonic Damages: A Case Management Perspective," Journal of Forensic Economics, (Winter 1993), 47-67.
• Dickens, W.T. "Assuming the Can Opener: Hedonic Wage Estimates and the Value of Life," Journal of Forensic Economics, (Fall 1990), 51-59.
• Frankel, M. and C.M. Linke. "The Value of Life and Hedonic Damages: Some Unresolved Issues," Journal of Forensic Economics, (Fall 1992), 233-247.
• Franz, W.W. "The Meaning of 'Hedonic Damages' in Tort Litigation: A Note [on Ireland 1993]," Journal of Forensic Economics, (Winter 1996), 55-57.
• Gaughan, P.A. and R.L. Ruth. "Hedonic Damages in Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Cases," Journal of Forensic Economics, (August 1989), 117-118.
• Gilbert, R.F. "A Review of the Monte Carlo Evidence Concerning Hedonic Value of Life Estimates," Journal of Forensic Economics, (Spring/Summer 1995), 125-130.
• Gilbert, R.F. "In Defense of the Application of Hedonic Models to Wrongful Death and Personal Injury Litigation," Journal of Forensic Economics, (Winter 1995), 25-33.
• Goldstein, C. "Hedonic Damages: Awards for Loss of Life and Its Pleasures," For the Defense, (November 1988), 6-10.
• Havrilesky, T. "The Persisstent Misapplication of the 'Hedonic Damages' Concept to Wrongful Death and Personal Injury Litigation," [Reply to Albrecht 1994], Journal of Forensic Economics, (Winter 1995), 49-54.
• Havrilesky, T. "The Misapplication of the Hedonic Damages Concept to Wrongful Death and Personal Injury Litigation," Journal of Forensic Economics, (Spring/Summer 1993), 93-98.
• Havrilesky, T. "Valuing Life in the Courts: An Overview," Journal of Forensic Economics, (Fall 1990), 71-74.
• Ireland, T.R. "The Application of the Hedonic Damages Concept to Wrongful Death and personal Injury Litigation: A Comment [on Albrecht 1994]," Journal of Forensic Economics, (Winter 1995), 93-94.
• Ireland, T.R. "The Misapplication of the Hedonic Damages Concept to Wrongful Death and Personal Injury Litigation: A Comment [on Havrilesky 1993]," Journal of Forensic Economics, (Fall 1993), 273-275.
• Ireland, T.R. "The Meaning of 'Hedonic Damages' in Tort Litigation," Journal of Forensic Economics, (Spring/Summer 1993), 99-104.
• Ireland, T.R. "'Hedonic' Estimates in Personal Injury Analysis: Differences From Wrongful Death Analysis," Journal of Forensic Economics, (Spring/Summer 1996), 113-118.
• Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, Hedonic Damages: Critical Issues and Proofs Regarding Damages for Loss of Enjoyment of Life: Case Analysis, Trial Techniques, (Rochester, NY: Lawyers Co-operative Publishing, 1992 with supplements).
• Miller, Ted R., "The Plausible Range for the Value of Life - Red Herrings Among the Mackerel," Journal of Forensic Economics, vol. 3, number 3, ((Fall 1990), pp. 17-39.
• Palfin, Richard A., Hedonic Damages: Proving Damages for Lost Enjoyment of Living, (Charlottesville, VA: Michie Co., 1990).
• Preiser, Monty L., Laurence Bodine, and Stanley E. Preiser, Trial Manual for Proving Hedonic Damages, (Westport, CT: Lawpress, 1992).
• Publin, Louis L., and Alfred Lotka, The Money Value of a Man (New York: Ronald Press, 1946).
• Smith, Stan V., "Hedonic Damages in the Courtroom Setting: A Bridge Over Troubled Waters," Journal of Forensic Economics, vol. 3, number 3, ((Fall 1990), pp. 41-49.
• Staller, Jerome, Brian P. Sullivan, and Edward A Friedman, "Special Problems With Value-Of-Life Estimates Based on Wage-Risk Studies: A Note," Journal of Forensic Economics, vol. 10, number 1, (Winter 1997), pp. 95-98.
• Ward, John O., and Thomas R. Ireland, The New Hedonics Primer for Economists and Attorneys, 2nd Edition, (Tucson: Lawyers & Judges Publishing Company, 1996).

Household Work Value

• Brown, Cara, "Exposing and Remedying Vexing Problems in Housekeeping Claims for Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Cases: An Economist's View," The Advocate's Quarterly (Canada), vol. 19, (1997), pp. 83-120.
• Bryant, W. K., C. D. Zick, and H. Kim, The Dollar Value of Household Work, (New York: Cornell University College of Human Ecology, 1992).
• Gauger, William H., and Kathryn E. Walker, The Dollar Value of Household Work, (Ithaca, New York: New York State College of Human Ecology, Cornell University, 1980).
• Saunders, Iwan, "Damages for Lost Working Capacity for Women: The Continuing Quest for Fairness," In Personal Injury Refresher Course, (Canada: Legal Education Society, 1995).
• Yale, Janet, "The Valuation of Household Services in Wrongful Death Actions," University of Toronto Law Journal, vol. 34, (1984), pp. 283- .

Interest and Discount Rates

• Patell, James M., Roman L. Weil, and Mark A. Wolfson, "Accumulating Damages in Litigation: The Roles of Uncertainty and Interest Rates," Journal of Legal Studies, June 1982, vol. 11, pp. 341-364.

Journals

• Business Valuation Review, published by American Society of Appraisers
• Forensic Economics Abstracts, published by the Legal Scholarship Network (LSN), an affiliate of the Social Science Research Network (SSRN)
• Journal of Financial Economics, edited at the University of Rochester and published by Elsevier Science.
• Journal of Forensic Economics, published by the National Association of Forensic Economics (NAFE)
• Journal of Law and Economics, edited by University of Chicago Law School
• Journal of Law, Economics, & Organization
• Journal of Legal Economics, published by the American Academy of Economic and Financial Experts
• Journal of Legal Studies
• Jurimetrics Journal of Law, Science, and Technology, published jointly by the American Bar Association and Arizona State University College of Law.
• Law and Economic Abstracts, published by the Legal Scholarship Network (LSN), an affiliate of the Social Science Research Network (SSRN)
• Litigation Economics Digest, published by the National Association of Forensic Economics (NAFE)
• Shanon Pratt's Business Valuation Update, published by Shannon Pratt's Business Valuation Update, Portland, Oregon
• Stanford Journal of Law, Business & Finance

Law and Economics

• Barnes, David W., and Lynn A. Stout, Cases and Materials on Law and Economics, (St. Paul: West Publishing, 1992).
• Cooter, Robert, and Thomas Ulen, Law and Economics, 2nd Edition, (Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley Longman, 1997).
• Dnes, Antony W., The Economics of Law, (London: International Thomson Press, 1996).
• Eatwell, John, et al, editors, The New Palgrave: A Dictionary of Economics, (London: MacMillan, 1991).
• Harrison, Jeffrey L., Law and Economics in a Nutshell, (St. Paul: West Publishing, 1995).
• Katz, Avery, Foundations of the Economic Approach to Law, (New York: Oxford University Press, 1997).
• Mercuro, Nicholas, and Steven G. Medema, Economics and the Law: From Posner to Post-Modernism, (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1997).
• Miceli, Thomas J., Economics of the Law: Torts, Contracts, Property, Litigation, (New York: Oxford University Press, 1997).
• Malloy, Robin Paul, and Christopher K. Braun, editors, Law and Economics: New and Critical Perspectives, (New York: P. Lang, 1995).
• Pearce, David W., The MIT Dictionary of Modern Economics, 4th Edition, (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1992).
• Posner, Richard A., and Francesco Parisi, Law and Economics, (Lyme, New Hampshire: Edward Elgar Publishers, 1997).
• Seidenfeld, Mark, Microeconomic Predicates to Law and Economics, (Cincinnati: Anderson Publishing Co., 1996).
• Spurr, Stephen J., Economic Foundations of Law, (Mason, Ohio: Southwestern/Thomson Learning, 2006).

Personal Injury and Death

• Baker, William Gary, Determining Economic Loss in Injury and Death Cases, 2nd Edition, (Colorado Springs, CO: Shepard's/McGraw-Hill, 1993).
• Becker, Gary S., Human Capital, (New York Columbia University Press, 1964).
• Brookshire, Michael L., Economic/Hedonic Damages: The Practice Book for Plaintiff and Defense Attorneys, (Cincinnati: Anderson Publishing Company, 1990).
• Charles, William H. R., Charles Handbook on Assessment of Damages in Personal Injury Cases, 2nd Edition, (Scarborough, Ontario: Carswell, 1996).
• Cooper-Stephenson, Kenneth D., and Iwan B. Saunders, Personal Injury Damages in Canada, 2nd Edition, (Scarborough, Ontario: Carswell, 1990).
• Dorman, Peter, Markets and Mortality : Economics, Dangerous Work, and the Value of Human Life, (Cambridge University Press, 1996).
• Eck, James R., and Jeffrey L. Ungeren, Structuring Settlements, (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1987).
• Estes, Ralph W., Estes Economic Loss Tables: Tables for Estimating Economic Loss in Cases of Wrongful Death and Personal Injury, 1991 Edition, (Washington, DC: A. U. Publishing, 1991).
• Hermann, Philip J., Better, Earlier Settlements Through Economic Leverage, (Solon, OH: Jury Verdict Research, 1989).
• Ireland, Thomas R., Valuing Children in Litigation: Family and Individual Loss Assessment, (Tucson: Lawyers & Judges Publishing Company, 1995).
• Kemp, David, Damages for Personal Injury and Death, 6th Edition, (London: FT Tax & Law, 1995).
• Martin, Gerald D., Determining Economic Damages, 9th Edition, (Santa Ana, CA: James Publishing Group, 1997).
• Smith, Stan V., Jury Verdicts in Drunken Driving Cases, Ph. D. dissertation, (Chicago: University of Chicago, August 1997).
• Speiser, Stuart M., and John Maher, Recovery for Wrongful Death and Injury: Economic Handbook, 4th Edition, (Deerfield, IL: Clark Boardman Callaghan, 1995).
• Walker, Roger W., Evaluation of Assets : A Lawyer's Guide for Marriage Dissolution, Personal Injury, and Wrongful Death Actions, (Michie Butterworth, 1984).

Real Estate and Natural Resources

• Eaton, James D., Real Estate Valuation in Litigation, (Appraisal Institute, 1995).
• Fisher, Jeffrey D., and Robert S. Martin, Income Property Valuation, (Dearborn Trade, 1994).
• Lusht, Kenneth M., Real Estate Valuation: Principles and Applications, (Chicago: Irwin, 1997).
• MacBride, Dexter, Opportunities in Appraising/Valuation Sciences, (National Textbook Co., 1980).
• Scarrett, Douglas, Property Valuation: The Five Methods, (Chapman & Hall, 1991).
• Ward, Kevin M., Natural Resource Damages: Law and Economics, (New York: Wiley Law Publications, 1992).

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