Michael Frakes

Duke University School of Law

Professor of Law

210 Science Drive

Box 90362

Durham, NC 27708

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1.

The Impact of Medical Liability Standards on Regional Variations in Physician Behavior: Evidence from the Adoption of National-Standard Rules

American Economic Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 20 Oct 2009 Last Revised: 19 Mar 2012
Michael Frakes
Duke University School of Law
Downloads 718 (77,105)
Citation 33

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malpractice, standard of care, regional variations, locality rule

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Does Agency Funding Affect Decisionmaking?: An Empirical Assessment of the PTO’s Granting Patterns

Vanderbilt Law Review, Vol. 66, 2013, Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 12-22, 7th Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies Paper
Number of pages: 84 Posted: 18 Jan 2012 Last Revised: 25 May 2014
Michael Frakes and Melissa F. Wasserman
Duke University School of Law and University of Texas at Austin - School of Law
Downloads 715 (77,631)
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patents, patent law, administrative law, grant, bias, bureaucrat, budget, PTO, patent and trademark office

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Irrational Ignorance at the Patent Office

Vanderbilt Law Review, Vol. 72, 2019, Forthcoming, Duke Law School Public Law & Legal Theory Series No. 2018-64
Number of pages: 82 Posted: 13 Nov 2018 Last Revised: 07 May 2019
Michael Frakes and Melissa F. Wasserman
Duke University School of Law and University of Texas at Austin - School of Law
Downloads 706 (78,780)
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Patent Office, cost-benefit analysis, ex ante versus ex post, rational ignorance, invalid patents, patent litigation

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Is the Time Allocated to Review Patent Applications Inducing Examiners to Grant Invalid Patents?: Evidence from Micro-Level Application Data

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Is the Time Allocated to Review Patent Applications Inducing Examiners to Grant Invalid Patents?: Evidence from Micro-Level Application Data

Review of Economics and Statistics, Forthcoming, Northwestern Public Law Research Paper No. 14-39, Northwestern Law & Econ Research Paper No. 14-16, Illinois Program in Law, Behavior and Social Science Paper No. LBSS14-39, Illinois Public Law Research Paper No. 14-44
Number of pages: 93 Posted: 18 Jul 2014 Last Revised: 26 Oct 2023
Michael Frakes and Melissa F. Wasserman
Duke University School of Law and University of Texas at Austin - School of Law
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U.S. Patent Office, patent examiner, over granting, time allocations

Is the Time Allocated to Review Patent Applications Inducing Examiners to Grant Invalid Patents?: Evidence from Micro-Level Application Data

NBER Working Paper No. w20337
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 28 Jul 2014 Last Revised: 26 Jan 2023
Michael Frakes and Melissa F. Wasserman
Duke University School of Law and University of Texas at Austin - School of Law
Downloads 82 (654,405)
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Does the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office Grant Too Many Bad Patents?: Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment

Stanford Law Review, Vol. 67, 2015, Illinois Program in Law, Behavior and Social Science Paper No. LBSS14-32, Illinois Public Law Research Paper No. 14-36
Number of pages: 91 Posted: 18 Apr 2014 Last Revised: 13 Aug 2015
Michael Frakes and Melissa F. Wasserman
Duke University School of Law and University of Texas at Austin - School of Law
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Patents, Patent and Trademark Office, Overgranting, Bias, Continuations, RCEs

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Does Medical Malpractice Law Improve Health Care Quality?

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Does Medical Malpractice Law Improve Health Care Quality?

Journal of Public Economics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 89 Posted: 05 Jan 2014 Last Revised: 10 Sep 2016
Michael Frakes and Anupam B. Jena
Duke University School of Law and Harvard University
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malpractice; health care quality; deterrence; defensive medicine

Does Medical Malpractice Law Improve Health Care Quality?

NBER Working Paper No. w19841
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 25 Jan 2014 Last Revised: 20 Mar 2022
Michael Frakes and Anupam B. Jena
Duke University School of Law and Harvard University
Downloads 75 (694,794)
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Classified Boards and Firm Value

Delaware Journal of Corporate Law, Vol. 32, No. 1, pp. 113-158, 2007
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 27 Mar 2007
Michael Frakes
Duke University School of Law
Downloads 432 (144,874)
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delaware, journal, corporate, law, classified board, takeover defense, governance, firm value, frakes, quantile regressions, negative association

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The Failed Promise of User Fees: Empirical Evidence from the United States Patent and Trademark Office

Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, Vol. 11, 2014, Cornell Law School Research Paper No. 13-92
Number of pages: 84 Posted: 20 Jul 2013 Last Revised: 13 Aug 2015
Michael Frakes and Melissa F. Wasserman
Duke University School of Law and University of Texas at Austin - School of Law
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patents, patent law, administrative law, examination priority, grant, bias, budget, PTO, patent and trademark office

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The Surprising Relevance of Medical Malpractice Law

University of Chicago Law Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 18 Mar 2014
Michael Frakes
Duke University School of Law
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The Deterrent Effect of Death Penalty Eligibility: Evidence from the Adoption of Child Murder Eligibility Factors

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The Deterrent Effect of Death Penalty Eligibility: Evidence from the Adoption of Child Murder Eligibility Factors

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 07 May 2009 Last Revised: 29 Sep 2009
Michael Frakes and Matthew C. Harding
Duke University School of Law and Stanford University - Department of Economics
Downloads 262 (247,573)
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death penalty, deterrence, capital punishment

The Deterrent Effect of Death Penalty Eligibility: Evidence from the Adoption of Child Murder Eligibility Factors

American Law and Economics Review, Vol. 11, Issue 2, pp. 451-497, 2009
Posted: 25 Jan 2010
Michael Frakes and Matthew C. Harding
Duke University School of Law and Stanford University - Department of Economics

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The Economics of Healthcare Rationing

Oxford Handbook of U.S. Healthcare Law, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 16 May 2015
Michael Frakes, Matthew Frank and Kyle Rozema
Duke University School of Law, Harvard University, Law School, Students and Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law
Downloads 259 (252,208)

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economics, healthcare rationing, healthcare, economic analyses, decision-making, cost-benefit analysis, cost-effectiveness analysis, ethics

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The Effect of Statutory Rape Laws on Teen Birth Rates

Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 13-89
Number of pages: 69 Posted: 09 Jun 2013 Last Revised: 14 Sep 2015
Michael Frakes and Matthew C. Harding
Duke University School of Law and Stanford University - Department of Economics
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criminal law, deterrence, statutory rape, public health

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Procrastination at the Patent Office?

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Procrastination at the Patent Office?

Duke Law School Public Law & Legal Theory Series No. 2017-15
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 21 Dec 2016 Last Revised: 03 Feb 2021
Michael Frakes and Melissa F. Wasserman
Duke University School of Law and University of Texas at Austin - School of Law
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Procrastination, Patents, Patent Office, Backlog, Patent Quality

Procrastination in the Workplace: Evidence from the U.S. Patent Office

NBER Working Paper No. w22987
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 27 Dec 2016 Last Revised: 24 Apr 2022
Michael Frakes and Melissa F. Wasserman
Duke University School of Law and University of Texas at Austin - School of Law
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Defensive Medicine and Obstetric Practices

Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, Forthcoming, CELS 2009 4th Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies Paper, Duke Law School Public Law & Legal Theory Series No. 2020-12
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 13 Jul 2009 Last Revised: 17 Mar 2020
Michael Frakes
Duke University School of Law
Downloads 212 (306,711)
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malpractice, defensive medicine, cesarean, damage cap

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Are Constitutional Rights Enough? An Empirical Assessment of Racial Bias in Police Stops

Duke Law School Public Law & Legal Theory Series No. 2020-56
Number of pages: 82 Posted: 27 Aug 2020
Rohit Asirvatham and Michael Frakes
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Patent Office Cohorts

65 DUKE L.J. 1601 (2016)
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 11 Jul 2015 Last Revised: 13 Sep 2016
Michael Frakes and Melissa F. Wasserman
Duke University School of Law and University of Texas at Austin - School of Law
Downloads 195 (331,590)
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Do Physicians Respond to Liability Standards?

Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (Forthcoming), Northwestern Public Law Research Paper No. 14-45
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 04 Aug 2014 Last Revised: 11 Sep 2014
Michael Frakes, Matthew Frank and Seth A. Seabury
Duke University School of Law, Harvard University, Law School, Students and University of Southern California - Keck School of Medicine
Downloads 165 (385,108)
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Empirical Scholarship on the Prosecution Process at the Patent Office (PTO)

2 RESEARCH HANDBOOK ON THE LAW & ECONOMICS OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY (Peter S. Menell, David L. Schwartz & Ben Depoorter, eds., Edgar Elgar Publishing) (2016, Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 09 Aug 2016 Last Revised: 10 Sep 2016
Michael Frakes and Melissa F. Wasserman
Duke University School of Law and University of Texas at Austin - School of Law
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Patent Office, patents, agency, empirical, intellectual property

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Knowledge Spillovers and Learning in the Workplace: Evidence from the U.S. Patent Office

Downloads 151 (415,176)
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Knowledge Spillovers and Learning in the Workplace: Evidence from the U.S. Patent Office

Duke Law School Public Law & Legal Theory Series No. 2018-11
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 12 Jan 2018 Last Revised: 14 Jun 2018
Michael Frakes and Melissa F. Wasserman
Duke University School of Law and University of Texas at Austin - School of Law
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knowledge spillovers, Patent Office, patents, peer effects, examiners

Knowledge Spillovers and Learning in the Workplace: Evidence from the U.S. Patent Office

NBER Working Paper No. w24159
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 03 Jan 2018 Last Revised: 07 Jul 2023
Michael Frakes and Melissa F. Wasserman
Duke University School of Law and University of Texas at Austin - School of Law
Downloads 34 (1,006,139)
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Do Patent Lawsuits Target Invalid Patents

Selection and Decision In The Judicial Process Around The World: Empirical Inquiries (Yun-chien Chang ed., Cambridge University Press 2018 Forthcoming), Duke Law School Public Law & Legal Theory Series No. 2018-24
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 12 Mar 2018 Last Revised: 03 Feb 2021
Michael Frakes and Melissa F. Wasserman
Duke University School of Law and University of Texas at Austin - School of Law
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Does Falling Smoking Lead to Rising Obesity?

NBER Working Paper No. w11483
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 18 Aug 2005 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2022
Jonathan Gruber and Michael Frakes
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and Duke University School of Law
Downloads 105 (550,939)
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Is Great Information Good Enough? Evidence from Physicians as Patients

NBER Working Paper No. w26038
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 09 Jul 2019 Last Revised: 23 Feb 2023
Michael Frakes, Jonathan Gruber and Anupam Jena
Duke University School of Law, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and Harvard University
Downloads 101 (566,748)
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Are There as Many Trademark Offices as Trademark Examiners?

Duke Law Journal, Vol. 69, 2020, Duke Law School Public Law & Legal Theory Series No. 2020-1
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 16 Jan 2020
Michael Frakes and Melissa F. Wasserman
Duke University School of Law and University of Texas at Austin - School of Law
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Defensive Medicine: Evidence from Military Immunity

NBER Working Paper No. w24846
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 01 Aug 2018 Last Revised: 22 May 2023
Michael Frakes and Jonathan Gruber
Duke University School of Law and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics
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Investing in Ex Ante Regulation: Evidence from Pharmaceutical Patent Examination

NBER Working Paper No. w27579, Duke Law School Public Law & Legal Theory Series No. 2022-01
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 28 Jul 2020 Last Revised: 11 May 2023
Michael Frakes and Melissa F. Wasserman
Duke University School of Law and University of Texas at Austin - School of Law
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Patent Trial and Appeal Board's Consistency-Enhancing Function

Iowa Law Review, Vol. 104, No. 5, 2019, Duke Law School Public Law & Legal Theory Series No. 2019-61
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 24 Aug 2019
Michael Frakes and Melissa F. Wasserman
Duke University School of Law and University of Texas at Austin - School of Law
Downloads 50 (835,608)
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Agency Adjudication, Patents, PTAB, Patent Office, Heterogeneity

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Deadlines Versus Continuous Incentives: Evidence from the Patent Office

NBER Working Paper No. w32066, Duke Law School Public Law & Legal Theory Series No. 2024-06
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 22 Jan 2024 Last Revised: 07 Feb 2024
Michael Frakes and Melissa F. Wasserman
Duke University School of Law and University of Texas at Austin - School of Law
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Racial Concordance and the Quality of Medical Care: Evidence from the Military

NBER Working Paper No. w30767
Number of pages: 74 Posted: 19 Dec 2022 Last Revised: 12 Jun 2023
Michael Frakes and Jonathan Gruber
Duke University School of Law and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics
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Public and Private Options in Practice: The Military Health System

NBER Working Paper No. w28256
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 04 Jan 2021 Last Revised: 17 Mar 2023
Michael Frakes, Jonathan Gruber and Timothy Justicz
Duke University School of Law, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and United States Military Academy, West Point
Downloads 41 (911,786)
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The Effect of Malpractice Law on Physician Supply: Evidence from Negligence-Standard Reforms

NBER Working Paper No. w23446
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 30 May 2017 Last Revised: 26 Jul 2023
Michael Frakes, Matthew Frank and Seth A. Seabury
Duke University School of Law, Harvard University, Law School, Students and University of Southern California - Keck School of Medicine
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