2025

Courting the Academy
Courting the Academy

Matthew Estes, Ransi Clark

Under review

We study the relationship between judicial mentions and academic citations for two legal movements: legal realism and originalism. We find positive effects for the realists, but do not identify the sign of the effect for the originalists.

Courting the Academy

Matthew Estes, Ransi Clark

Under review

We study the relationship between judicial mentions and academic citations for two legal movements: legal realism and originalism. We find positive effects for the realists, but do not identify the sign of the effect for the originalists.

Justice Divided, Justice Denied?
Justice Divided, Justice Denied?

Matthew Estes, Kyle Nelson

Under review

We collect eviction records to test whether court assignment effects the default eviction probability in LA County. Using a regression discontinuity design, we find point estimates between 0.7-23.1 percentage points.

Justice Divided, Justice Denied?

Matthew Estes, Kyle Nelson

Under review

We collect eviction records to test whether court assignment effects the default eviction probability in LA County. Using a regression discontinuity design, we find point estimates between 0.7-23.1 percentage points.