The Selection Hypothesis and the Relationship between Trial and Plaintiff Victory

Bibliographic Data

ID10182014
AuthorsJoel Waldfogel (0000-0002-8040-7227, National Bureau of Economic Research, corresponding author)
Year1995
Volume103
Issue2
Pages229-260
Publication date1995-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Political Economy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-3808 • E-ISSN: 1537-534X
PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1086/261982
OpenAlexW2025416385
LanguageEN
Citations received13

This paper develops implications of the selection hypothesis of George L. Priest and Benjamin Klein (1984) for the relationship between trial rates and plaintiff win rates. The author finds strong evidence for the selection hypothesis in estimated relationships between trial rates and plaintiff win rates at trial across case types and judges. He then structurally estimates the model on judge data, yielding estimates of the model's major parameters (the decision standard, the degree of stake asymmetry, and the uncertainty parameter) for each of three major case types, contracts, property rights, and torts. Copyright 1995 by University of Chicago Press

Actuarial science · Econometrics · Economics · Plaintiff · Political science · Selection (genetic algorithm · Victory · Computer Science · Jury Decision Making Processes · Law · Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems · Legal and Constitutional Studies

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