Do sentencing guidelines result in lower inter-judge disparity? Evidence from framed field experiment
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- Cécile Bourreau-Dubois & Myriam Doriat-Duban & Bruno Jeandidier & Jean-Claude Ray, 2021. "Do sentencing guidelines result in lower inter-judge disparity? Evidence from a framed field experiment," Working Papers of BETA 2021-17, Bureau d'Economie Théorique et Appliquée, UDS, Strasbourg.
- Cécile Bourreau-Dubois & Myriam Doriat-Duban & Bruno Jeandidier & Jean-Claude Ray, 2021. "Do sentencing guidelines result in lower inter-judge disparity ? Evidence from framed field experiment," Working Papers hal-03437637, HAL.
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controlled experiment; field experiment; judicial sentencing; child support.;All these keywords.
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- K42 - Law and Economics - - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior - - - Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EXP-2020-08-17 (Experimental Economics)
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