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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: 28 Oct 2015

Michael Frakes and Melissa F. Wasserman

Duke University School of Law and The University of Texas at Austin - School of Law

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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 The University of Texas at Austin - School of Law

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Citation 30

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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 The University of Texas at Austin - School of Law

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Citation 10

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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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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

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Citation 3

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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

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Citation 2

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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 The University of Texas at Austin - School of Law

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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 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

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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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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

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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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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

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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 The University of Texas at Austin - School of Law

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Citation 7

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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

affiliation not provided to SSRN and Duke University School of Law

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Procrastination at the Patent Office?

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Citation 6

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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 The University of Texas at Austin - School of Law

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Citation 6

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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 The University of Texas at Austin - School of Law

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Citation 1

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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 The University of Texas at Austin - School of Law

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Citation 1

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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

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Citation 1

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

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Citation 1

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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 The University of Texas at Austin - School of Law

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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 The University of Texas at Austin - School of Law

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Citation 1

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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 The 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

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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 The University of Texas at Austin - School of Law

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Citation 1

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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

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Citation 1

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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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Citation 6

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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 The 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 The University of Texas at Austin - School of Law

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Citation 1

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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

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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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Citation 1

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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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Duke University School of Law

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