Does labor court uncertainty and judge subjectivity influence firms performance? We study the economic consequences of … judge decisions by collecting information on more than 145,000 Appeal court rulings, combined with administrative firm …-level records covering the whole universe of French firms. The quasi-random assignment of judges to cases reveals that judge bias …

Louisiana between 1998 and 2012. Leveraging random assignment of cases to judges, and variations in judge peer composition …

Does labor court uncertainty and judge subjectivity influence firms performance? We study the economic consequences of … judge decisions by collecting information on more than 145,000 Appeal court rulings, combined with administrative firm …-level records covering the whole universe of French firms. The quasi-random assignment of judges to cases reveals that judge bias …

Louisiana between 1998 and 2012. Leveraging random assignment of cases to judges, and variations in judge peer composition …

Some news items appearing over the past six months concerning judges cause concern and alarm. Here are a few. A judge …