The purpose of this chapter is to survey the academic literature on the economics of litigation
and to synthesize its main themes. The chapter begins by introducing the basic economic …

Using rich data linking federal cases from arrest through to sentencing, we find that initial
case and defendant characteristics, including arrest offense and criminal history, can explain …

This paper assesses and decomposes gender disparities in federal criminal cases. It finds
large unexplained gaps favoring women throughout the sentence length distribution …

Much has been made of an" innocence problem" in plea bargaining.'Even scholars who
view plea bargaining as systemically positive nevertheless propose reforms to limit access …

It has long been observed that developing countries made scant use of dispute settlement
under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). Less clear are the reasons for …

Contemporary advances in the field of political economy, particularly those concerning the
subject of delegated authority, can provide a unifying framework for analyzing the behavior …

Listen for a while to crime victims and you will hear both frustration and resignation about
plea bargaining, but you will hear no true believers. Some crime victims sound relieved that …

Popular wisdom suggests that only by securing convictions can elected prosecutors cultivate
the perception that they are tough on crime. This article considers why voters might use …

This survey, which updates and expands upon an earlier Encyclopedia entry1 on the
modeling of pretrial settlement bargaining, organizes current main themes and recent …

PROSECUTORS AND MASS INCARCERATION Page 1 PROSECUTORS AND MASS
INCARCERATION SHIMA BARADARAN BAUGHMAN* & MEGAN S. WRIGHTt It has long been …