An arbiter can decide a case on the basis of his priors, or the two parties to the conflict may present further … evidence. The parties may misrepresent evidence in their favor at a cost. At equilibrium the two parties never testify together … party testifies. We compare this outcome under a purely adversarial procedure with the outcome under a purely inquisitorial …

A decision-maker relies on information of parties affected by her decision. These parties try to influence her decision … by selective disclosure of facts. As is well known from the literature, competition between the informed parties … parties trade off their reporting cost against the effect on the decision. Typically, they never reveal all information. A …

its characteristics, by adjudication and by historical connotations. The historical definition begins in Mesopotamia and …

, although it does not reduce the prosecution, on which there is no empirical evidence indicating a better performance for the …

estimates of the causal effects of misdemeanor prosecution on defendants' subsequent criminal justice involvement. We leverage … case should move forward with prosecution in the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office in Massachusetts. These ADAs … vary in the average leniency of their prosecution decisions. We find that, for the marginal defendant, nonprosecution of a …

. Losing immunity (and the resultant presumed fear of prosecution) pacifies the MPs of the opposition parties. They become less … shields them from prosecution for their political speech or political actions. This paper presents the first empirical … immunity from prosecution impacts how the Members of the Parliament (MPs) act and perform their duties in the Parliament …