Marriage and Divorce: Reply
回应关于无过错离婚法对离婚率影响的争议，作者基于1986年的研究指出，单方无过错离婚并未显著提高离婚率，因为法律只是重新定义了谁有权终止婚姻，而非降低离婚成本。
In the popular press and among policymakers the effect of no-fault divorce laws on divorce rates remains an issue (see e.g., New York Times, 23 July 1991). In my 1986 article in this Review, I show that the adoption of one form of no-fault divorceunilateral divorce-does not lead to a significant increase in divorce rates.' The theoretical model that is consistent with this empirical evidence would imply that the new law does not decrease the costs of divorce. It merely redefines which party has the right to terminate the marriage.