Empirical Legal Studies

Elizabeth Warren, The Market for Data: The Changing Role of Social Sciences in Shaping the Law, 2002 Wis. L. Rev. 1.

John C. Coates, Michele M. DeStefano, Ashish Nanda & David B. Wilkins, Hiring Teams, Firms, and Lawyers: Evidence of the Evolving Relationships in the Corporate…

Ellen Degnan, Thomas Ferriss, D. James Greiner & Roseanna Sommers, Trapped in Marriage (Oct. 23, 2018).

D. James Greiner, Ellen Lee Degnan, Thomas Ferriss & Roseanna Sommers, Using Random Assignment to Measure Court Accessibility for Low-Income Divorce Seekers, 118 Proc. of…

D. James Greiner, The New Legal Empiricism & Its Application to Access-to-Justice Inquiries, 148 Daedalus 64 (2018).

D. James Greiner & Kevin M. Quinn, R x C Ecological Inference: Bounds, Correlations, Flexibility, and Transparency of Assumptions, 172 J. Royal Stat. Soc’y: Series…

D. James Greiner & Andrea Matthews, Randomized Control Trials in the United States Legal Profession, 12 Ann. Rev. L. & Soc. Sci. 295 (2016).

D. James Greiner & Kevin M. Quinn, Exit Polling and Racial Bloc Voting: Combining Individual-Level and R x C Ecological Data, 4 Annals of Applied…

Will S. Dobbie & Crystal Yang, The US Pretrial System: Balancing Individual Rights and Public Interests (NBER Working Paper No. w29332, 2021)…

David Arnold, Will Dobbie & Crystal S. Yang, Racial Bias in Bail Decisions, 133 Q.J. Econ. 1885 (2018).

Crystal Yang & Will Dobbie, Equal Protection Under Algorithms: A New Statistical and Legal Framework, 119 Mich. L. Rev. 291 (2020).

Will Dobbie, Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham & Crystal S. Yang, Consumer Bankruptcy and Financial Health, 99 Rev. Econ. & Stat. 853 (2017).

Crystal S. Yang, Local Labor Markets and Criminal Recidivism, 147 J. Pub. Econ. 16 (2017).

Will Dobbie, Jacob Goldin & Crystal S. Yang, The Effects of Pre-Trial Detention on Conviction, Future Crime, and Employment: Evidence from Randomly Assigned Judges, 108…

Crystal S. Yang, Free at Last? Judicial Discretion and Racial Disparities in Federal Sentencing, 44 J. Legal Stud. 75 (2015).

Crystal S. Yang, Resource Constraints and the Criminal Justice System: Evidence From Judicial Vacancies, 8 AEJ: Econ. Pol’y 289 (2016).

Alma Cohen & Crystal S. Yang, Judicial Politics and Sentencing Decisions, 11 Am. Econ. J.: Econ. Pol’y 160 (2019).

Lucian A. Bebchuk & Alma Cohen, The Costs of Entrenched Boards, 78 J. Fin. Econ. 409 (2005).

Lucian A. Bebchuk & Alma Cohen, Firms’ Decisions Where to Incorporate, 46 J.L. & Econ. 383 (2003).

Alma Cohen, Alon Klement & Zvika Neeman, Judicial Decision Making: A Dynamic Reputation Approach, 44 J. Legal Stud. S133 (2015).

Alma Cohen, Asymmetric Information and Learning: Evidence from the Automobile Insurance Market, 87 Rev. Econ. & Stat. 197 (2005).