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Cornell University - Law School

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1.

Juries, Judges, and Punitive Damages: An Empirical Study

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 12 Dec 2000
Theodore Eisenberg, Neil LaFountain, Brian Ostrom, David Rottman and Martin T. Wells
Cornell University, Law School (Deceased), National Center for State Courts, National Center for State Courts, National Center for State Courts and Cornell University - Law School
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Citation 30

Abstract:

punitive damages, juries, judges

2.

The Delaware Death Penalty: An Empirical Study

Iowa Law Review, Forthcoming, Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 12-24
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 11 Mar 2012 Last Revised: 15 May 2012
Sheri Lynn Johnson, John H. Blume III, Theodore Eisenberg, Valerie P. Hans and Martin T. Wells
Cornell Law School, Cornell Law School, Cornell University, Law School (Deceased), Cornell University - School of Law and Cornell University - Law School
Downloads 736 (21,060)

Abstract:

death penalty, capital punishment, race, juries, judges

3.

The Decision to Award Punitive Damages: An Empirical Study

Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 09-011, CELS 2009 4th Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies Paper
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 02 Jun 2009 Last Revised: 14 Jul 2009
Theodore Eisenberg, Michael Heise, Nicole L. Waters and Martin T. Wells
Cornell University, Law School (Deceased), Cornell Law School, National Center for State Courts and Cornell University - Law School
Downloads 443 (48,723)
Citation 1

Abstract:

punitive damages, litigation, juries, tort

4.

The Fate of Firms: Explaining Mergers and Bankruptcies

Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, Vol. 2, March 2005
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 07 Dec 2004
Clas CH Bergström, Theodore Eisenberg, Stefan Sundgren and Martin T. Wells
Swedish House of Finance, Cornell University, Law School (Deceased), Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration and Cornell University - Law School
Downloads 436 (51,045)
Citation 3

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merger, bankruptcy, accounting

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Judge-Jury Agreement in Criminal Cases: A Partial Replication of Kalven & Zeisel's The American Jury

Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, Vol. 2, 2004
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 22 Sep 2004
Theodore Eisenberg, Paula Hannaford-Agor, Valerie P. Hans, Nicole L. Mott, G. Thomas Munsterman, Stewart J. Schwab and Martin T. Wells
Cornell University, Law School (Deceased), National Center for State Courts, Cornell University - School of Law, National Center for State Courts, National Center for State Courts (NCSC), Cornell Law School and Cornell University - Law School
Downloads 423 (53,054)
Citation 12

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The Death Penalty: Should the Judge or the Jury Decide Who Dies?

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The Death Penalty: Should the Judge or the Jury Decide Who Dies?

Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 15-02
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 24 Oct 2014 Last Revised: 12 Feb 2015
Valerie P. Hans, John H. Blume III, Theodore Eisenberg, Amelia Courtney Hritz, Sheri Lynn Johnson, Caisa E. Royer and Martin T. Wells
Cornell University - School of Law, Cornell Law School, Cornell University, Law School (Deceased), Cornell University, College of Human Ecology, Law, Psychology and Human Development Program, Students, Cornell Law School, Cornell University, College of Human Ecology, Law, Psychology and Human Development Program, Students and Cornell University - Law School
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The Death Penalty: Should the Judge or the Jury Decide Who Dies?

Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, Vol. 12, Issue 1, pp. 70-99, 2015
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 19 Feb 2015
Valerie P. Hans, John H. Blume III, Theodore Eisenberg, Amelia Courtney Hritz, Sheri Lynn Johnson, Caisa E. Royer and Martin T. Wells
Cornell University - School of Law, Cornell Law School, Cornell University, Law School (Deceased), Cornell University, College of Human Ecology, Law, Psychology and Human Development Program, Students, Cornell Law School, Cornell University, College of Human Ecology, Law, Psychology and Human Development Program, Students and Cornell University - Law School
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Ranking Law Journals and the Limits of Journal Citation Reports

Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 12-30
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 16 Jun 2012
Theodore Eisenberg and Martin T. Wells
Cornell University, Law School (Deceased) and Cornell University - Law School
Downloads 380 (53,793)

Abstract:

law reviews, law journals, ranking, ranking methodology, factor analysis, journal citation reports, jcr

8.

Variability in Punitive Damages: An Empirical Assessment of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Decision in Exxon Shipping Co. v. Baker

Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 09-011
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 26 Apr 2009 Last Revised: 26 Apr 2014
Theodore Eisenberg, Michael Heise and Martin T. Wells
Cornell University, Law School (Deceased), Cornell Law School and Cornell University - Law School
Downloads 355 (64,460)
Citation 4

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Punitive Damages, Tort, Empirical Studies

9.

Numerical Analysis in Least Squares Regression with an Application to the Abortion-Crime Debate

2nd Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies Paper
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 03 Jul 2007
William Anderson and Martin T. Wells
Cornell University - School of Operations Research and Information Engineering and Cornell University - Law School
Downloads 322 (71,646)
Citation 4

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Juries, Judges, and Punitive Damages: Empirical Analyses Using the Civil Justice Survey of State Courts 1992, 1996, and 2001 Data

Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, Vol. 3, No. 2, pp. 263-95, 2006, Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 05-015
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 27 Jun 2006
Michael Heise, Theodore Eisenberg, Martin T. Wells, Paula Hannaford-Agor, Neil LaFountain, G. Thomas Munsterman and Brian Ostrom
Cornell Law School, Cornell University, Law School (Deceased), Cornell University - Law School, National Center for State Courts, National Center for State Courts, National Center for State Courts (NCSC) and National Center for State Courts
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Citation 8

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Victim Gender and the Death Penalty

University of Missouri-Kansas City Law Review, Vol. 82, No. 2, 2014, Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 14-05
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 25 Mar 2014 Last Revised: 10 Nov 2015
Caisa E. Royer, Amelia Courtney Hritz, Valerie P. Hans, Theodore Eisenberg, Martin T. Wells, John H. Blume III and Sheri Lynn Johnson
Cornell University, College of Human Ecology, Law, Psychology and Human Development Program, Students, Cornell University, College of Human Ecology, Law, Psychology and Human Development Program, Students, Cornell University - School of Law, Cornell University, Law School (Deceased), Cornell University - Law School, Cornell Law School and Cornell Law School
Downloads 230 (74,956)

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Reconciling Experimental Incoherence with Real-World Coherence in Punitive Damages

Stanford Law Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 01 Feb 2002
Theodore Eisenberg, Jeffrey J. Rachlinski and Martin T. Wells
Cornell University, Law School (Deceased), Cornell Law School and Cornell University - Law School
Downloads 215 (113,854)
Citation 8

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The Relation Between Punitive and Compensatory Awards: Combining Extreme Data With the Mass of Awards

Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 06-026
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 13 Sep 2006
Theodore Eisenberg, Valerie P. Hans and Martin T. Wells
Cornell University, Law School (Deceased), Cornell University - School of Law and Cornell University - Law School
Downloads 198 (119,763)

Abstract:

punitive damages, juries, trials, litigation

14.

Forecasting Life and Death

Number of pages: 58 Posted: 05 Oct 2000
Theodore Eisenberg, Stephen P. Garvey and Martin T. Wells
Cornell University, Law School (Deceased), Cornell Law School and Cornell University - Law School
Downloads 173 (139,119)
Citation 8

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Statins and Adverse Cardiovascular Events in Moderate Risk Females: A Statistical and Legal Analysis with Implications for FDA Preemption Claims

Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 09-003
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 25 May 2008
Theodore Eisenberg and Martin T. Wells
Cornell University, Law School (Deceased) and Cornell University - Law School
Downloads 172 (139,827)

Abstract:

preemption, statins, FDA

16.

Juror First Votes in Criminal Trials

Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, Vol. 1, No. 2, p. 372, 2004
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 23 Jun 2004
Stephen P. Garvey, Paula Hannaford-Agor, Valerie P. Hans, Nicole L. Mott, G. Thomas Munsterman and Martin T. Wells
Cornell Law School, National Center for State Courts, Cornell University - School of Law, National Center for State Courts, National Center for State Courts (NCSC) and Cornell University - Law School
Downloads 157 (149,596)
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A Bayesian Hierarchical Regression Approach to Longitudinal Data in Empirical Legal Studies

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 27 Aug 2009 Last Revised: 17 Nov 2009
William Anderson and Martin T. Wells
Cornell University - School of Operations Research and Information Engineering and Cornell University - Law School
Downloads 140 (139,827)

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18.

Trial Outcomes and Demographics: Is There A Bronx Effect?

Texas Law Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 06 May 2002
Theodore Eisenberg and Martin T. Wells
Cornell University, Law School (Deceased) and Cornell University - Law School
Downloads 140 (164,384)
Citation 5

Abstract:

juries, census, trials, damages

19.

The Deadly Paradox of Capital Jurors

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Citation 2

The Deadly Paradox of Capital Jurors

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 05 Oct 2000
Theodore Eisenberg, Stephen P. Garvey and Martin T. Wells
Cornell University, Law School (Deceased), Cornell Law School and Cornell University - Law School
Downloads 126 (186,615)
Citation 2

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The Deadly Paradox of Capital Jurors

Southern California Law Review, Vol. 74, No. 2, January 2001
Posted: 03 Oct 2000
Theodore Eisenberg, Stephen P. Garvey and Martin T. Wells
Cornell University, Law School (Deceased), Cornell Law School and Cornell University - Law School

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20.

Revisiting Eisenberg and Plaintiff Success: State Court Civil Trial and Appellate Outcomes

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Revisiting Eisenberg and Plaintiff Success: State Court Civil Trial and Appellate Outcomes

Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, Volume 13, Issue 3, 516–535, September 2016 Forthcoming, Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 16-5,
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 13 Jan 2016 Last Revised: 11 Aug 2016
Michael Heise and Martin T. Wells
Cornell Law School and Cornell University - Law School
Downloads 59 (304,437)

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Revisiting Eisenberg and Plaintiff Success: State Court Civil Trial and Appellate Outcomes

Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 15-24
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 03 Aug 2015 Last Revised: 29 Sep 2015
Michael Heise and Martin T. Wells
Cornell Law School and Cornell University - Law School
Downloads 43 (352,736)

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Revisiting Eisenberg and Plaintiff Success: State Court Civil Trial and Appellate Outcomes

Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, Vol. 13, Issue 3, pp. 516-535, 2016
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 10 Aug 2016
Michael Heise and Martin T. Wells
Cornell Law School and Cornell University - Law School
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MCMC Estimation of Lvy Jump Models Using Stock and Option Prices

Mathematical Finance, Vol. 21, Issue 3, pp. 383-422, 2011
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 20 May 2011
Cindy Yu, Haitao Li and Martin T. Wells
Iowa State University, University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business and Cornell University - Law School
Downloads 2 (531,691)
Citation 2

Abstract:

Levy processes, variance gamma model, Markov Chain Monte Carlo, option pricing

22.

A Bayesian Hierarchical Regression Approach to Clustered and Longitudinal Data in Empirical Legal Studies

Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, Vol. 7, No. 4, pp. 634-663, 2010
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 03 Jan 2011
William Anderson and Martin T. Wells
Cornell University - School of Operations Research and Information Engineering and Cornell University - Law School
Downloads 2 (525,291)

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Pain and Suffering Damages in Personal Injury Cases: An Empirical Study

Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, Forthcoming, University of Chicago Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper No. 749, Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 16-11
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 05 Mar 2016 Last Revised: 03 May 2016
Yun-chien Chang, Theodore Eisenberg, Tsung Hsien Li and Martin T. Wells
Academia Sinica - Institutum Iurisprudentiae (IIAS), Cornell University, Law School (Deceased), National Chung Cheng University - Department of Criminology and Cornell University - Law School
Downloads 0 (152,771)

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Pain and suffering damages, medical expenses, anchoring effect, lost earning capacity, fault, age, pecuniary damages, non-medical expenses, judges, juries, Taiwan

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Judge-Jury Agreement in Criminal Cases: A Partial Replication of Kalven and Zeisel's the American Jury

Journal of Empirical Legal Studies 2.1 (2005): 171
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 23 Dec 2015
Theodore Eisenberg, Paula Hannaford Agor, Valerie P. Hans, Nicole L. Waters, G. Thomas Munsterman, Stewart J. Schwab and Martin T. Wells
Cornell University, Law School (Deceased), National Center for State Courts, Cornell University - School of Law, National Center for State Courts, National Center for State Courts (NCSC), Cornell Law School and Cornell University - Law School
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Citation 12

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Criminal Cases, judge-jury agreement, juries, judges, adjucator

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Addressing the Zeros Problem: Regression Models for Outcomes with a Large Proportion of Zeros, with an Application to Trial Outcomes

Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, Vol. 12, Issue 1, pp. 161-186, 2015
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 19 Feb 2015
Theodore Eisenberg, Thomas Eisenberg, Martin T. Wells and Min Zhang
Cornell University, Law School (Deceased), Cornell University - Department of Economics, Cornell University - Law School and Department of Statistics
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26.

Pain and Suffering Damages in Wrongful Death Cases: An Empirical Study

Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, Vol. 12, Issue 1, pp. 128-160, 2015
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 19 Feb 2015
Yun-chien Chang, Theodore Eisenberg, Han‐Wei Ho and Martin T. Wells
Academia Sinica - Institutum Iurisprudentiae (IIAS), Cornell University, Law School (Deceased), Center for Empirical Legal Studies and Cornell University - Law School
Downloads 0 (540,605)

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A Bayesian Analysis of Return Dynamics with Lévy Jumps

The Review of Financial Studies, Vol. 21, Issue 5, pp. 2345-2378, 2008
Posted: 19 Sep 2008
Haitao Li, Martin T. Wells and Cindy Yu
University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business, Cornell University - Law School and Iowa State University

Abstract:

G12, C11, C15, C32

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The Significant Association between Punitive and Compensatory Damages in Blockbuster Cases: A Methodological Primer

Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, Vol. 3, p. 169, 2006
Posted: 11 Jun 2007
Martin T. Wells and Theodore Eisenberg
Cornell University - Law School and Cornell University, Law School (Deceased)

Abstract:

punitive damages, regression

29.

Forecasting Life and Death: Juror Race, Religion, and Attitude Toward the Death Penalty

Journal of Legal Studies, Vol. 30, No. 2, Part 1, Forthcoming
Posted: 05 Nov 2001
Theodore Eisenberg, Stephen P. Garvey and Martin T. Wells
Cornell University, Law School (Deceased), Cornell Law School and Cornell University - Law School

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Inbreeding in Law School Hiring: Assessing the Performance of Faculty Hired from within

Journal of Legal Studies, Vol. 29, No. 1, Pt. 2, January 2000
Posted: 26 Jun 2001
Theodore Eisenberg and Martin T. Wells
Cornell University, Law School (Deceased) and Cornell University - Law School

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The Predictability of Punitive Damages Awards in Published Opinions, the Impact of BMW v. Gore on Punitive Damages Awards, and Forecasting Which Punitive Awards Will Be Reduced

Supreme Court Economic Review, Vol. 7, 1999
Posted: 26 Aug 1999
Theodore Eisenberg and Martin T. Wells
Cornell University, Law School (Deceased) and Cornell University - Law School

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The Predictability of Punitive Damages

Journal of Legal Studies, Vol. 26, No. 1 (1997).
Posted: 17 Jan 1997
Theodore Eisenberg, John Goerdt, Brian Ostrom, David Rottman and Martin T. Wells
Cornell University, Law School (Deceased), National Center for State Courts, National Center for State Courts, National Center for State Courts and Cornell University - Law School

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Larger Board Size, Decreasing Firm Value, and Increasing Firm Solvency

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Larger Board Size, Decreasing Firm Value, and Increasing Firm Solvency

Journal of Financial Economics, pp. 35-54, 1998
Posted: 18 Dec 2006
Theodore Eisenberg, Stefan Sundgren and Martin T. Wells
Cornell University, Law School (Deceased), Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration and Cornell University - Law School

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