Journal of Empirical Legal Studies

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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

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