Journal of Empirical Legal Studies

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Volume 17, issue 4, 2020

Foreword: The 2019 Conference on Empirical Legal Studies pp. 644-645

David Bjerk, Eric Helland and Dan Krauss

Filibuster Change and Judicial Appointments pp. 646-695

Jonathan Remy Nash and Joanna Shepherd

Copyright and Economic Viability: Evidence from the Music Industry pp. 696-721

Kristelia García, James Hicks and Justin McCrary

Manna from Heaven for Judges: Judges’ Reaction to a Quasi‐Random Reduction in Caseload pp. 722-751

Christoph Engel and Keren Weinshall

A Nationalist Backlash to International Refugee Law: Evidence from a Survey Experiment in Turkey pp. 752-788

Kevin L. Cope and Charles Crabtree

Responses to Liability Immunization: Evidence from Medical Devices pp. 789-819

Elissa P. Gentry and Benjamin J. McMichael

Persistent Effects of Colonial Institutions on Long‐Run Development: Local Evidence from Regression Discontinuity Design in Argentina pp. 820-861

Rok Spruk and Mitja Kovac

ALL‐CAPS pp. 862-896

Yonathan A. Arbel and Andrew Toler

Volume 17, issue 3, 2020

Working Hard or Making Work? Plaintiffs’ Attorney Fees in Securities Fraud Class Actions pp. 438-465

Stephen J. Choi, Jessica Erickson and A. C. Pritchard

Mapping the Iceberg: The Impact of Data Sources on the Study of District Courts pp. 466-492

Christina L. Boyd, Pauline T. Kim and Margo Schlanger

Economic Gender Equality and the Decline of Alimony in Switzerland pp. 493-518

Dorian Kessler

Inputs and Outputs on Appeal: An Empirical Study of Briefs, Big Law, and Case Complexity pp. 519-555

Adam M. Samaha, Michael Heise and Gregory C. Sisk

Factoring the Role of Eyewitness Evidence in the Courtroom pp. 556-579

Brandon L. Garrett, Alice Liu, Karen Kafadar, Joanne Yaffe and Chad S. Dodson

Judicial Disparity, Deviation, and Departures from Sentencing Guidelines: The Case of Hong Kong pp. 580-614

Kevin Kwok‐yin Cheng, Sayaka Ri and Natasha Pushkarna

Patent Similarity Data and Innovation Metrics pp. 615-639

Ryan Whalen, Alina Lungeanu, Leslie DeChurch and Noshir Contractor

Volume 17, issue 2, 2020

Improving Scientific Judgments in Law and Government: A Field Experiment of Patent Peer Review pp. 190-223

Daniel E. Ho and Lisa Ouellette

The Problem of Data Bias in the Pool of Published U.S. Appellate Court Opinions pp. 224-261

Keith Carlson, Michael A. Livermore and Daniel N. Rockmore

Subsidizing Liquidity with Wider Ticks: Evidence from the Tick Size Pilot Study pp. 262-316

Robert P. Bartlett and Justin McCrary

How Would Judges Compose Judicial Panels? Theory and Evidence from the Supreme Court of Israel pp. 317-341

Yehonatan Givati and Israel Rosenberg

Randomness Pre‐Considered: Recognizing and Accounting for “De‐Randomizing” Events When Utilizing Random Judicial Assignment pp. 342-382

Dane Thorley

Estimating Judicial Ideal Points in Bi‐Dimensional Courts: Evidence from Catalonia pp. 383-415

Lucia Dalla Pellegrina, Nuno Garoupa and Marian Gili

Developing High‐Quality Data Infrastructure for Legal Analytics: Introducing the Israeli Supreme Court Database pp. 416-434

Keren Weinshall and Lee Epstein

Volume 17, issue 1, 2020

Defensive Medicine and Obstetric Practices: Evidence from the Military Health System pp. 4-37

Michael Frakes and Jonathan Gruber

The Cost of Legal Restrictions on Experience Rating pp. 38-70

Levon Barseghyan, Francesca Molinari, Darcy Steeg Morris and Joshua Teitelbaum

Does Capital Bear the U.S. Corporate Tax After All? New Evidence from Corporate Tax Returns pp. 71-115

Edward Fox

Separate Opinion Writing Under Mandatory Appellate Jurisdiction: Three‐Judge District Court Panels and the Voting Rights Act pp. 116-138

Maxwell Mak and Andrew H. Sidman

Criminal Sentencing by Preferred Numbers pp. 139-163

Mandeep K. Dhami, Ian K. Belton, Elizabeth Merrall, Andrew McGrath and Sheila M. Bird

Social Solidarity and Sentencing Disparities Between Ethnic Groups: The Case of Hit‐and‐Run Traffic Offenses pp. 164-185

Roni Factor and Miriam Gur‐Arye

Volume 16, issue 4, 2019

Foreword: The 2018 Conference on Empirical Legal Studies pp. 692-692

James Hines, J.J. Prescott and Sonja Starr

Furman at 45: Constitutional Challenges from California's Failure to (Again) Narrow Death Eligibility pp. 693-730

David C. Baldus, George Woodworth, Catherine M. Grosso, Michael Laurence, Jeffrey A. Fagan and Richard Newell

The Global Dominance of European Competition Law Over American Antitrust Law pp. 731-766

Anu Bradford, Adam Chilton, Katerina Linos and Alexander Weaver

Mutual Funds that Borrow pp. 767-806

A. Joseph Warburton and Michael Simkovic

Race and Class: A Randomized Experiment with Prosecutors pp. 807-847

Christopher Robertson, Shima Baradaran Baughman and Megan S. Wright

Investigating Cohort Similarity as an Ex Ante Alternative to Patent Forward Citations pp. 848-880

Jonathan H. Ashtor

When Does Transparency Backfire? Putting Jeremy Bentham's Theory of General Prevention to the Experimental Test pp. 881-908

Christoph Engel

Traditional Gender Roles and Backlash Against Female Attorneys Expressing Anger in Court pp. 909-932

Jessica M. Salerno and Hannah J. Phalen

Dissent Aversion and Sequential Voting in the Brazilian Supreme Court pp. 933-954

Felipe de Mendonça Lopes

What's in a Name? The Disparate Effects of Identifiability on Offenders and Victims of Sexual Harassment pp. 955-1000

Netta Barak‐Corren and Daphna Lewinsohn‐Zamir

Volume 16, issue 3, 2019

Legal Uniformity in American Courts pp. 448-478

Deborah Beim and Kelly Rader

Effects of the Joint Custody Law in Italy pp. 479-514

Guido de Blasio and Daniela Vuri

Lawyers and Jurors: Interrogating Voir Dire Strategies by Analyzing Conversations pp. 515-541

Catherine M. Grosso and Barbara O'Brien

Entrepreneurs’ Legal Status Choices and the C Corporation Survival Penalty pp. 542-604

Emily A. Satterthwaite

A Deeper Look at Bar Success: The Relationship Between Law Student Success, Academic Performance, and Student Characteristics pp. 605-629

Amy N. Farley, Christopher M. Swoboda, Joel Chanvisanuruk, Keanen M. McKinley, Alicia Boards and Courtney Gilday

Legal Techniques for Rationalizing Biased Judicial Decisions: Evidence from Experiments with Real Judges pp. 630-670

John Zhuang Liu and Xueyao Li

The German Federal Courts Dataset 1950–2019: From Paper Archives to Linked Open Data pp. 671-688

Hanjo Hamann

Volume 16, issue 2, 2019

Right‐to‐Carry Laws and Violent Crime: A Comprehensive Assessment Using Panel Data and a State‐Level Synthetic Control Analysis pp. 198-247

John Donohue, Abhay Aneja and Kyle D. Weber

Targeting Bad Doctors: Lessons from Indiana, 1975–2015 pp. 248-280

Jing Liu and David A. Hyman

Stock Market Reactions to India's 2016 Demonetization pp. 281-317

Dhammika Dharmapala and Vikramaditya S. Khanna

Characteristics of Lawyers Who Are Subject to Complaints and Misconduct Findings pp. 318-342

Tara Sklar, Yamna Taouk, David Studdert, Matthew Spittal, Ron Paterson and Marie Bismark

Understanding Patent “Privateering”: A Quantitative Assessment pp. 343-380

Jay P. Kesan, Anne Layne‐Farrar and David L. Schwartz

The Effects of the Extant Clauses Limiting Auditor Liability on Audit Fees and Overall Reporting Quality pp. 381-410

Henock Louis, Thomas C. Pearson, Dahlia M. Robinson, Michael N. Robinson and Amy X. Sun

Competition Law Gone Global: Introducing the Comparative Competition Law and Enforcement Datasets pp. 411-443

Anu Bradford, Adam S. Chilton, Christopher Megaw and Nathaniel Sokol

Volume 16, issue 1, 2019

Lawyers at the Peak of Their Careers: A 30‐Year Longitudinal Study of Job and Life Satisfaction pp. 4-25

John Monahan and Jeffrey Swanson

Damage Caps and Defensive Medicine: Reexamination with Patient‐Level Data pp. 26-68

Ali Moghtaderi, Steven Farmer and Bernard Black

Regulation, Public Attitudes, and Private Governance pp. 69-93

David A. Dana and Janice Nadler

Single Motherhood and the Abolition of Coverture in the United States pp. 94-118

Hazem Alshaikhmubarak, R. Richard Geddes and Shoshana Grossbard

Morality, Compensation, and the Contractual Obligation pp. 119-142

Sergio Mittlaender

Development of a General Legal Confidence Scale: A First Implementation of the Rasch Measurement Model in Empirical Legal Studies pp. 143-174

P. Pleasence and N. J. Balmer

Accuracy and Fairness for Juvenile Justice Risk Assessments pp. 175-194

Richard Berk