Journal of Empirical Legal Studies

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Volume 8, issue s1, 2011

Editors' Introduction to Judgment by the Numbers: Converting Qualitative to Quantitative Judgments in Law pp. 1-5

Valerie P. Hans, Jeffrey J. Rachlinski and Emily Owens

The Challenge to Produce Useful “Legal Numbers” pp. 6-20

Reid Hastie

If the Shoe Fits They Might Acquit: The Value of Forensic Science Testimony pp. 21-48

Jonathan J. Koehler

Trawling Genetic Databases: When a DNA Match is Just a Naked Statistic pp. 49-71

Nicholas Scurich and Richard S. John

Probable Cause, Probability, and Hindsight pp. 72-98

Jeffrey J. Rachlinski, Chris Guthrie and Andrew J. Wistrich

Predicting Civil Jury Verdicts: How Attorneys Use (and Misuse) a Second Opinion pp. 99-119

Jonas Jacobson, Jasmine Dobbs‐Marsh, Varda Liberman and Julia A. Minson

To Dollars from Sense: Qualitative to Quantitative Translation in Jury Damage Awards pp. 120-147

Valerie P. Hans and Valerie F. Reyna

Damage Anchors on Real Juries pp. 148-178

Shari Seidman Diamond, Mary R. Rose, Beth Murphy and John Meixner

What's an Apology Worth? Decomposing the Effect of Apologies on Medical Malpractice Payments Using State Apology Laws pp. 179-199

Benjamin Ho and Elaine Liu

Is Pleading Really a Bargain? pp. 200-221

David Abrams

Location, Location, Location: The Impact of Guideline Grid Location on the Value of Sentencing Enhancements pp. 222-238

Shawn Bushway and Anne Piehl

Truthiness in Punishment: The Far Reach of Truth‐in‐Sentencing Laws in State Courts pp. 239-261

Emily Owens

Figuring Kids' Allowance and Other Conversion Problems: Commentary on Judgment by the Numbers pp. 262-269

Edie Greene

Volume 8, issue 4, 2011

When Do Generics Challenge Drug Patents? pp. 613-649

C. Scott Hemphill and Bhaven N. Sampat

The Price of Pay to Play in Securities Class Actions pp. 650-681

Stephen J. Choi, Drew T. Johnson‐Skinner and A. C. Pritchard

Fairness Ex Ante and Ex Post: Experimentally Testing Ex Post Judicial Intervention into Blockbuster Deals pp. 682-708

Christoph Engel and Michael Kurschilgen

Lay Judgments of Judicial Decision Making pp. 709-727

Dan Simon and Nicholas Scurich

Mechanisms for Eliciting Cooperation in Counterterrorism Policing: Evidence from the United Kingdom pp. 728-761

Aziz Z. Huq, Tom R. Tyler and Stephen J. Schulhofer

Safe Harbors from Fair‐Cross‐Section Challenges? The Practical Limitations of Measuring Representation in the Jury Pool pp. 762-791

Paula Hannaford‐Agor and Nicole L. Waters

Property Rights, Resource Access, and Long‐Run Growth pp. 792-829

Ian Keay and Cherie Metcalf

Political Ideology and Reactions to Crime Victims: Preferences for Restorative and Punitive Responses pp. 830-855

Dena M. Gromet and John M. Darley

Judicial Behavior on the Chilean Constitutional Tribunal pp. 856-877

Royce Carroll and Lydia Tiede

The Price Effects of Event‐Risk Protection: The Results from a Natural Experiment pp. 878-903

Karl Okamoto, David Pedersen and Natalie Pedersen

Volume 8, issue 3, 2011

Do Shareholders Benefit from Corporate Misconduct? A Long‐Run Analysis pp. 449-476

Samuel L. Tibbs, Deborah L. Harrell and Ronald Shrieves

Assessing Post‐ADA Employment: Some Econometric Evidence and Policy Considerations pp. 477-503

John Donohue, Michael Ashley Stein, Christopher L. Griffin, Jr. and Sascha Becker

Judging Women pp. 504-532

Stephen J. Choi, Mitu Gulati, Mirya Holman and Eric A. Posner

Fixing Lawyers' Fees Ex Ante: A Case Study in Policy and Empirical Legal Studies pp. 533-555

Paul Fenn and Neil Rickman

Attitudinal and Neo‐Institutional Models of Supreme Court Decision Making: An Empirical and Comparative Perspective from Israel pp. 556-586

Keren Weinshall‐Margel

Legal Aid and Legal Expenses Insurance, Complements or Substitutes? The Case of the Netherlands pp. 587-612

Ben C. J. van Velthoven and Carolien M. Klein Haarhuis

Volume 8, issue 2, 2011

Competitiveness in State Supreme Court Elections, 1946–2009 pp. 237-259

Herbert M. Kritzer

The Paradox of “Fraud‐on‐the‐Market Theory”: Who Relies on the Efficiency of Market Prices? pp. 260-303

Grigori Erenburg, Janet Kiholm Smith and Richard L. Smith

Do Joint Parenting Laws Make Any Difference? pp. 304-324

Douglas W. Allen and Margaret Brinig

Judge‐Jury Difference in Punitive Damages Awards: Who Listens to the Supreme Court? pp. 325-357

Theodore Eisenberg and Michael Heise

Incorporation Law, Ownership Structure, and Firm Value: Evidence from Canada pp. 358-383

Narjess Boubraki, Yves Bozec, Claude Laurin and Stéphane Rousseau

An Empirical Study of Court‐Adjudicated Takings Compensation in New York City: 1990–2003 pp. 384-412

Yun‐chien Chang

Community Characteristics and Tort Law: The Importance of County Demographic Composition and Inequality to Tort Trial Outcomes pp. 413-447

Issa Kohler‐Hausmann

Volume 8, issue 1, 2011

An Empirical Study of Employment Arbitration: Case Outcomes and Processes pp. 1-23

Alexander J. S. Colvin

Judicial Discretion and (Un)equal Access: A Systematic Study of Motions to Reduce Criminal Sentences in Rhode Island Superior Court (1998–2003) pp. 24-47

Laura Braslow and Ross E. Cheit

Settlement at Policy Limits and the Duty to Settle: Evidence from Texas pp. 48-84

David A. Hyman, Bernard Black and Charles Silver

Victim‐Based Effects on Racially Disparate Sentencing in Ohio pp. 85-117

John Wooldredge, Timothy Griffin, Amy Thistlethwaite and Fritz Rauschenberg

Is There a Chinese Common Law? An Empirical Study of the Bilingual Common‐Law System of Hong Kong pp. 118-146

Kwai Hang Ng

An Empirical Examination of the Governance Choices of Income Trusts pp. 147-176

Anita I. Anand and Edward M. Iacobucci

The Small Group Context: Designated District Court Judges in the U.S. Courts of Appeals pp. 177-205

Paul M. Collins, Jr. and Wendy L. Martinek

The Trial Penalty and Jury Sentencing: A Study of Air Force Courts‐Martial pp. 206-235

Patricia D. Breen

Volume 7, issue 4, 2010

Pot as Pretext: Marijuana, Race, and the New Disorder in New York City Street Policing pp. 591-633

Amanda Geller and Jeffrey Fagan

A Bayesian Hierarchical Regression Approach to Clustered and Longitudinal Data in Empirical Legal Studies pp. 634-663

William Anderson and Martin T. Wells

Judicial Setbacks, Material Gains: Terror Litigation at the Israeli High Court of Justice pp. 664-692

Menachem Hofnung and Keren Weinshall Margel

Managerial Entrenchment and Capital Structure: New Evidence pp. 693-742

Kose John and Lubomir Litov

Relational Governance and Contract Damages: Evidence from Franchising pp. 743-785

Adam B. Badawi

An Empirical Investigation of Settlement and Litigation—The Case of Taiwanese Labor Disputes pp. 786-810

Kuo‐Chang Huang, Kong‐Pin Chen and Chang‐Ching Lin

An Empirical Study of Class Action Settlements and Their Fee Awards pp. 811-846

Brian T. Fitzpatrick

Punishment Despite Reasonable Doubt—A Public Goods Experiment with Sanctions Under Uncertainty pp. 847-867

Kristoffel Grechenig, Andreas Nicklisch and Christian Thöni

Making Talk Cheap (and Problems Easy): How Legal and Political Institutions Can Facilitate Consensus pp. 868-885

Cheryl Boudreau, Mathew D. McCubbins, Daniel B. Rodriguez and Nicholas Weller

Are Ideal Litigators White? Measuring the Myth of Colorblindness pp. 886-915

Jerry Kang, Nilanjana Dasgupta, Kumar Yogeeswaran and Gary Blasi

Volume 7, issue 3, 2010

Let My People Go: Ethnic In‐Group Bias in Judicial Decisions—Evidence from a Randomized Natural Experiment pp. 403-428

Oren Gazal‐Ayal and Raanan Sulitzeanu‐Kenan

Worthless Warnings? Testing the Effectiveness of Disclaimers in Mutual Fund Advertisements pp. 429-459

Molly Mercer, Alan R. Palmiter and Ahmed E. Taha

The Industrial Organization of the Japanese Bar: Levels and Determinants of Attorney Income pp. 460-489

Minoru Nakazato, John Ramseyer and Eric B. Rasmusen

Creating Quality Courts pp. 490-510

Frank B. Cross and Dain Donelson

Community Perceptions of Theft Seriousness: A Challenge to Model Penal Code and English Theft Act Consolidation pp. 511-537

Stuart P. Green and Matthew B. Kugler

The Public Regulation of Land‐Use Decisions: Criteria for Evaluating Alternative Procedures pp. 538-573

Tom Tyler and David Markell

Randomness Reconsidered: Modeling Random Judicial Assignment in the U.S. Courts of Appeals pp. 574-589

Matthew Hall

Volume 7, issue 2, 2010

Individual Justice or Collective Legal Mobilization? Employment Discrimination Litigation in the Post Civil Rights United States pp. 175-201

Laura Beth Nielsen, Robert L. Nelson and Ryon Lancaster

The Statistical Analysis of Judicial Decisions and Legal Rules with Classification Trees pp. 202-230

Jonathan P. Kastellec

Juror Beliefs About Police Interrogations, False Confessions, and Expert Testimony pp. 231-247

Mark Costanzo, Netta Shaked‐Schroer and Katherine Vinson

Attorney Fees and Expenses in Class Action Settlements: 1993–2008 pp. 248-281

Theodore Eisenberg and Geoffrey P. Miller

Labor Law, Judicial Efficiency, and Informal Employment in India pp. 282-321

Sonja Fagernäs

The Gendered Dimensions of Inheritance: Empirical Food for Legal Thought pp. 322-354

Daphna Hacker

Judicial Discretion and Sentencing Behavior: Did the Feeney Amendment Rein in District Judges? pp. 355-378

Beth A. Freeborn and Monica E. Hartmann

O'Connell Early Settlement Offers: Toward Realistic Numbers and Two‐Sided Offers pp. 379-401

Bernard Black, David A. Hyman and Charles Silver

Volume 7, issue 1, 2010

Executions, Deterrence, and Homicide: A Tale of Two Cities pp. 1-29

Franklin E. Zimring, Jeffrey Fagan and David T. Johnson

Doing Wrong Without Creating Harm pp. 30-63

John M. Darley, Lawrence M. Solan, Matthew B. Kugler and Joseph Sanders

Why ADR Programs Aren't More Appealing: An Empirical Perspective pp. 64-96

Michael Heise

Fairness and the Willingness to Accept Plea Bargain Offers pp. 97-116

Avishalom Tor, Oren Gazal‐Ayal and Stephen M. Garcia

The Impact of Tort Reforms on the Sanctioning of Physicians by State Licensing Boards pp. 117-140

Paul Jesilow and Julianne Ohlander

The Business of the Australian State Supreme Courts Over the Course of the 20th Century pp. 141-163

Russell Smyth

Reply to “The Effects of ‘Early Offers’ in Medical Malpractice Cases: Evidence from Texas” pp. 164-173

Joni Hersch, Jeffrey O'Connell and W Viscusi