Journal of Empirical Legal Studies

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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

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