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Current & Recent Research at Penn Law

The Penn Law faculty are engaged in a wide array of scholarship in traditional, cross-disciplinary and cutting-edge areas of inquiry. This newly created section of our website, which we will continue to populate in the months ahead, gives you access and the ability to search current and earlier work.

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6 publications matched your search.
Do Judges Vary in Their Treatment of Race? (forthcoming) (with M. Bertrand and S. Mullainathan).
Date Posted: July 01, 2008
Publication Date: Forthcoming
Author: David S Abrams
Subjects: Law and Criminal Justice, Law and Social Sciences
Keywords: Criminal Sentencing, Law and Society, Law Enforcement and Corrections, Social Science and the Law

Finding Love in the Wreckage: Estimating Spousal Altruism with Data on Fatal Car Accidents (with I. Beylin and A. Malani), 3RD ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON EMPIRICAL LEGAL STUDIES, Cornell U. L. Sch. (SSRN: 2008).
Date Posted: June 11, 2009
Publication Date: Forthcoming
Author: David S Abrams
Subjects: Law and Economics
Keywords: Economics, Law and Society, Legal Studies, Psychology and Psychiatry

More Time, Less Crime? Estimating the Deterrent Effect of Incarceration using Sentencing Enhancements (forthcoming).
Date Posted: July 01, 2008
Publication Date: Forthcoming
Author: David S Abrams
Subjects: Law and Criminal Justice, Law and Social Sciences
Keywords: Criminal Sentencing, Law and Society, Law Enforcement and Corrections

Optimal Bail and the Value of Freedom: Evidence from the Philadelphia Bail Experiment (forthcoming) (with C. Rohlfs).
Date Posted: July 01, 2008
Publication Date: Forthcoming
Author: David S Abrams
Subjects: Law and Criminal Justice, Law and Social Sciences
Keywords: Criminal Law and Procedure, Economics, Law and Society, Law Enforcement and Corrections

The Luck of the Draw: Using Random Case Assignment to Investigate Attorney Ability, 74 U. CHI. L. REV. 1145 (2007) (with A. Yoon).
Date Posted: July 01, 2008
Publication Date: Forthcoming
Author: David S Abrams
Subjects: Courts and the Administration of Justice, Law and Criminal Justice, Law, the Profession, and the Public Interest, Legal Process and Dispute Resolution
Keywords: Criminal Sentencing, Dispute Resolution, Law and Society, Legal Education, Legal Profession, Practice and Procedure

Understanding High Skill Worker Productivity Using Random Case Assignment in a Public Defender's Office (with A. Yoon), 3RD ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON EMPIRICAL LEGAL STUDIES, Cornell U. L. Sch. (SSRN: 2008).
Date Posted: June 11, 2009
Publication Date: Forthcoming
Author: David S Abrams
Subjects: Law, the Profession, and the Public Interest
Keywords: Economics, Labor Economics, Legal Studies, Practice and Procedure