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Racial diversity and group decision-making in a mock jury experiment 模拟陪审团实验中的种族多样性和群体决策

IF 1.7 2区社会学

Journal of Empirical Legal Studies Pub Date : 2022-11-01 DOI: 10.1111/jels.12335

Anne-Marie Hakstian, Sophia R. Evett, James S. Hoffmann, Jane M. Marshall, Emory A. L. Boyland, Jerome D. Williams

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引用次数: 1

Lucky you: Your case is heard by a seasoned panel—Panel effects in the German Constitutional Court 幸运的你:你的案子由一个经验丰富的专家组审理，专家组效应在德国宪法法院

IF 1.7 2区社会学

Journal of Empirical Legal Studies Pub Date : 2022-10-25 DOI: 10.1111/jels.12327

Christoph Engel

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The Effect of External Debt, Unemployment Rate, and Inflation on Economic Growth in Ghana 外债、失业率和通货膨胀对加纳经济增长的影响

IF 1.7 2区社会学

Journal of Empirical Legal Studies Pub Date : 2022-10-21 DOI: 10.18488/66.v9i2.3178

Evans Yeboah

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Do data breach notification laws reduce medical identity theft? Evidence from consumer complaints data 数据泄露通知法能减少医疗身份盗窃吗?来自消费者投诉数据的证据

IF 1.7 2区社会学

Journal of Empirical Legal Studies Pub Date : 2022-10-20 DOI: 10.1111/jels.12331

Aniket Kesari

引用次数: 1

Does an initial public offering ( IPO) issuer's Securities and Exchange Commission registration fee calculation method predict pricing revisions and IPO underpricing? 首次公开发行(IPO)发行人的美国证券交易委员会注册费计算方法是否预测定价修正和IPO抑价?

IF 1.7 2区社会学

Journal of Empirical Legal Studies Pub Date : 2022-10-19 DOI: 10.1111/jels.12332

Patrick M. Corrigan

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The company they keep: When and why Chinese judges engage in collegiality 他们的同伴是:中国法官何时以及为何实行合议制

IF 1.7 2区社会学

Journal of Empirical Legal Studies Pub Date : 2022-09-29 DOI: 10.1111/jels.12328

Xiaohong Yu, Zhaoyang Sun

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Property rights and market behavior in the low‐income housing sector: Evidence from Chile 低收入住房部门的产权和市场行为:来自智利的证据

IF 1.7 2区社会学

Journal of Empirical Legal Studies Pub Date : 2022-09-27 DOI: 10.1111/jels.12330

D. Gil, Pablo Celhay

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The impact of paid sick leave laws on consumer and business bankruptcies 带薪病假法对消费者和企业破产的影响

IF 1.7 2区社会学

Journal of Empirical Legal Studies Pub Date : 2022-09-25 DOI: 10.1111/jels.12329

Michelle M. Miller

引用次数: 2

Self-nudging contracts and the positive effects of autonomy—Analyzing the prospect of behavioral self-management 自我推动契约与自主性的积极效应——行为自我管理的前景分析

IF 1.7 2区社会学

Journal of Empirical Legal Studies Pub Date : 2022-08-21 DOI: 10.1111/jels.12321

Stephan Tontrup, Christopher Jon Sprigman

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Ideological bias in constitutional judgments: Experimental analysis and potential solutions 宪法判决中的意识形态偏见:实验分析与潜在解决方案

IF 1.7 2区社会学

Journal of Empirical Legal Studies Pub Date : 2022-08-01 DOI: 10.1111/jels.12323

Elena Kantorowicz-Reznichenko, Jarosław Kantorowicz, Keren Weinshall

引用次数: 1