Bechtold, Stefan; Frankenreiter, Jens; Klerman, Daniel - 2018
attractive forum, but do judges try to attract cases by "selling" their courts? Some American judges actively try to enlarge … their influence by making their courts attractive to plaintiffs, a phenomenon known as "forum selling." This article shows … that forum selling occurs outside the U.S. as well, focusing on Germany, a country that is often held up as the paragon of …