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CELS 2017 12th Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies (Archive)

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1.

Crime, But Not Punishment? Children are More Lenient When the 'Spirit of the Law' is Unbroken

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 30 Jun 2017
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Jessica Bregant, Isabel Wellbery and Alex Shaw
Indiana University Maurer School of Law, affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of Chicago - Department of Psychology
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Patently Risky: Framing, Innovation and Entrepreneurial Preferences

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 29 Jun 2017 Last Revised: 30 Oct 2018
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Elizabeth Hoffman, David L. Schwartz, Matthew L. Spitzer and Eric L. Talley
Iowa State University, Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law, Northwestern University School of Law and Columbia University - School of Law
Downloads 96
3.

Prison Crowding and Violent Misconduct

Number of pages: 56 Posted: 29 Jun 2017 Last Revised: 08 Dec 2017
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Jonathan Kurzfeld
University of California, Riverside
Downloads 43
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Empirical Analysis of Expanding Insurers' Duty to Settle: Evidence from the Royal Globe Doctrine

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 29 Jun 2017
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Brian Richman and Sharon L. Tennyson
affiliation not provided to SSRN and Cornell University - Department of Policy Analysis & Management (PAM)
Downloads 18
5.

Board Declassification and Firm Value: Have Shareholders and Boards Really Destroyed Billions in Value?

NYU Law and Economics Research Paper No. 17-39
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 29 Jun 2017 Last Revised: 10 Oct 2017
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Emiliano Catan and Michael Klausner
New York University School of Law and Stanford Law School
Downloads 351
6.

Targeting Bad Doctors: Lessons from Indiana, 1975-2015

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 29 Jun 2017 Last Revised: 30 Jan 2018
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Jing Liu and David A. Hyman
University of Illinois College of Law and Georgetown University Law Center
Downloads 53
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Buying the Verdict

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 29 Jun 2017 Last Revised: 09 Feb 2018
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Lauren Cohen and Umit Gurun
Harvard Business School and University of Texas at Dallas

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8.

Social Propensities

Number of pages: 16 Posted: 29 Jun 2017
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Robert MacCoun and Sarah Polcz
Stanford Law School and Stanford Law School
Downloads 30
9.

How Do High People’s Courts Decide Eminent Domain Disputes? Procedure is the Key!

American Law and Economics Association Annual Meeting, Boston, 2018
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 29 Jun 2017 Last Revised: 29 Mar 2019
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Shitong Qiao and Wenzheng Mao
The University of Hong Kong - Faculty of Law and The University of Hong Kong Faculty of Business and Economics, Students
Downloads 18
10.

Proxy Access and Optimal Standardization in Corporate Governance: An Empirical Analysis

Fordham Journal of Corporate and Financial Law, Vol. 23, 2017
Number of pages: 83 Posted: 29 Jun 2017 Last Revised: 11 Jan 2018
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Reilly Steel
Delaware Supreme Court
Downloads 72
11.

Characteristics of Lawyers Who Are Subject to Complaints and Misconduct Findings

Journal of Empirical Legal Studies (2019), available as of April 17, 2019 as an early view , Arizona Legal Studies Discussion Paper No. 18-29
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 29 Jun 2017 Last Revised: 19 Apr 2019
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Tara Sklar, Yamna Taouk, David Studdert, Matthew J. Spittal, Ron Paterson and Marie M Bismark
University of Arizona - James E. Rogers College of Law, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, Stanford Law School, University of Melbourne, Health and Disability Commissioner and University of Melbourne

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12.

Invisible Hand and Helping Hand: Private Placement of Public Equity in China

Journal of Corporate Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 29 Jun 2017 Last Revised: 25 Sep 2018
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G. Nathan Dong, Ming Gu and Hua He
Boston College - Department of Finance, Xiamen University - School of Economics and Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business
Downloads 6
13.

The Utility of Finance

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 29 Jun 2017
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Shlomit Azgad-Tromer and Eric L. Talley
Columbia University - Law School and Columbia University - School of Law
Downloads 92
14.

The Effect of State Wiretapping Legislation: A Production Function Approach

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 29 Jun 2017 Last Revised: 17 Apr 2019
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Jason Chan, Jin-Hyuk Kim and Liad Wagman
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - Carlson School of Management, University of Colorado at Boulder and Illinois Institute of Technology - Stuart School of Business, IIT
Downloads 54
15.

The Provocative Effect of Law: Majority Nationalism and Minority Discrimination

15(4) Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, 2018, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 29 Jun 2017 Last Revised: 30 Jun 2018
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Netta Barak Corren, Yuval Feldman and Noam Gidron
Harvard Law School, Bar-Ilan University - Faculty of Law and Hebrew University of Jerusalem - Political Science Department
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16.

Unveiling the Price of Obscenity: Evidence from Closing Prostitution Windows in the Netherlands

Number of pages: 94 Posted: 29 Jun 2017 Last Revised: 23 Nov 2018
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Erasmo Giambona and Rafael P. Ribas
Syracuse University - Whitman School of Management - Finance Department; James D. Kuhn Center for Real Estate and University of Amsterdam - Finance Group
Downloads 166
17.

The Jury Sunshine Project: Jury Selection Data as a Political Issue

University of Illinois Law Review, Vol. 2018, No. 4, 2018
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 29 Jun 2017 Last Revised: 07 Sep 2017
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Ronald F. Wright, Kami Chavis and Gregory Scott Parks
Wake Forest University - School of Law, Wake Forest University Law School and Wake Forest University - School of Law
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Maybe There's No Bias in the Selection of Disputes for Litigation

Forthcoming, Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, Claremont McKenna College Robert Day School of Economics and Finance Research Paper No. 2994624, USC CLASS Research Papers Series No. CLASS17-18, USC Legal Studies Research Papers Series No. 17-16
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 29 Jun 2017 Last Revised: 19 Sep 2017
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Eric Helland, Daniel M. Klerman and Yoon-Ho Alex Lee
Claremont McKenna College - Robert Day School of Economics and Finance, University of Southern California Gould School of Law and Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
Downloads 114
19.

Across the Sloping Meadow Floor. An Empirical Analysis of Detention of Deportable Non-Citizens

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 29 Jun 2017
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Joan-Josep Vallbé, Markus Gonzalez Beilfuss and Barak Kalir
Department of Political Science, University of Barcelona, University of Barcelona - Departament de Dret Constitucional and Department of Anthropology
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20.

Deferring, Deliberating, or Dodging Review? Examining the Mechanisms Behind Panel Effects

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 28 Jun 2017
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Rachael Hinkle, Michael Nelson and Morgan Hazelton
University at Buffalo, Pennsylvania State University - Department of Political Science and Saint Louis University
Downloads 45
21.

Do Taxes Affect Marriage? Lessons from History

NYU Law and Economics Research Paper No. 17-15
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 27 Jun 2017 Last Revised: 18 Sep 2017
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Edward G. Fox
University of Michigan Law School
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22.

Are All Types of Discrimination Created Equal?

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 27 Jun 2017 Last Revised: 19 Apr 2018
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Tamar Kricheli‐Katz, Haggai Porat and Yuval Feldman
Tel Aviv University - Buchmann Faculty of Law, Tel Aviv University and Bar-Ilan University - Faculty of Law
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23.

Outside Directors Liability: A Comparative Analysis between the US and Japan

33 Conn. J. Int'l L. 249 (2017-2018)
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 27 Jun 2017 Last Revised: 01 Nov 2018
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Maria Lucia Passador
Bocconi University - Department of Law
Downloads 8
24.

Seemingly Inextricable Dynamic Differences: The Case of Concealed Gun Permit, Violent Crime and State Panel Data

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 26 Jun 2017
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Marjorie B. McElroy and Will Wang
Duke University and University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School
Downloads 157
25.

Tainted Executives as Outside Directors

AAA 2018 Management Accounting Section (MAS) Meeting
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 24 Jun 2017 Last Revised: 17 Feb 2019
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Leah Baer, Yonca Ertimur and Jingjing Zhang
University of Missouri at Columbia - School of Accountancy, University of Colorado at Boulder - Department of Accounting and McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management
Downloads 213
26.

Board Independence as Panacea to Tunneling? An Empirical Study of Related Party Transactions in Hong Kong and Singapore

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 23 Jun 2017
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Christopher C. Chen, Wai Yee Wan and Wei Zhang
Singapore Management University School of Law, Singapore Management University - School of Law and Singapore Management University
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Does the Concern About Local Crime Affect Trust in the Police?

Number of pages: 16 Posted: 23 Jun 2017
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Joelson Oliveira Sampaio, Luciana Gross Cunha, Rodrigo De-Losso and Renan De Pieri
Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV), Sao Paulo School of Economics, Students, São Paulo Law School of Fundação Getulio Vargas FGV DIREITO SP, University of Sao Paulo (USP) - Department of Economics and Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV) - Sao Paulo School of Economics

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Civil Asset Forfeiture, Crime, and Police Incentives: Evidence from the Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1984

Number of pages: 56 Posted: 23 Jun 2017
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Shawn Kantor, Carl Kitchens and Steven Pawlowski
Florida State University, Florida State University - Department of Economics and Florida State University - Department of Economics, Students

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Downloads 115
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Mapping Employment Dismissal Law: A Leximetric Investigation of EPL Stringency and Regulatory Style

Number of pages: 58 Posted: 22 Jun 2017
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J. H. Verkerke and Benoit Freyens
University of Virginia School of Law and Australian National University - Political Science Program
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30.

Identifying the Mechanisms of Extralegal Enforcement

Number of pages: 59 Posted: 21 Jun 2017
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Greg Buchak
University of Chicago
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31.

‘I Am Sorry (and Therefore Liable)’: On the Detrimental Effect of Non-Monetary Relief In Tort Law and Compensation Schemes

Maastricht Faculty of Law Working Paper No. 2989486
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 20 Jun 2017 Last Revised: 03 Jun 2018
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Gijs van Dijck
Maastricht University - Faculty of Law
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32.

Behaviorally Efficient Remedies – An Experiment

MPI Collective Goods Preprint, No. 2017/17
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 20 Jun 2017 Last Revised: 04 Sep 2017
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Christoph Engel and Lars Freund
Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods and Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods
Downloads 45
33.

Using Appellate Decisions to Evaluate the Impact of Judicial Elections

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 19 Jun 2017
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Gregory J. DeAngelo and Bryan C. McCannon
West Virginia University - Department of Economics and West Virginia University - College of Business & Economics

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34.

Writing for Voters: How Electoral Competition Shapes Opinion Writing

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 14 Jun 2017
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Michael Nelson
Pennsylvania State University - Department of Political Science
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35.

Investment Ramifications of Distortionary Tax Subsidies

U of Michigan Law & Econ Research Paper
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 13 Jun 2017
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James R. Hines Jr. and Jongsang Park
University of Michigan and Korea Institute of Finance

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36.

Stock Market Reactions to India's 2016 Demonetization

U of Michigan Law & Econ Research Paper No. 17-010, University of Chicago Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper No. 830
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 09 Jun 2017 Last Revised: 10 Sep 2018
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Dhammika Dharmapala and Vikramaditya S. Khanna
University of Chicago Law School and University of Michigan Law School

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Downloads 546
37.

Diffusion of Legal Innovations: The Case of Israeli Class Actions

MPI Collective Goods Preprint, No. 2017/11, Hebrew University of Jerusalem Legal Research Paper No. 17-38
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 06 Jun 2017 Last Revised: 29 Jan 2018
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Christoph Engel, Alon Klement and Keren Weinshall Margel
Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Buchman Faculty of Law, Tel Aviv University and Hebrew University of Jerusalem - Faculty of Law

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38.

The Court of Justice and Treaty Revision: A Case of Strategic Leniency?

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 01 Jun 2017 Last Revised: 21 Dec 2017
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Jose Luis Castro-Montero, Edwin Alblas, Arthur Dyevre and Nicolas Lampach
Universidad Andina Simon Bolivar, Sutherland School of Law, University College Dublin, KU Leuven and KU Leuven - Centre for Legal Theory and Empirical Jurisprudence
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Decisionmaking on Multimember Courts: The Assignment Power in the Circuits

Northwestern Law & Econ Research Paper No. 17-05, University of Chicago Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper No. 822, U of Chicago, Public Law Working Paper No. 646
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 10 May 2017 Last Revised: 28 Mar 2019
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Daniel Jacob Hemel and Kyle Rozema
University of Chicago - Law School and University of Chicago - Law School
Downloads 190
41.

Testing for Trademark Dilution in Court and in the Lab

University of Chicago Law Review, Forthcoming, NYU Law and Economics Research Paper No. 18-06
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 29 Apr 2017 Last Revised: 11 Apr 2018
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Barton Beebe, Roy Germano, Christopher Jon Sprigman and Joel Steckel
New York University School of Law, New York University School of Law, New York University (NYU) - Engelberg Center on Innovation Law & Policy and New York University (NYU) - Department of Marketing
Downloads 417
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Police Discretion and Racial Disparity in Organized Retail Theft Arrests: Evidence from Texas

SMU Cox School of Business Research Paper No. 18-3
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 27 Apr 2017 Last Revised: 27 Aug 2018
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Michael Braun, Jeremy Rosenthal and Kyle Therrian
Southern Methodist University (SMU) - Marketing Department, Rosenthal & Wadas, PLLC and Rosenthal & Wadas, PLLC

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43.

Mutual Funds’ Aversion to Tax-avoiding Firms: An Anomaly?

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 21 Apr 2017 Last Revised: 02 Apr 2019
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Thomas Doellman, Fariz Huseynov, Tareque Nasser and Sabuhi Sardarli
Saint Louis University - Richard A. Chaifetz School of Business, North Dakota State University - College of Business, Kansas State University and Kansas State University - Department of Finance
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44.

Behavioral Attributes of Strategic Default: Evidence from the Foreclosure Moratorium in Greece

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 05 Apr 2017 Last Revised: 11 Feb 2019
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Nikolaos T. Artavanis and Ioannis Spyridopoulos
University of Massachusetts Amherst - Department of Finance and American University, Kogod School of Business
Downloads 171
45.

Fintech, Regulatory Arbitrage, and the Rise of Shadow Banks

Columbia Business School Research Paper No. 17-39, Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 83 Posted: 29 Mar 2017 Last Revised: 30 Aug 2018
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Greg Buchak, Gregor Matvos, Tomasz Piskorski and Amit Seru
University of Chicago, University of Texas at Austin - Department of Finance, Columbia Business School - Finance and Economics and Stanford University

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Downloads 1,855
46.

Why Courts Fail to Protect Privacy: Race, Age, Bias, and Technology

106 California Law Review 263 (2018), U Denver Legal Studies Research Paper No. 17-03, Arizona Legal Studies Discussion Paper No. 17-02
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 02 Mar 2017 Last Revised: 07 May 2018
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Bernard Chao, Ian P. Farrell, Catherine Durso and Christopher T. Robertson
University of Denver Sturm College of Law, University of Denver Sturm College of Law, University of Denver and University of Arizona - James E. Rogers College of Law
Downloads 274
47.

Lawyer CEOs

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 25 Feb 2017 Last Revised: 07 Mar 2018
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M. Todd Henderson, Irena Hutton, Danling Jiang and Matthew Pierson
University of Chicago - Law School, Florida State University - College of Business, College of Business, Stony Brook University and Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS)
Downloads 623
48.

Ban the Box, Convictions, and Public Sector Employment

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 28 Jan 2017 Last Revised: 22 Sep 2017
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Terry-Ann Craigie
Connecticut College
Downloads 895
49.

The Effects of Comparable-Case Guidance on Awards for Pain and Suffering and Punitive Damages: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial

37 Yale Law & Policy Review 405 (2019), SMU Dedman School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 402
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 09 Jan 2017 Last Revised: 24 May 2019
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Hillel Bavli and Reagan Mozer
Southern Methodist University - Dedman School of Law and Harvard University, Department of Statistics
Downloads 147
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Accounting Choices and the Legal Environment: The Impact of the Ex Post Loss Rule

Number of pages: 68 Posted: 24 Oct 2016 Last Revised: 30 Jun 2018
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Samuel T. Tan
Singapore Management University
Downloads 144