Journal of Empirical Legal Studies

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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

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