William H. J. Hubbard

University of Chicago Law School

Assistant Professor of Law

1111 E. 60th St.

Chicago, IL 60637

United States

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The Supreme Court of India: An Empirical Overview of the Institution

Aparna Chandra, William H.J. Hubbard, and Sital Kalantry, 'The Supreme Court of India: An Empirical Overview of the Institution' in A Qualified Hope: The Indian Supreme Court and Progressive Social Change, Gerald N. Rosenberg and Sudhir Krishnaswamy, eds. Cambridge University Press, Forthcoming, U of Chicago, Public Law Working Paper No. 660
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 03 Apr 2018 Last Revised: 12 May 2019
Aparna Chandra, William H. J. Hubbard and Sital Kalantry
National Law University Delhi, University of Chicago Law School and Seattle University Law School
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Indian Supreme Court, Supreme Court of India, Empirical Legal Studies

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Explaining the Worldwide Boom in Higher Education of Women

MFI Working Paper No. 2010-09
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 23 Sep 2010
Gary S. Becker, William H. J. Hubbard and Kevin M. Murphy
University of Chicago - Department of Economics, University of Chicago Law School and University of Chicago
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Higher Education, College, Returns to Education, Gender

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Quantum Economics, Newtonian Economics, and Law

University of Chicago Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper No. 799
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 06 Mar 2017
William H. J. Hubbard
University of Chicago Law School
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law and economics, behavioral economics, neoclassical economics, experiments, theory

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A Fresh Look at Plausibility Pleading

University of Chicago Law Review, Vol. 83, No. 693, 2016, U of Chicago, Public Law Working Paper No. 446, University of Chicago Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper No. 663
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 29 Nov 2013 Last Revised: 27 Feb 2019
William H. J. Hubbard
University of Chicago Law School
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Pleading, Litigation, Settlement

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Testing for Change in Procedural Standards, with Application to Bell Atlantic v. Twombly

42 Journal of Legal Studies 35 (2013), U of Chicago Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 575
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 12 Jul 2011 Last Revised: 28 Aug 2015
William H. J. Hubbard
University of Chicago Law School
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legal change, civil procedure, litigation, selection, Twombly

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Judicial Noncompliance with Mandatory Procedural Rules Under the PSLRA

44 Journal of Legal Studies S87 (2015), University of Chicago Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper No. 671, U of Chicago, Public Law Working Paper No. 455
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 11 Jan 2014 Last Revised: 28 Aug 2015
M. Todd Henderson and William H. J. Hubbard
University of Chicago - Law School and University of Chicago Law School
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The Effects of Twombly and Iqbal

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The Effects of Twombly and Iqbal

University of Chicago Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper No. 773, U of Chicago, Public Law Working Paper No. 591
Number of pages: 78 Posted: 12 Aug 2016 Last Revised: 20 Apr 2017
William H. J. Hubbard
University of Chicago Law School
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civil procedure, courts, litigation, pleading, dismissal

The Effects of Twombly and Iqbal

Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, Vol. 14, Issue 3, pp. 474-526, 2017
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 11 Aug 2017
William H. J. Hubbard
University of Chicago Law School
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Sinking Costs to Force or Deter Settlement

Published version: Forthcoming, 32 J. L., Econ. & Org. (2016), U of Chicago, Public Law Working Paper No. 479, University of Chicago Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper No. 691
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 26 Jun 2014 Last Revised: 06 Apr 2017
William H. J. Hubbard
University of Chicago Law School
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litigation, settlement, pleading, negative expected value suits

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An Empirical Study of the Effect of Shady Grove v. Allstate on Forum Shopping in the New York Courts

10 Journal of Law, Economics and Policy 151 (2013), University of Chicago Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper No. 642, U of Chicago, Public Law Working Paper No. 428
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 12 May 2013 Last Revised: 27 Aug 2015
William H. J. Hubbard
University of Chicago Law School
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The Spectrum of Procedural Flexibility

84 University of Chicago Law Review 883 (2020), University of Chicago Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper No. 843, U of Texas Law, Law and Econ Research Paper No. #E594
Number of pages: 70 Posted: 04 Aug 2020
Ronen Avraham and William H. J. Hubbard
Tel Aviv University - Buchmann Faculty of Law and University of Chicago Law School
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Another Look at the Eurobarometer Surveys

Published version: Common Market Law Review 50:187–206 (2013), University of Chicago Institute for Law & Economics Olin Research Paper No. 615
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 27 Oct 2012 Last Revised: 31 May 2015
William H. J. Hubbard
University of Chicago Law School
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Costly Signaling, Pleading, and Settlement

University of Chicago Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper No. 805, U of Chicago, Public Law Working Paper No. 622
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 07 Apr 2017 Last Revised: 27 Apr 2017
William H. J. Hubbard
University of Chicago Law School
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Signaling, Screening, Litigation, Settlement, Pleading, Game Theory, Private Information, Asymmetric Information

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New Empirical Tests for Classic Litigation Selection Models

American Law and Economics Review, forthcoming 2021, University of Chicago Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper No. 838
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 22 Feb 2018 Last Revised: 30 Aug 2021
Yun-chien Chang and William H. J. Hubbard
Academia Sinica - Institutum Iurisprudentiae (IIAS) and University of Chicago Law School
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Priest-Klein model, 50 percent hypothesis, divergent expectations, asymmetric information, risk aversion, trial rate, settlement rate, plaintiff win rate, attorney representation

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The Discovery Sombrero, and Other Metaphors for Litigation

Published version: 64 Catholic University Law Review 867 (2015), U of Chicago, Public Law Working Paper No. 487
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 19 Sep 2014 Last Revised: 06 Apr 2017
William H. J. Hubbard
University of Chicago Law School
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discovery, preservation, e-discovery, electronically stored information, litigation holds, litigation cost

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Stalling, Conflict, and Settlement

University of Chicago Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper No. 839
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 22 Feb 2018
William H. J. Hubbard
University of Chicago Law School
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Speedy Adjudication in Hard Cases and Low Settlement Rates in Easy Cases: An Empirical Analysis of Taiwan Courts with Comparison to U.S. Federal Courts

Yun-chien Chang & William Hubbard, 2019, “An Empirical Analysis of Taiwan Courts with Comparison to U.S. Federal Courts”, editor(s): Yun-chien Chang, Selection and Decision in Judicial Process Around the World: Empirical Inquires, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press., University of Chicago Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper No. 866, NYU Law and Economics Research Paper No. 19-02
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 26 Feb 2018 Last Revised: 06 Feb 2019
Yun-chien Chang and William H. J. Hubbard
Academia Sinica - Institutum Iurisprudentiae (IIAS) and University of Chicago Law School
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Summary judgment, default judgment, settlement, appeal, speed, debt collection

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Civil Procedure as the Regulation of Externalities: Toward a New Theory of Civil Litigation

Ronen Avraham and William H.J. Hubbard, Civil Procedure as the Regulation of Externalities: Toward a New Theory of Civil Litigation, 89 U. Chi. L. Rev. 1 (2022) (published version at https://lawreview.uchicago.edu/publication/civil-procedure-regulation-externalities-toward-new-theory-civil-litigatio, University of Chicago Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper No. 957
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 07 Apr 2022 Last Revised: 23 May 2022
Ronen Avraham and William H. J. Hubbard
Tel Aviv University - Buchmann Faculty of Law and University of Chicago Law School
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civil procedure, law and economics, externalities, litigation