2025

Eviction Reduction Policies
Eviction Reduction Policies

Matthew Estes

I study the relationship between court policy and default eviction. Exploiting an expansion to the number of courts, I estimate the effect of distance-to-court on eviction outcomes and find limited evidence of default reduction.

[Summary] [Paper]

Eviction Reduction Policies

Matthew Estes

I study the relationship between court policy and default eviction. Exploiting an expansion to the number of courts, I estimate the effect of distance-to-court on eviction outcomes and find limited evidence of default reduction.

[Summary] [Paper]

Courting the Academy
Courting the Academy

Matthew Estes, Ransi Clark

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.

[Paper]

Courting the Academy

Matthew Estes, Ransi Clark

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.

[Paper]

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

Matthew Estes, Kyle Nelson

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.

[Paper]

Justice Divided, Justice Denied?

Matthew Estes, Kyle Nelson

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.

[Paper]