John M. de Figueiredo

Duke University School of Law

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Duke University - Fuqua School of Business

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The Allocation of Resources by Interest Groups: Lobbying, Litigation and Administrative Regulation

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The Allocation of Resources by Interest Groups: Lobbying, Litigation and Administrative Regulation

MIT Sloan Working Paper No. 4247-02; Harvard Law and Economics Discussion Paper No. 364
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 31 May 2002
John M. de Figueiredo and Rui J.P. de Figueiredo
Duke University School of Law and University of California, Berkeley - Business & Public Policy Group
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Lobbying, Litigation, Administrative Regulation, Modelling of Political Institutions, Interest Groups, Corporate Political Strategy, Regulation

The Allocation of Resources by Interest Groups: Lobbying, Litigation and Administrative Regulation

NBER Working Paper No. w8981
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 07 Jun 2002 Last Revised: 27 Oct 2010
John M. de Figueiredo and Rui J.P. de Figueiredo
Duke University School of Law and University of California, Berkeley - Business & Public Policy Group
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The Structure and Conduct of Corporate Lobbying: How Firms Lobby the Federal Communications Commission

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The Structure and Conduct of Corporate Lobbying: How Firms Lobby the Federal Communications Commission

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 23 Jun 2000
John M. de Figueiredo and Emerson H. Tiller
Duke University School of Law and Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law
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The Structure and Conduct of Corporate Lobbying: How Firms Lobby the Federal Communications Commission

NBER Working Paper No. w7726
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 02 Jun 2000 Last Revised: 18 Oct 2010
John M. de Figueiredo and Emerson H. Tiller
Duke University School of Law and Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law
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The Structure and Conduct of Corporate Lobbying: How Firms Lobby the Federal Communications Commission

Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, Vol. 10, No. 1, Spring 2001
Posted: 04 Apr 2001
John M. de Figueiredo and Emerson H. Tiller
Duke University School of Law and Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law

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Managerial Decision-Making in Non-Market Environments: A Survey Experiment

MIT Sloan Working Paper No. 4246-02; Harvard Law and Economics Discussion Paper No. 365
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 01 Jun 2002
John M. de Figueiredo and Rui J.P. de Figueiredo
Duke University School of Law and University of California, Berkeley - Business & Public Policy Group
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Academic Earmarks and the Returns to Lobbying

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Academic Earmarks and the Returns to Lobbying

Harvard Law and Economics Discussion Paper No. 370; MIT Sloan Working Paper No. 4245-02
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 06 May 2002
John M. de Figueiredo and Brian S. Silverman
Duke University School of Law and University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management
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Returns to Lobbying, University Lobbying, Federal Funding of University Research

Academic Earmarks and the Returns to Lobbying

NBER Working Paper No. w9064
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 19 Jul 2002 Last Revised: 27 Oct 2009
John M. de Figueiredo and Brian S. Silverman
Duke University School of Law and University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management
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Lobbying and Information in Politics

Harvard Law and Economics Discussion Paper No. 369
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 12 Jul 2002
John M. de Figueiredo
Duke University School of Law
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Paying for Politics

USC Law & Public Policy Research Paper No. 04-19; Princeton Law and Public Affairs Paper No. 04-016; and USC Law & Economics Research Paper No. 04-19
Number of pages: 69 Posted: 18 Aug 2004
John M. de Figueiredo and Elizabeth Garrett
Duke University School of Law and USC Gould School of Law
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How Does the Government (Want to) Fund Science? Politics, Lobbying and Academic Earmarks

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How Does the Government (Want to) Fund Science? Politics, Lobbying and Academic Earmarks

MIT Sloan Working Paper No. 4484-04
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 13 Apr 2004
John M. de Figueiredo and Brian S. Silverman
Duke University School of Law and University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management
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Lobbying, Education, Political Economy

How Does the Government (Want to) Fund Science? Politics, Lobbying and Academic Earmarks

NBER Working Paper No. w13459
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 16 Oct 2007 Last Revised: 17 Oct 2007
John M. de Figueiredo and Brian S. Silverman
Duke University School of Law and University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management
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Are Campaign Contributions Investment in the Political Marketplace or Individual Consumption? Or 'Why is There so Little Money in Politics?'

MIT Sloan Working Paper No. 4272-02
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 16 Dec 2002
Stephen Ansolabehere, John M. de Figueiredo and James M. Snyder
Harvard University - Department of Government, Duke University School of Law and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Political Science & Department of Economics
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Campaign Finance, Campaign Contributions, Corporate Political Activity, Political Economy

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When Do Firms Hire Lobbyists? The Organization of Lobbying at the Federal Communications Commission

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When Do Firms Hire Lobbyists? The Organization of Lobbying at the Federal Communications Commission

MIT Sloan Working Paper No. 4483-04
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 26 Mar 2004
John M. de Figueiredo and James J. Kim
Duke University School of Law and Columbia University - Columbia Business School
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Lobbying, Transaction Cost Economics, Appropriability, Telecommunications

When Do Firms Hire Lobbyists? The Organization of Lobbying at the Federal Communications Commission

NBER Working Paper No. w10553
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 22 Jun 2004 Last Revised: 12 Jul 2004
John M. de Figueiredo and James J. Kim
Duke University School of Law and Columbia University - Columbia Business School
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Endogenous Cost Lobbying: Theory and Evidence

CELS 2009 4th Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies Paper
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 07 Aug 2009
John M. de Figueiredo and Charles M. Cameron
Duke University School of Law and Princeton University - Department of Political Science
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Lobbying, Law and Politics

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Advancing the Empirical Research on Lobbying

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Advancing the Empirical Research on Lobbying

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 29 Nov 2013 Last Revised: 30 Dec 2014
John M. de Figueiredo and Brian Kelleher Richter
Duke University School of Law and University of Texas at Austin - Red McCombs School of Business
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Lobbying, Interest Groups, Empirical Methods

Advancing the Empirical Research on Lobbying

NBER Working Paper No. w19698
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 10 Dec 2013 Last Revised: 12 Dec 2013
John M. de Figueiredo and Brian Kelleher Richter
Duke University School of Law and University of Texas at Austin - Red McCombs School of Business
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Advancing the Empirical Research on Lobbying

Annual Review of Political Science, Vol. 17, pp. 163-185, 2014
Posted: 21 May 2014
John M. de Figueiredo and Brian Kelleher Richter
Duke University School of Law and University of Texas at Austin - Red McCombs School of Business

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Strategic Plaintiffs and Ideological Judges in Telecommunications Litigation

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Strategic Plaintiffs and Ideological Judges in Telecommunications Litigation

Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, Forthcoming, Princeton Law and Public Affairs Working Paper No. 05-007
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 23 Jun 2005
John M. de Figueiredo
Duke University School of Law
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Strategic Plaintiffs and Ideological Judges in Telecommunications Litigation

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 07 Apr 2005
John M. de Figueiredo
Duke University School of Law
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Litigation, Telecommunications, Regulation

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Why is There so Little Money in Politics?

NBER Working Paper No. w9409
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 10 Jan 2003 Last Revised: 31 Oct 2010
Stephen Ansolabehere, John M. de Figueiredo and James M. Snyder
Harvard University - Department of Government, Duke University School of Law and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Political Science & Department of Economics
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Churn, Baby, Churn: Strategic Dynamics Among Dominant and Fringe Firms in a Segmented Industry

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 01 Nov 2006
John M. de Figueiredo and Brian S. Silverman
Duke University School of Law and University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management
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competitive dynamics, industry evolution, segmented industries, dominant firms

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Surviving the Gales of Creative Destruction: The Determinants of Product Turnover

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 31 May 2005
John M. de Figueiredo and Margaret K. Kyle
Duke University School of Law and London Business School
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Product Exit, Product Turnover, Technology, Product Portfolio

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How Much Does Money Matter in a Direct Democracy?

Princeton University Law and Public Affairs Working Paper
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 31 May 2005
John M. de Figueiredo
Duke University School of Law
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Referendums, initiatives, direct democracy, campaign finance

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Integrated Political Strategy

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Integrated Political Strategy

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 30 May 2009
John M. de Figueiredo
Duke University School of Law
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Non-Market Strategy, Political Economy

Integrated Political Strategy

NBER Working Paper No. w15053
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 08 Jun 2009 Last Revised: 20 Aug 2010
John M. de Figueiredo
Duke University School of Law
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Congress and the Political Expansion of the United States District Courts

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Congress and the Political Expansion of the United States District Courts

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 30 Apr 2000
John M. de Figueiredo, Gerald S. Gryski, Emerson H. Tiller and Gary Zuk
Duke University School of Law, Auburn University - Department of Political Science, Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law and Auburn University - Department of Political Science
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Congress and the Political Expansion of the United States District Courts

American Law and Economics Review
Posted: 18 Apr 2001
John M. de Figueiredo, Gerald S. Gryski, Emerson H. Tiller and Gary Zuk
Duke University School of Law, Auburn University - Department of Political Science, Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law and Auburn University - Department of Political Science

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On the Genesis of Interfirm Relational Contracts

Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 3083556, Duke Law School Public Law & Legal Theory Series No. 2018-5
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 11 Dec 2017
John M. de Figueiredo and Brian S. Silverman
Duke University School of Law and University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management
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Strategic Alliances, Relational Contracting, Organizational Capabilities, Strategy Implementation, Competitive Advantage, Canon-HP Alliance

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Financing Direct Democracy: Revisiting the Research on Campaign Spending and Citizen Initiatives

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Financing Direct Democracy: Revisiting the Research on Campaign Spending and Citizen Initiatives

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 06 Sep 2010
John M. de Figueiredo, Chang Ho Ji and Thad Kousser
Duke University School of Law, La Sierra University and University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Department of Political Science
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campaign finance, initiatives, referendums, state government

Financing Direct Democracy: Revisiting the Research on Campaign Spending and Citizen Initiatives

NBER Working Paper No. w16356
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 13 Sep 2010
John M. de Figueiredo, Chang Ho Ji and Thad Kousser
Duke University School of Law, La Sierra University and University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Department of Political Science
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E-Rulemaking: Bringing Data to Theory at the Federal Communications Commission

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 25 Jul 2006
John M. de Figueiredo
Duke University School of Law
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E-Rulemaking, telecommunications, administrative law

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Public Contracting for Private Innovation: Government Expertise, Decision Rights, and Performance Outcomes

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Public Contracting for Private Innovation: Government Expertise, Decision Rights, and Performance Outcomes

Duke Law School Public Law & Legal Theory Series No. 2018-46
Number of pages: 71 Posted: 25 Jun 2018
Joshua R Bruce, John M. de Figueiredo and Brian S. Silverman
Gies College of Business, Duke University School of Law and University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management
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Contracting for Innovation, Organizational Economics, Transaction Costs, R&D, Technological Expertise, Capabilities

Public Contracting for Private Innovation: Government Expertise, Decision Rights, and Performance Outcomes

NBER Working Paper No. w24724
Number of pages: 72 Posted: 18 Jun 2018
Joshua R Bruce, John M. de Figueiredo and Brian S. Silverman
Gies College of Business, Duke University School of Law and University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management
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Firm Survival and Industry Evolution in Vertically Related Populations

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 19 Nov 2011
John M. de Figueiredo and Brian S. Silverman
Duke University School of Law and University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management
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industry evolution, vertical relationship, vertical integration, density dependence, laser printer industry

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Public Sector Personnel Economics: Wages, Promotions, and the Competence-Control Trade-Off

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Public Sector Personnel Economics: Wages, Promotions, and the Competence-Control Trade-Off

Duke I&E Research Paper No. 2017-04, Duke Law School Public Law & Legal Theory Series No. 2017-14
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 16 Dec 2016 Last Revised: 08 Feb 2017
Charles M. Cameron, John M. de Figueiredo and David E. Lewis
Princeton University - Department of Political Science, Duke University School of Law and Vanderbilt University - Department of Political Science
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Personnel Economics, Public Sector Personnel, Human Capital

Public Sector Personnel Economics: Wages, Promotions, and the Competence-Control Trade-Off

NBER Working Paper No. w22966
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 27 Dec 2016
Charles M. Cameron, John M. de Figueiredo and David E. Lewis
Princeton University - Department of Political Science, Duke University School of Law and Vanderbilt University - Department of Political Science
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Elections, Ideology, and Turnover in the U.S. Federal Government

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Elections, Ideology, and Turnover in the U.S. Federal Government

Duke I&E Research Paper No. 2017-02, Duke Law School Public Law & Legal Theory Series No. 2017-11
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 14 Dec 2016 Last Revised: 08 Feb 2017
Alexander Bolton, John M. de Figueiredo and David E. Lewis
Emory University, Duke University School of Law and Vanderbilt University - Department of Political Science
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Public Sector Personnel Economics; Expertise; Turnover

Elections, Ideology, and Turnover in the U.S. Federal Government

NBER Working Paper No. w22932
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 12 Dec 2016
Alexander Bolton, John M. de Figueiredo and David E. Lewis
Emory University, Duke University School of Law and Vanderbilt University - Department of Political Science
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The Timing, Intensity, and Composition of Interest Group Lobbying: An Analysis of Structural Policy Windows in the States

NBER Working Paper No. w10588
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 07 Jul 2004 Last Revised: 19 Jul 2004
John M. de Figueiredo
Duke University School of Law
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Are Recessions Good for Government Hires? The Effect of Unemployment on Public Sector Human Capital

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Are Recessions Good for Government Hires? The Effect of Unemployment on Public Sector Human Capital

Duke Law School Public Law & Legal Theory Series 2018-34
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 01 May 2018 Last Revised: 11 Jun 2018
Congshan Zhang and John M. de Figueiredo
Duke University Department of Economics and Duke University School of Law
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Public Sector Labor Markets, Wages, Public Administration

Are Recessions Good for Government Hires? The Effect of Unemployment on Public Sector Human Capital

NBER Working Paper No. w24538
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 23 Apr 2018
Congshan Zhang and John M. de Figueiredo
Duke University Department of Economics and Duke University School of Law
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Committee Jurisdiction, Congressional Behavior and Policy Outcomes

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Committee Jurisdiction, Congressional Behavior and Policy Outcomes

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 20 Jun 2011
John M. de Figueiredo
Duke University School of Law
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Congressional Committees, Congress, Legislatures, Interest Groups

Committee Jurisdiction, Congressional Behavior and Policy Outcomes

NBER Working Paper No. w17171
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 25 Jun 2011
John M. de Figueiredo
Duke University School of Law
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A Framework for Sharing Confidential Research Data, Applied to Investigating Differential Pay by Race in the U.S. Government

Duke I&E Research Paper No. 2017-15, Duke Law School Public Law & Legal Theory Series No. 2017-55
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 02 Aug 2017
Andrés Barrientos, Alexander Bolton, Tom Balmat, Jerome Reiter, John M. de Figueiredo, Ashwin Machanavajjhala, Yan Chen, Charles Kneifel and Mark DeLong
Duke University - Department of Statistical Science, Emory University, Duke University - Social Science Research Institute, Duke University, Duke University School of Law, Duke University - Department of Computer Science, Duke University - Department of Computer Science, Duke University - Office of Information Technology and Duke University - Office of Information Technology
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confidential data, earnings gap, race, U.S. government

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Democratic Rulemaking

NBER Working Paper No. w21765
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 30 Nov 2015
John M. de Figueiredo and Edward Stiglitz
Duke University School of Law and Cornell University - Law School
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Signing Statements and Presidentializing Legislative History

NBER Working Paper No. w23951
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 23 Oct 2017
John M. de Figueiredo and Edward Stiglitz
Duke University School of Law and Cornell University - Law School
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Congress and the Political Expansion of the U.S. Districts Courts

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Congress and the Political Expansion of the U.S. Districts Courts

American Law and Economics Review, Vol. 2, pp. 107-125, 2000
Posted: 07 May 2005
John M. de Figueiredo, Gerald S. Gryski, Emerson H. Tiller and Gary Zuk
Duke University School of Law, Auburn University - Department of Political Science, Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law and Auburn University - Department of Political Science

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Congress and the Political Expansion of the U.S. Districts Courts

American Law and Economics Review, Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 107-125, 2000
Posted: 29 Feb 2008
John M. de Figueiredo, Gerald S. Gryski, Gary Zuk and Emerson H. Tiller
Duke University School of Law, Auburn University - Department of Political Science, Auburn University - Department of Political Science and Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law

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Congressional Control of the Courts: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis of Expansion of the Federal Judiciary

Journal of Law and Economics, 1996.
Posted: 15 Sep 1996
John M. de Figueiredo and Emerson H. Tiller
Duke University School of Law and Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law

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