Albert Yoon

University of Toronto Faculty of Law

Professor and Michael J. Trebilcock Chair in Law & Economics

78 and 84 Queen's Park

Toronto, Ontario M5S 2C5

Canada

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1.

Some Are More Equal Than Others: U.S. Supreme Court Clerkships

Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2023-10, Virginia Law and Economics Research Paper No. 2023-03, Vanderbilt Law Research Paper No. 23-06
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 27 Jan 2023 Last Revised: 23 Feb 2023
Tracey E. George, Albert Yoon and Mitu Gulati
Vanderbilt University - Law School, University of Toronto Faculty of Law and University of Virginia School of Law
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Supreme Court, clerkships, merit, judiciary, status

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How Artificial Intelligence Will Affect the Practice of Law

Number of pages: 15 Posted: 09 Nov 2017 Last Revised: 29 Nov 2017
Benjamin Alarie, Anthony Niblett and Albert Yoon
University of Toronto - Faculty of Law, University of Toronto - Faculty of Law and University of Toronto Faculty of Law
Downloads 3,756 (5,166)
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artificial intelligence, legal research, legal profession, machine learning

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Using Machine Learning to Predict Outcomes in Tax Law

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 20 Oct 2016 Last Revised: 19 Dec 2017
Benjamin Alarie, Anthony Niblett and Albert Yoon
University of Toronto - Faculty of Law, University of Toronto - Faculty of Law and University of Toronto Faculty of Law
Downloads 2,145 (12,611)
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Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Taxation, Tax Law

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What Judges Think of the Quality of Legal Representation

Stanford Law Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 31 Aug 2010
Richard A. Posner and Albert Yoon
affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of Toronto Faculty of Law
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Legal Profession, Labor Markets, Judges

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The Labor Market for New Law Professors

Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, Forthcoming, Vanderbilt Law and Economics Research Paper No. 13-27
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 29 Sep 2013 Last Revised: 02 Oct 2013
Tracey E. George and Albert Yoon
Vanderbilt University - Law School and University of Toronto Faculty of Law
Downloads 1,138 (33,054)
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Labor Markets, Legal Profession, Legal Education, Law Schools, Law Professors, Faculty Appointments, Empirical

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Regulation by Machine

Number of pages: 7 Posted: 02 Dec 2016 Last Revised: 06 Dec 2016
Benjamin Alarie, Anthony Niblett and Albert Yoon
University of Toronto - Faculty of Law, University of Toronto - Faculty of Law and University of Toronto Faculty of Law
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machine learning, artificial intelligence, regulation

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Law in the Future

Number of pages: 6 Posted: 02 Jun 2016
Benjamin Alarie, Anthony Niblett and Albert Yoon
University of Toronto - Faculty of Law, University of Toronto - Faculty of Law and University of Toronto Faculty of Law
Downloads 956 (42,306)
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future, singularity, law

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Does Frye or Daubert Matter? A Study of Scientific Admissibility Standards

Brooklyn Law School, Legal Studies Paper No. 22
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 30 Nov 2004 Last Revised: 30 Mar 2023
Edward K. Cheng and Albert Yoon
Vanderbilt Law School and University of Toronto Faculty of Law
Downloads 658 (69,828)
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Daubert, Frye, removal, scientific evidence, admissibility, law and science, empirical, tort reform

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What Else Matters for Corporate Governance?: The Case of Bank Monitoring

Boston University Law Review, Forthcoming, Emory Law and Economics Research Paper No. 08-35, Emory Public Law Research Paper No. 08-49
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 01 Nov 2008 Last Revised: 19 Jun 2012
Joanna Shepherd, Frederick Tung and Albert Yoon
Emory University School of Law, Boston University School of Law and University of Toronto Faculty of Law
Downloads 627 (74,217)
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corporate governance, corporate governance index, agency costs, entrenchment, bank monitoring, private debt, private lender, bank loan, free cash flow

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Choice as Revelation: Using Students' Enrollment Decisions to Rank U.S. Law Schools

Number of pages: 66 Posted: 03 Feb 2022 Last Revised: 21 Nov 2022
Albert Yoon and Jesse Rothstein
University of Toronto Faculty of Law and University of California, Berkeley, The Richard & Rhoda Goldman School of Public Policy
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Law schools; Educational Rankings; Law & Economics

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Data Analytics and Tax Law

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 25 Jun 2019
Benjamin Alarie, Anthony Niblett and Albert Yoon
University of Toronto - Faculty of Law, University of Toronto - Faculty of Law and University of Toronto Faculty of Law
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machine learning, tax, taxation, tax law, big data, data analytics

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Trial and Settlement: A Study of High-Low Agreements

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Trial and Settlement: A Study of High-Low Agreements

Journal of Law and Economics, Vol. 57, No. 3, August 2014 , U of Michigan Law & Econ, Empirical Legal Studies Center Paper No. 10-022, U of Michigan Public Law Working Paper No. 217
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 14 Sep 2010 Last Revised: 14 Dec 2015
J.J. Prescott, Kathryn E. Spier and Albert Yoon
University of Michigan Law School, Harvard University - Law School - Faculty and University of Toronto Faculty of Law
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High-Low agreements, settlement, contracts, civil litigation, trial, arbitration, reserve accounts, insurance industry

Trial and Settlement: A Study of High-Low Agreements

NBER Working Paper No. w19873
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 10 Mar 2014 Last Revised: 21 Apr 2023
J.J. Prescott, Kathryn E. Spier and Albert Yoon
University of Michigan Law School, Harvard University - Law School - Faculty and University of Toronto Faculty of Law
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Mismatch in Law School

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Mismatch in Law School

Northwestern Law & Econ Research Paper No. 881110, Princeton Law and Public Affairs Working Paper No. 07-008
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 07 Feb 2006
Jesse Rothstein and Albert Yoon
University of California, Berkeley, The Richard & Rhoda Goldman School of Public Policy and University of Toronto Faculty of Law
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affirmative action, mismatch, admissions, law school

Mismatch in Law School

NBER Working Paper No. w14275
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 01 Sep 2008 Last Revised: 02 Jan 2023
Jesse Rothstein and Albert Yoon
University of California, Berkeley, The Richard & Rhoda Goldman School of Public Policy and University of Toronto Faculty of Law
Downloads 34 (784,167)
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Computational Legal Research and the Advocates of the Future

Number of pages: 7 Posted: 10 Aug 2017
Benjamin Alarie, Anthony Niblett and Albert Yoon
University of Toronto - Faculty of Law, University of Toronto - Faculty of Law and University of Toronto Faculty of Law
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Cross-Monitoring and Corporate Governance

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 06 Jul 2006
Joanna Shepherd, Frederick Tung and Albert Yoon
Emory University School of Law, Boston University School of Law and University of Toronto Faculty of Law
Downloads 428 (118,209)
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corporate governance, corporate governance index, agency costs, entrenchment, bank monitoring, bank loan, free cash flow

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Affirmative Action in Law School Admissions: What Do Racial Preferences Do?

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Affirmative Action in Law School Admissions: What Do Racial Preferences Do?

Princeton Law and Public Affairs Working Paper No. 07-005
Number of pages: 72 Posted: 10 May 2007
Jesse Rothstein and Albert Yoon
University of California, Berkeley, The Richard & Rhoda Goldman School of Public Policy and University of Toronto Faculty of Law
Downloads 354 (145,472)
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Affirmative Action in Law School Admissions: What Do Racial Preferences Do?

NBER Working Paper No. w14276
Number of pages: 72 Posted: 01 Sep 2008 Last Revised: 06 Jul 2022
Jesse Rothstein and Albert Yoon
University of California, Berkeley, The Richard & Rhoda Goldman School of Public Policy and University of Toronto Faculty of Law
Downloads 67 (580,189)
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Does Tort Law Deter?

Wake Forest Univ. Legal Studies Paper No. 1851383
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 27 May 2011
W. Jonathan Cardi, Randy Penfield and Albert Yoon
Wake Forest University - School of Law, University of Miami and University of Toronto Faculty of Law
Downloads 391 (131,210)
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Damage Caps and Civil Litigation: An Empirical Study of Medical Malpractice Litigation in the South

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Damage Caps and Civil Litigation: An Empirical Study of Medical Malpractice Litigation in the South

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 21 Apr 2005
Albert Yoon
University of Toronto Faculty of Law
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Torts, Tort Reform, Law & Economics

Damage Caps and Civil Litigation: An Empirical Study of Medical Malpractice Litigation in the South

American Law and Economics Review, Vol. 3, No. 2, pp. 199-227, 2001
Posted: 29 Feb 2008
Albert Yoon
University of Toronto Faculty of Law

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Judicial Ghostwriting: Authorship on the U.S. Supreme Court

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 31 Aug 2010
Jeffrey S. Rosenthal and Albert Yoon
University of Toronto and University of Toronto Faculty of Law
Downloads 318 (164,322)
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Supreme Court, Law Clerks, Bayesian Statistics, Authorship

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Editorial Bias in Legal Academia

The Journal of Legal Analysis, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 07 Oct 2013
Albert Yoon
University of Toronto Faculty of Law
Downloads 262 (200,587)
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Legal scholarship

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Evaluating the Role of Brown vs. Board of Education in School Equalization, Desegregation, and the Income of African Americans

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Evaluating the Role of Brown vs. Board of Education in School Equalization, Desegregation, and the Income of African Americans

Princeton Law and Public Affairs Working Paper No. 05-001
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 21 Jun 2005
Orley Ashenfelter, William J. Collins and Albert Yoon
Princeton University - Industrial Relations Section, Vanderbilt University - College of Arts and Science - Department of Economics and University of Toronto Faculty of Law
Downloads 171 (297,926)
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Evaluating the Role of Brown vs. Board of Education in School Equalization, Desegregation, and the Income of African Americans

NBER Working Paper No. w11394
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 06 Jul 2005 Last Revised: 21 Aug 2022
Orley Ashenfelter, William J. Collins and Albert Yoon
Princeton University - Industrial Relations Section, Vanderbilt University - College of Arts and Science - Department of Economics and University of Toronto Faculty of Law
Downloads 82 (515,633)
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Gender, Credentials and M&A

Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2022-10, Virginia Law and Economics Research Paper No. 2022-18
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 17 Jan 2022 Last Revised: 08 Jun 2023
Tracey E. George, Albert Yoon and Mitu Gulati
Vanderbilt University - Law School, University of Toronto Faculty of Law and University of Virginia School of Law
Downloads 252 (208,486)
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gender gap, discrimination, law firm, M&A, tournament

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Unintended Consequences: The Regressive Effects of Increased Access to Courts

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 11 Jul 2015 Last Revised: 13 Jul 2016
Anthony Niblett and Albert Yoon
University of Toronto - Faculty of Law and University of Toronto Faculty of Law
Downloads 235 (223,207)
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Courts, Regressive effects, Small claims court, Access to justice, Litigant behavior, Public goods, Empirical law and economics, Jurisdiction

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Friendly Precedent

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 23 May 2013 Last Revised: 10 Jul 2015
Anthony Niblett and Albert Yoon
University of Toronto - Faculty of Law and University of Toronto Faculty of Law
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Judges, Precedent, Courts, Judicial behavior, Citation behavior, Politics, Law & Economics

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Academic Tenure

Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 06 Feb 2016
Albert Yoon
University of Toronto Faculty of Law
Downloads 191 (270,469)

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Academic Tenure, Labor Economics, Legal Profession

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Understanding High Skill Worker Productivity Using Random Case Assignment in a Public Defender's Office

3rd Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies Papers
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 16 Apr 2008
David Abrams and Albert Yoon
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School and University of Toronto Faculty of Law
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Judicial Disharmony: A Study of Dissent

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 15 Oct 2014 Last Revised: 30 Dec 2014
Anthony Niblett and Albert Yoon
University of Toronto - Faculty of Law and University of Toronto Faculty of Law
Downloads 182 (282,190)
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Dissent, Precedent, Citations, Judicial Behavior, Court of Appeals, Supreme Court, Judges, Majority, Written Opinions

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Private Securities Litigation and the Courts: Positive Political Theory and Evidence

1st Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies Paper
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 03 Jul 2006
Emerson H. Tiller and Albert Yoon
Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law and University of Toronto Faculty of Law
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Positive Political Theory, judicial politics, judicial hierarchy, securities, fraud on the market, group pleading

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Article I Judges in an Article III World: The Career Path of Magistrate Judges

Nevada Law Journal, 2016 Forthcoming, Vanderbilt Law and Economics Research Paper No. 16-17
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 24 May 2016
Tracey E. George and Albert Yoon
Vanderbilt University - Law School and University of Toronto Faculty of Law
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Judicial selection, federal courts, magistrate judges, district judges

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The Luck of the Draw: Using Random Case Assignment to Investigate Attorney Ability

University of Chicago Law Review, Vol. 74, No. 4, 2007
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 23 May 2013
David Abrams and Albert Yoon
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School and University of Toronto Faculty of Law
Downloads 163 (310,313)
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Chief Judges: The Limits of Attitudinal Theory and Possible Paradox of Managerial Judging

Vanderbilt Law and Economics Research Paper No. 07-24
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 21 Jul 2007
Tracey E. George and Albert Yoon
Vanderbilt University - Law School and University of Toronto Faculty of Law
Downloads 148 (336,347)
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Federal Courts, U.S. Courts of Appeals, Federal Judges, Chief Judges, Judicial Politics, Judicial Decisionmaking

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No Lawyer for a Hundred Miles? Mapping the New Geography of Access of Justice in Canada

Osgoode Hall Law Journal, 52(1), Forthcoming, Osgoode Legal Studies Research Paper No. 74/ 2014
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 29 Oct 2014 Last Revised: 31 Oct 2014
Jamie Baxter and Albert Yoon
Dalhousie University - Schulich School of Law and University of Toronto Faculty of Law
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Access to justice, law and geography, empirical legal studies, law and society, rural and remote lawyers, territorial justice

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Rankings without U.S. News: A Revealed Preference Approach to Evaluating Law Schools

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 02 Feb 2023 Last Revised: 14 Aug 2023
Jesse Rothstein and Albert Yoon
University of California, Berkeley, The Richard & Rhoda Goldman School of Public Policy and University of Toronto Faculty of Law
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Rankings, law schools, revealed preferences, education

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Litigant Resources and the Evolution of Legal Precedent

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 21 Sep 2009 Last Revised: 16 Jan 2012
Richard Startz and Albert Yoon
UCSB and University of Toronto Faculty of Law
Downloads 135 (361,560)
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Litigation, Legal Precedent, Litigation Costs

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From Wall Street to Main Street: A Multidimensional Map of the Impact of Magistrate Judges on Federal Courts

Vanderbilt Law Research Paper No. 18-57
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 30 Oct 2018 Last Revised: 14 Nov 2018
Tracey E. George, Christina L. Boyd and Albert Yoon
Vanderbilt University - Law School, University of Georgia - School of Public and International Affairs and University of Toronto Faculty of Law
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Federal District Courts, U.S. Magistrate Judges, U.S. District Judges, Judicial Behavior, Empirical Legal Studies, Civil Procedure

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Predicting the Constitutionality of Punitive Damages: A Statistical Approach

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 30 Jun 2009
Edward K. Cheng and Albert Yoon
Vanderbilt Law School and University of Toronto Faculty of Law
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punitive damages, constitutionality, statistical prediction, prediction, forecasting, BMW v. Gore, model, punitives

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'While There's a Breath in My Body': The Systemic Effects of Politically Motivated Retirement from the Supreme Court

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 10 Dec 2010
Michael Bailey and Albert Yoon
Georgetown University - Department of Government and University of Toronto Faculty of Law
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Supreme Court, Retirement, Positive Political Theory

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The Visible Trial: Judicial Assessment as Adjudication

Vanderbilt Law Research Paper No. 22-19
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 03 Feb 2022 Last Revised: 01 Aug 2022
Tracey E. George and Albert Yoon
Vanderbilt University - Law School and University of Toronto Faculty of Law
Downloads 63 (589,896)
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Civil Litigation, Criminal Prosecutions, Trial, Procedural Justice, Economic Efficiency, Empirical Legal Studies, Judicial Decisionmaking

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Offer-of-Judgment Rules and Civil Litigation: An Empirical Study of Automobile Insurance Litigation in the East

Vanderbilt Law Review, Vol. 59, No. 1, pp. 155-196, 2006
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 28 Jun 2013
Albert Yoon and Tom Baker
University of Toronto Faculty of Law and University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
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Evaluating the Role of Brown V. Board of Education in School Equalization, Desegregation, and the Income of African Americans

American Law and Economics Review, Vol. 8, Issue 2, pp. 213-248, 2006
Posted: 29 Feb 2008
Orley Ashenfelter, William J. Collins and Albert Yoon
Princeton University - Industrial Relations Section, Vanderbilt University - College of Arts and Science - Department of Economics and University of Toronto Faculty of Law

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Pensions, Politics, and Judicial Tenure: An Empirical Study of Federal Judges, 1869-2002

American Law and Economics Review, Vol. 8, Issue 1, pp. 143-180, 2006
Posted: 29 Feb 2008
Albert Yoon
University of Toronto Faculty of Law

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Love's Labor's Lost? Judicial Tenure Among Lower Federal Court Judges: 1945-2000

Posted: 21 Jan 2003
Albert Yoon
University of Toronto Faculty of Law

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