Journal of Empirical Legal Studies

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Volume 4, issue 4, 2007

Foreword pp. v-v

Theodore Eisenberg

What's in a Standard Form Contract? An Empirical Analysis of Software License Agreements pp. 677-713

Florencia Marotta‐Wurgler

Rational Choice and Developmental Influences on Recidivism Among Adolescent Felony Offenders pp. 715-748

Jeffrey Fagan and Alex R. Piquero

Can Corporate Governance Reforms Increase Firm Market Values? Event Study Evidence from India pp. 749-796

Bernard S. Black and Vikramaditya S. Khanna

Statistics in the Jury Box: How Jurors Respond to Mitochondrial DNA Match Probabilities pp. 797-834

David H. Kaye, Valerie P. Hans, B. Michael Dann, Erin Farley and Stephanie Albertson

Who Pays for Medical Errors? An Analysis of Adverse Event Costs, the Medical Liability System, and Incentives for Patient Safety Improvement pp. 835-860

Michelle M. Mello, David M. Studdert, Eric J. Thomas, Catherine S. Yoon and Troyen A. Brennan

A Quarter‐Century of Summary Judgment Practice in Six Federal District Courts pp. 861-907

Joe S. Cecil, Rebecca N. Eyre, Dean Miletich and David Rindskopf

Banker Fees and Acquisition Premia for Targets in Cash Tender Offers: Challenges to the Popular Wisdom on Banker Conflicts pp. 909-938

Charles W. Calomiris and Donna M. Hitscherich

Income and Career Satisfaction in the Legal Profession: Survey Data from Indiana Law School Graduates pp. 939-981

Jeffrey Evans Stake, Kenneth G. Dau‐Schmidt and Kaushik Mukhopadhaya

Daubert in the States: Diffusion of a New Approach to Expert Evidence in the Courts pp. 983-1006

Herbert M. Kritzer and Darryn C. Beckstrom

Recounting the Courts? Applying Automated Content Analysis to Enhance Empirical Legal Research pp. 1007-1039

Michael Evans, Wayne McIntosh, Jimmy Lin and Cynthia Cates

Volume 4, issue 3, 2007

Culture and Identity‐Protective Cognition: Explaining the White‐Male Effect in Risk Perception pp. 465-505

Dan M. Kahan, Donald Braman, John Gastil, Paul Slovic and C. K. Mertz

The Legitimacy of the U.S. Supreme Court in a Polarized Polity pp. 507-538

James L. Gibson

Do Juries Add Value? Evidence from an Empirical Study of Jury Trial Waiver Clauses in Large Corporate Contracts pp. 539-588

Theodore Eisenberg and Geoffrey P. Miller

Do Citizens Care about Federalism? An Experimental Test pp. 589-624

Cindy D. Kam and Robert A. Mikos

Administrative Appeals to the U.S. Supreme Court: The Importance of Legal Signals pp. 625-649

Robert J. Hume

Changing Fortunes: Results from a Randomized Trial of the Offer of Debt Advice in England and Wales pp. 651-673

Pascoe Pleasence and Nigel J. Balmer

Volume 4, issue 2, 2007

Attention Felons: Evaluating Project Safe Neighborhoods in Chicago pp. 223-272

Andrew V. Papachristos, Tracey L. Meares and Jeffrey Fagan

Deliberation Quality: A Preliminary Examination in Criminal Juries pp. 273-303

Dennis J. Devine, Jennifer Buddenbaum, Stephanie Houp, Dennis P. Stolle and Nathan Studebaker

Estimating the Accuracy of Jury Verdicts pp. 305-329

Bruce D. Spencer

Lay Assessors of German Administrative Courts: Fairness, Power‐Distance Orientation, and Deliberation Activity pp. 331-363

Stefan Machura

The Judicial Treatment of Noneconomic Compensatory Damages in the 19th Century pp. 365-399

Ronald J. Allen and Alexia Brunet

What Explains Dissent on the High Court of Australia? An Empirical Assessment Using a Cointegration and Error Correction Approach pp. 401-425

Paresh Kumar Narayan and Russell Smyth

The Business of State Supreme Courts, Revisited pp. 427-439

Herbert M. Kritzer, Paul Brace, Melinda Gann Hall and Brent T. Boyea

Xenophilia or Xenophobia in U.S. Courts? Before and After 9/11 pp. 441-464

Kevin M. Clermont and Theodore Eisenberg

Volume 4, issue 1, 2007

Foreword pp. 1-1

Theodore Eisenberg

Do Defendants Pay What Juries Award? Post‐Verdict Haircuts in Texas Medical Malpractice Cases, 1988–2003 pp. 3-68

David A. Hyman, Bernard Black, Kathryn Zeiler, Charles Silver and William M. Sage

The Impact of Damage Caps on Malpractice Claims: Randomization Inference with Difference‐in‐Differences pp. 69-102

John Donohue and Daniel E. Ho

Geographic Variation in Informed Consent Law: Two Standards for Disclosure of Treatment Risks pp. 103-124

David M. Studdert, Michelle M. Mello, Marin K. Levy, Russell L. Gruen, Edward J. Dunn, E. John Orav and Troyen A. Brennan

Identifying Malpractice‐Prone Physicians pp. 125-153

John E. Rolph, John L. Adams and Kimberly A. McGuigan

Do the Claims Hold Up? A Study of Medical Negligence Claims Against Neurologists pp. 155-162

Lee D. Cranberg, Thomas H. Glick and Luke Sato

Effect of Medical Malpractice on Resource Use and Mortality of AMI Patients pp. 163-183

Praveen Dhankhar, M. Mahmud Khan and Shalini Bagga

Reducing Medical Malpractice by Targeting Physicians Making Medical Malpractice Payments pp. 185-222

John L. Adams and Steven Garber

Volume 3, issue 3, 2006

Judicial Decision Making During Wartime pp. 397-419

Tom S. Clark

An Empirical Inquiry into the Relation of Corrective Justice to Distributive Justice pp. 421-466

Gregory Mitchell and Philip E. Tetlock

Placing “Standard of Care” in Context: The Impact of Witness Potential and Attorney Reputation in Medical Malpractice Litigation pp. 467-496

Catherine T. Harris, Ralph Peeples and Thomas B. Metzloff

Law, Ideology, and Strategy in Judicial Decision Making: Evidence from Securities Fraud Actions pp. 497-524

Michael A. Perino

Do Divorce Law Reforms Matter for Divorce Rates? Evidence from Portugal pp. 525-542

Clarisse Coelho and Nuno Garoupa

Explaining Deviations from Absolute Priority Rules in Bankruptcy pp. 543-560

Maria Carapeto

Regulating Bankruptcy Abuse: An Empirical Study of Consumer Exemptions Cases pp. 561-609

Bernard Trujillo

Volume 3, issue 2, 2006

The Behavioral Foundations of Trade Secrets: Tangibility, Authorship, and Legality pp. 197-235

Yuval Feldman

Activism, Ideology, and Federalism: Judicial Behavior in Constitutional Challenges Before the Rehnquist Court, 1986–2000 pp. 237-261

Rorie Spill Solberg and Stefanie A. Lindquist

Juries, Judges, and Punitive Damages: Empirical Analyses Using the Civil Justice Survey of State Courts 1992, 1996, and 2001 Data pp. 263-295

Theodore Eisenberg, Paula L. Hannaford‐Agor, Michael Heise, Neil LaFountain, G. Thomas Munsterman, Brian Ostrom and Martin T. Wells

The Use of Foreign Decisions by Federal Courts: An Empirical Analysis pp. 297-331

David Zaring

Apologies and Settlement Levers pp. 333-373

Jennifer K. Robbennolt

A Note on the Censoring Problem in Empirical Case‐Outcome Studies pp. 375-395

Michael O. Finkelstein, Bruce Levin, Ian W. McKeague and Wei‐Yann Tsai

Volume 3, issue 1, 2006

Dissecting Damages: An Empirical Exploration of Sexual Harassment Awards pp. 1-45

Catherine M. Sharkey

Physician Shopping in Workers' Compensation: Evidence from California pp. 47-77

Seth A. Seabury, Robert T. Reville and Frank Neuhauser

Multiple Regime Shifts in Concurring and Dissenting Opinions on the U.S. Supreme Court pp. 79-98

Russell Smyth and Paresh Narayan

A Comparative Study of Juror Utilization in U.S. District Courts pp. 99-120

Marika Litras and John R. Golmant

Case Characteristics and Defendant Tenant Default in a Housing Court pp. 121-144

Erik Larson

Federal Oversight, State Policy Making, and the Courts: An Empirical Analysis of Nursing Facility Litigation Under the Boren Amendment pp. 145-173

Edward Alan Miller

The Significant Association Between Punitive and Compensatory Damages in Blockbuster Cases: A Methodological Primer pp. 175-195

Theodore Eisenberg and Martin T. Wells