Journal of Empirical Legal Studies

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Volume 10, issue 4, 2013

The Receding Tide of Medical Malpractice Litigation: Part 1—National Trends pp. 612-638

Myungho Paik, Bernard Black and David A. Hyman

The Receding Tide of Medical Malpractice Litigation: Part 2—Effect of Damage Caps pp. 639-669

Myungho Paik, Bernard Black and David Hyman

Choice‐Based Discrimination: Labor‐Force‐Type Discrimination Against Gay Men, the Obese, and Mothers pp. 670-695

Tamar Kricheli‐Katz

Prosecutor Elections, Mistakes, and Appeals pp. 696-714

Bryan McCannon

Can You Buy Sperm Donor Identification? An Experiment pp. 715-740

I. Glenn Cohen and Travis G. Coan

Race, Prediction, and Pretrial Detention pp. 741-770

Frank McIntyre and Shima Baradaran

Bankrupt Apologies pp. 771-796

Jennifer K. Robbennolt and Robert M. Lawless

The Effect of Legal Expert Commentary on Lay Judgments of Judicial Decision Making pp. 797-814

Dan Simon and Nicholas Scurich

Suing the Leviathan—An Empirical Analysis of the Changing Rate of Administrative Litigation in China pp. 815-846

Ji Li

Judicial Ideology and the Selection of Disputes for U.S. Supreme Court Adjudication pp. 847-865

Jeff Yates, Damon M. Cann and Brent D. Boyea

Volume 10, issue 3, 2013

Lawyers as Agents of the Devil in a Prisoner's Dilemma Game pp. 399-423

Orley Ashenfelter, David E. Bloom and Gordon Dahl

Who Will Manage Complex Civil Litigation? The Decision to Transfer and Consolidate Multidistrict Litigation pp. 424-461

Margaret S. Williams and Tracey E. George

The Effects of the Labor Contract Law on the Chinese Labor Market pp. 462-483

Fan Cui, Ying Ge and Fengchun Jing

How Jurors Evaluate Fingerprint Evidence: The Relative Importance of Match Language, Method Information, and Error Acknowledgment pp. 484-511

Brandon Garrett and Gregory Mitchell

Reference Points and Contractual Choices: An Experimental Examination pp. 512-541

Yuval Feldman, Amos Schurr and Doron Teichman

Rescuing Confidence in the Judicial System: Introducing Lay Participation in Taiwan pp. 542-569

Kuo‐Chang Huang and Chang‐Ching Lin

A Quantitative Analysis of the Indian Supreme Court's Workload pp. 570-601

Nick Robinson

Volume 10, issue 2, 2013

Do Racial Preferences Affect Minority Learning in Law Schools? pp. 171-195

Doug Williams

Price Effects and the Commerce Clause: The Case of State Wine Shipping Laws pp. 196-229

Jerry Ellig and Alan E. Wiseman

Can We Trust Intuitive Jurors? Standards of Proof and the Probative Value of Evidence in Coherence‐Based Reasoning pp. 230-252

Andreas Glöckner and Christoph Engel

Building a Taxonomy of Litigation: Clusters of Causes of Action in Federal Complaints pp. 253-287

Christina L. Boyd, David A. Hoffman, Zoran Obradovic and Kosta Ristovski

Strong Financial Laws Without Strong Enforcement: Is Good Law Always Better than No Law? pp. 288-324

Mark Humphery‐Jenner

The Citation and Depreciation of U.S. Supreme Court Precedent pp. 325-358

Ryan C. Black and James F. Spriggs

Do Jurors Give Appropriate Weight to Forensic Identification Evidence? pp. 359-397

William C. Thompson, Suzanne O. Kaasa and Tiamoyo Peterson

Volume 10, issue 1, 2013

Measuring Diversity on the Supreme Court with Biodiversity Statistics pp. 1-34

Benjamin H. Barton and Emily Moran

Judge‐Jury Agreement in Criminal Cases: The First Three Years of the Korean Jury System pp. 35-53

Sangjoon Kim, Jaihyun Park, Kwangbai Park and Jin‐Sup Eom

Is Certiorari Contingent on Litigant Behavior? Petitioners' Role in Strategic Auditing pp. 54-75

Maxwell Mak, Andrew H. Sidman and Udi Sommer

Judicial Impartiality, Campaign Contributions, and Recusals: Results from a National Survey pp. 76-103

James L. Gibson and Gregory A. Caldeira

Pricing Damages for Pain and Suffering in Court: The Impact of the Valuation Method pp. 104-119

Magdalena Flatscher‐Thöni, Andrea Leiter and Hannes Winner

Do the “Haves” Come Out Ahead in Shanghai Courts? pp. 120-145

Xin He and Yang Su

Bridging the Empirical Gap: New Insights into the Experience of Multiple Legal Problems and Advice Seeking pp. 146-170

Marisol Smith, Alexy Buck, Judith Sidaway and Lesley Scanlan

Volume 9, issue 4, 2012

Is Delaware Losing its Cases? pp. 605-656

John Armour, Bernard Black and Brian Cheffins

Corporate Politics, Governance, and Value Before and After Citizens United pp. 657-696

John C. Coates Iv

Race and Selective Enforcement in Public Housing pp. 697-728

Jeffrey Fagan, Garth Davies and Adam Carlis

Racial Disparities Under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines: The Role of Judicial Discretion and Mandatory Minimums pp. 729-764

Joshua B. Fischman and Max M. Schanzenbach

The Effect of Blinded Experts on Juror Verdicts pp. 765-794

Christopher T. Robertson and David V. Yokum

Political Influence and Career Judges: An Empirical Analysis of Administrative Review by the Spanish Supreme Court pp. 795-826

Nuno Garoupa, Marian Gili and Fernando Gómez‐Pomar

Competition in Financial Services: Evidence from British Mutual Funds pp. 827-858

A. Joseph Warburton

When Does Knowledge Become Intent? Perceiving the Minds of Wrongdoers pp. 859-892

Pam A. Mueller, Lawrence M. Solan and John M. Darley

The Secret of My Success: How Status, Eliteness, and School Performance Shape Legal Careers pp. 893-930

Richard Sander and Jane Bambauer

Volume 9, issue 3, 2012

Race, Attorney Influence, and Bankruptcy Chapter Choice pp. 393-429

Jean Braucher, Dov Cohen and Robert M. Lawless

Pricing Misperceptions: Explaining Pricing Structure in the Cell Phone Service Market pp. 430-456

Oren Bar‐Gill and Rebecca Stone

Defensive Medicine and Obstetric Practices pp. 457-481

Michael Frakes

Predicting Securities Fraud Settlements and Amounts: A Hierarchical Bayesian Model of Federal Securities Class Action Lawsuits pp. 482-510

Blakeley B. McShane, Oliver P. Watson, Tom Baker and Sean J. Griffith

Transferring Trust: Reciprocity Norms and Assignment of Contract pp. 511-535

Tess Wilkinson‐Ryan

Arbitration Clauses in Credit Card Agreements: An Empirical Study pp. 536-566

Christopher R. Drahozal and Peter B. Rutledge

Does Tort Law Deter Individuals? A Behavioral Science Study pp. 567-603

W. Jonathan Cardi, Randall D. Penfield and Albert H. Yoon

Volume 9, issue 2, 2012

Will Tort Reform Bend the Cost Curve? Evidence from Texas pp. 173-216

Myungho Paik, Bernard S. Black, David A. Hyman and Charles Silver

Does Tort Law Improve the Health of Newborns, or Miscarry? A Longitudinal Analysis of the Effect of Liability Pressure on Birth Outcomes pp. 217-245

Y. Tony Yang, David M. Studdert, S. V. Subramanian and Michelle M. Mello

Does the Judge Matter? Exploiting Random Assignment on a Court of Last Resort to Assess Judge and Case Selection Effects pp. 246-290

Theodore Eisenberg, Talia Fisher and Issi Rosen‐Zvi

Sentencing Guidelines and Judicial Discretion: Quasi‐Experimental Evidence from Human Calculation Errors pp. 291-319

Shawn Bushway, Emily Owens and Anne Piehl

The Selection of 13th‐Century Disputes for Litigation pp. 320-346

Daniel Klerman

Catholic Schools and Broken Windows pp. 347-367

Margaret F. Brinig and Nicole Stelle Garnett

Institutional Activism Through Litigation: An Empirical Analysis of Public Pension Fund Participation in Securities Class Actions pp. 368-392

Michael Perino

Volume 9, issue 1, 2012

A New Look at Patent Quality: Relating Patent Prosecution to Validity pp. 1-32

Ronald J. Mann and Marian Underweiser

Selected to Serve: An Analysis of Lifetime Jury Participation pp. 33-55

Mary R. Rose, Shari Seidman Diamond and Marc A. Musick

The Value of Capital Market Regulation: IPOs Versus Reverse Mergers pp. 56-91

Cécile Carpentier, Douglas Cumming and Jean‐Marc Suret

Delaware's Competitive Reach pp. 92-128

Matthew D. Cain and Steven M. Davidoff

Consensus, Disorder, and Ideology on the Supreme Court pp. 129-148

Paul H. Edelman, David E. Klein and Stefanie A. Lindquist

Dirty Hands or Deterrence? An Experimental Examination of the Exclusionary Rule pp. 149-171

Kenworthey Bilz