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Short-id: pab496

Working Papers

2023

1. Do Cops Know Who to Stop? Assessing Optimizing Models of Police Behavior with a Natural Experiment
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
2. Electoral Sentencing Cycles
   Post-Print, HAL View citations (1)
   Also in Sciences Po Economics Publications (main), HAL (2023)
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2019) View citations (3)
   See also Journal Article Electoral Sentencing Cycles, The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, Oxford University Press (2023) View citations (1) (2023)

2022

3. When in Rome... On Local Norms and Sentencing Decisions
   Sciences Po Economics Publications (main), HAL View citations (1)
   Also in Post-Print, HAL (2022) View citations (1)
   Sciences Po Economics Discussion Papers, HAL (2019)
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2019) View citations (2)
   Sciences Po Economics Publications (main), HAL (2019)
   Working Papers, HAL (2019) View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article When in Rome... On Local Norms and Sentencing Decisions, Journal of the European Economic Association, European Economic Association (2022) View citations (1) (2022)

2019

4. The Patent Troll: Benign Middleman or Stick-Up Artist?
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (12)
   Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2019) View citations (12)
5. When in Rome… on local norms and sentencing decisions
   Sciences Po Economics Publications (main), HAL
   Also in Working Papers, HAL (2019) View citations (1)

2013

6. Patent Value and Citations: Creative Destruction or Strategic Disruption?
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (67)
   Also in PIER Working Paper Archive, Penn Institute for Economic Research, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania (2013) View citations (56)

Journal Articles

2023

1. Electoral Sentencing Cycles
   The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 2023, 39, (2), 350-370 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper Electoral Sentencing Cycles, Post-Print (2023) View citations (1) (2023)

2022

2. Police Frisks
   AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2022, 112, 178-83
3. When in Rome... On Local Norms and Sentencing Decisions
   Journal of the European Economic Association, 2022, 20, (2), 700-738 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper When in Rome... On Local Norms and Sentencing Decisions, Sciences Po Economics Publications (main) (2022) View citations (1) (2022)

2021

4. COVID and crime: An early empirical look
   Journal of Public Economics, 2021, 194, (C) View citations (43)

2012

5. Do Judges Vary in Their Treatment of Race?
   The Journal of Legal Studies, 2012, 41, (2), 347 - 383 View citations (123)
6. Estimating the Deterrent Effect of Incarceration Using Sentencing Enhancements
   American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2012, 4, (4), 32-56 View citations (33)

2011

7. Is Pleading Really a Bargain?
   Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, 2011, 8, (s1), 200-221 View citations (1)
8. OPTIMAL BAIL AND THE VALUE OF FREEDOM: EVIDENCE FROM THE PHILADELPHIA BAIL EXPERIMENT
   Economic Inquiry, 2011, 49, (3), 750-770 View citations (18)