Police discretion has large potential consequences for public trust and safety; however, little
is known about the extent of this discretion. I show that arrests critically depend on which …

Over the past decade, police use of force has become an increasingly charged political
issue with growing calls for reform. One of the few reforms where advocates and the policing …

Exploiting the random assignment of judges to corporate bankruptcy filings, we estimate
financial costs of judicial inexperience. Despite new judges' prior legal experience, formal …

Police discretion has large potential consequences for public trust and safety; however, little
is known about the extent of this discretion. I show that arrests critically depend on which …

When crime victims call the police for help, what type of response do they receive? While
scholars have extensively documented racial inequalities in the police's punitive functions …

In this thesis, I study the consequences and formation of legal rules in the “non-traditional”
markets to show that non-traditional markets are fundamental to a society's functioning. The …

ESSAYS IN APPLIED MICROECONOMICS A Dissertation by CHANDON RAE’MEL ADGER
Submitted to the Graduate and Professional School of Page 1 ESSAYS IN APPLIED …

We study the effects of cultural diversity training on employee behavior in the context of
policing. Relying on administrative data covering all traffic stops made by earlycareer …

This thesis consists of five chapters relating to gender justice, education, sanction law, and
public policy. In the first chapter, I examine the effect of female leadership in local …

Using data on angler choices from the Marine Recreational Information Program (MRIP) of
the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), we demonstrate a level of racial …