Journal of Empirical Legal Studies

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Volume 6, issue 4, 2009

Foreword pp. v-v

Valerie P. Hans

Do Noneconomic Damages Caps and Attorney Fee Limits Reduce Access to Justice for Victims of Medical Negligence? pp. 637-686

Steven Garber, Michael D. Greenberg, Hilary Rhodes, Xiaohui Zhuo and John L. Adams

Private Enforcement of Corporate Law: An Empirical Comparison of the United Kingdom and the United States pp. 687-722

John Armour, Bernard Black, Brian Cheffins and Richard Nolan

The Effects of “Early Offers” in Medical Malpractice Cases: Evidence from Texas pp. 723-767

Bernard Black, David A. Hyman and Charles Silver

Measuring the Value of Class and Collective Action Employment Settlements: A Preliminary Assessment pp. 768-792

Samuel Estreicher and Kristina Yost

Competition in the Courtroom: When Does Expert Testimony Improve Jurors' Decisions? pp. 793-817

Cheryl Boudreau and Mathew D. McCubbins

Contractual Complexity and the Cognitive Load of R&D Alliance Contracts pp. 818-847

John Hagedoorn and Geerte Hesen

Capital Flows and Hedge Fund Regulation pp. 848-873

Douglas Cumming and Na Dai

Race in the War on Drugs: The Social Consequences of Presidential Rhetoric pp. 874-898

Jeff Yates and Andrew B. Whitford

Assuming Elder Care Responsibility: Am I a Caregiver? pp. 899-924

Lindsey E. Wylie and Eve M. Brank

Empirical Legal Studies Before 1940: A Bibliographic Essay pp. 925-968

Herbert M. Kritzer

U.S. Chamber of Commerce Liability Survey: Inaccurate, Unfair, and Bad for Business pp. 969-1002

Theodore Eisenberg

Volume 6, issue 3, 2009

Achieving Diversity on the Jury: Jury Size and the Peremptory Challenge pp. 425-449

Shari Seidman Diamond, Destiny Peery, Francis J. Dolan and Emily Dolan

Lawyers at Mid‐Career: A 20‐Year Longitudinal Study of Job and Life Satisfaction pp. 451-483

John Monahan and Jeffrey Swanson

How Will They Vote? Predicting the Future Behavior of Supreme Court Nominees, 1937–2006 pp. 485-511

Charles M. Cameron and Jee‐Kwang Park

A Jury of One: Opinion Formation, Conformity, and Dissent on Juries pp. 513-540

Nicole L. Waters and Valerie P. Hans

Empire Building and Fiscal Illusion? An Empirical Study of Government Official Behaviors in Takings pp. 541-584

Yun‐chien Chang

Letting Good Deeds Go Unpunished: Volunteer Immunity Laws and Tort Deterrence pp. 585-635

Jill R. Horwitz and Joseph Mead

Volume 6, issue 2, 2009

Does Discovery Promote Settlement? An Empirical Answer pp. 241-278

Kuo‐Chang Huang

What Do Corporate Default Rules and Menus Do? An Empirical Examination pp. 279-308

Yair Listokin

Universal Health Insurance and the Effect of Cost Containment on Mortality Rates: Strokes and Heart Attacks in Japan pp. 309-342

John Ramseyer

Shareholder Protection and Stock Market Development: An Empirical Test of the Legal Origins Hypothesis pp. 343-380

John Armour, Simon Deakin, Prabirjit Sarkar, Mathias Siems and Ajit Singh

Judicial Independence and Party Politics in the Kelsenian Constitutional Courts: The Case of Portugal pp. 381-404

Sofia Amaral‐Garcia, Nuno Garoupa and Veronica Grembi

Moral Judgment and Moral Heuristics in Breach of Contract pp. 405-423

Tess Wilkinson‐Ryan and Jonathan Baron

Volume 6, issue 1, 2009

Congressional Mobilization of Private Litigants: Evidence from the Civil Rights Act of 1991 pp. 1-34

Sean Farhang

The Screening Effect of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act pp. 35-68

Stephen J. Choi, Karen K. Nelson and A. C. Pritchard

Intuitive Lawmaking: The Example of Child Support pp. 69-109

Ira Mark Ellman, Sanford Braver and Robert J. MacCoun

What is the Settlement Rate and Why Should We Care? pp. 111-146

Theodore Eisenberg and Charlotte Lanvers

Piercing the Veil of Statewide Data: The Case of Vanishing Trials in North Carolina pp. 147-176

Robert Moog

The Expressive Function of Trade Secret Law: Legality, Cost, Intrinsic Motivation, and Consensus pp. 177-212

Yuval Feldman

An Analysis of Ideological Effects in Published Versus Unpublished Judicial Opinions pp. 213-239

Denise M. Keele, Robert W. Malmsheimer, Donald W. Floyd and Lianjun Zhang

Volume 5, issue 4, 2008

Numerical Analysis in Least Squares Regression with an Application to the Abortion‐Crime Debate pp. 647-681

William Anderson and Martin T. Wells

Why Is Elvis on Burkina Faso Postage Stamps? Cross‐Country Evidence on the Commercialization of State Sovereignty pp. 683-712

Joel Slemrod

Eminent Domain and the Psychology of Property Rights: Proposed Use, Subjective Attachment, and Taker Identity pp. 713-749

Janice Nadler and Shari Seidman Diamond

Nothing But the Truth? Experiments on Adversarial Competition, Expert Testimony, and Decision Making pp. 751-789

Cheryl Boudreau and Mathew D. McCubbins

Takeover Defenses and Competition: The Role of Stakeholders pp. 791-818

K. J. Martijn Cremers, Vinay Nair and Urs Peyer

Measuring Deviations from Expected Voting Patterns on Collegial Courts pp. 819-852

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

Divorce Law and Women's Labor Supply pp. 853-873

Betsey Stevenson

To Lawyer or Not to Lawyer: Is that the Question? pp. 875-906

Herbert M. Kritzer

Empirical Research for Public Policy: With Examples from Family Law pp. 907-926

Richard Lempert

Frequency and Predictors of False Conviction: Why We Know So Little, and New Data on Capital Cases pp. 927-962

Samuel R. Gross and Barbara O'Brien

Third‐Party Tax Administration: The Case of Low‐ and Moderate‐Income Households pp. 963-981

Michael S. Barr and Jane K. Dokko

Professional Overcharging in Large Bankruptcy Reorganization Cases pp. 983-1017

Lynn M. LoPucki and Joseph W. Doherty

Volume 5, issue 3, 2008

Case Selection and the Study of Judicial Politics pp. 407-446

Jonathan P. Kastellec and Jeffrey R. Lax

Competition and the Quality of Standard Form Contracts: The Case of Software License Agreements pp. 447-475

Florencia Marotta‐Wurgler

The Dilemma of the Criminal Defendant with a Prior Record—Lessons from the Wrongfully Convicted pp. 477-505

John H. Blume

Statins and Adverse Cardiovascular Events in Moderate‐Risk Females: A Statistical and Legal Analysis with Implications for FDA Preemption Claims pp. 507-550

Theodore Eisenberg and Martin T. Wells

Let's Not Make a Deal: An Empirical Study of Decision Making in Unsuccessful Settlement Negotiations pp. 551-591

Randall L. Kiser, Martin A. Asher and Blakeley B. McShane

General Civil Jury Trial Litigation in State and Federal Courts: A Statistical Portrait pp. 593-617

Thomas H. Cohen

Is There a Correlation Between Law Professor Publication Counts, Law Review Citation Counts, and Teaching Evaluations? An Empirical Study pp. 619-644

Benjamin Barton

Volume 5, issue 2, 2008

How Legal Representation Affects Case Outcomes: An Empirical Perspective from Taiwan pp. 197-238

Kuo‐Chang Huang

Brandeis' Policeman: Results from a Laboratory Experiment on How to Prevent Corporate Fraud pp. 239-273

Michael D. Guttentag, Christine L. Porath and Samuel N. Fraidin

An Empirical Analysis of the FBI's Ten Most Wanted pp. 275-308

Thomas J. Miles

Litigation and Settlement: New Evidence from Labor Courts in Mexico pp. 309-350

David S. Kaplan, Joyce Sadka and Jorge Luis Silva‐Mendez

The Health Cost of Civil‐Law Problems: Further Evidence of Links Between Civil‐Law Problems and Morbidity, and the Consequential Use of Health Services pp. 351-373

Pascoe Pleasence, Nigel J. Balmer and Alexy Buck

Medical Malpractice Review Panels and Medical Liability System Cost, Timeliness, and Efficiency: A Cross‐Sectional Study pp. 375-405

Frederick J. White, Lawrence W. Pettiette, Jr., Rendi B. Wiggins and Alexander Kiss

Volume 5, issue 1, 2008

Are International Merchants Stupid? Their Choice of Law Sheds Doubt on the Legal Origin Theory pp. 1-20

Stefan Voigt

A Longitudinal Analysis of the Impact of Liability Pressure on the Supply of Obstetrician‐Gynecologists pp. 21-53

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

Partisanship, Ideology, and Senate Voting on Supreme Court Nominees pp. 55-76

Charles R. Shipan

Cultures of Claiming: Local Variation in Malpractice Claim Frequency pp. 77-107

Kevin D. Hart and Philip G. Peters

Daubert in the Law Office: Routinizing Procedural Change pp. 109-142

Herbert M. Kritzer

Amici Curiae and Dissensus on the U.S. Supreme Court pp. 143-170

Paul M. Collins

Alternative Methods of Appellate Review in Trade Remedy Cases: Examining Results of U.S. Judicial and NAFTA Binational Review of U.S. Agency Decisions from 1989 to 2005 pp. 171-196

Juscelino F. Colares