ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS

“Procedural Flexibility in Three Dimensions.” With Ronen Avraham. Forthcoming 2020. University of Chicago Law Review vol. 87.

“A replication study worth replicating: A comment on Salmanowitz and Spamann.” 2019. 58 Int’l Rev. L. & Econ. 1.

“The Supreme Court of India: An Empirical Overview of the Institution.” 2019. With Aparna Chandra and Sital Kalantry. In A Qualified Hope: The Indian Supreme Court and Progressive Social Change, Gerald N. Rosenberg and Sudhir Krishnaswamy, eds. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press)

“Speedy Adjudication in Hard Cases and Low Settlement Rates in Easy Cases: An Empirical Analysis of Taiwan Courts with Comparison to U.S. Federal Courts.” 2019. With Yun-chien Chang. In Selection and Decision in Judicial Process Around the World: Empirical Inquires, Yun-chien Chang, ed. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press)

“What’s in a Name? A Taxonomy of Replication.” 2019. With David A. Hyman. 60 Int’l Rev. L. & Econ. (2019)

“From Executive Appointment to the Collegium System: The Impact on Diversity in the Indian Supreme Court.” 2018. With Aparna Chandra with Sital Kalantry. 51(3) VRÜ [Verfassung und Recht in Übersee] 273.

“The Supreme Court of India: A People’s Court?” 2017. With Aparna Chandra and Sital Kalantry. 1 Indian Law Review 145.

“Quantum Economics, Newtonian Economics, and Law.” 2017. 2017 Mich. St. L. Rev. 425.

“The Effects of Twombly and Iqbal.” 2017. 14 JELS 474–526. (Lead article)

“Sinking Costs to Force or Deter Settlement.” 2016. 32 Journal of Law, Economics & Organization 545.

“A Fresh Look at Plausibility Pleading.” 2016. 83 University of Chicago Law Review 693.

“Yong-Shik Lee: ‘Call for a New Analytical Model for Law and Development’: A Comment.” 2016. 8 Law and Development Review 271.

“The Discovery Sombrero and Other Metaphors for Litigation.” 2015. 64 Catholic University Law Review 867.

“Judicial Noncompliance with Mandatory Procedural Rules under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act.” 2015. With M. Todd Henderson. Journal of Legal Studies 44:S87–S105.

 “An Empirical Study of the Effect of Shady Grove v. Allstate on Forum-Shopping in the New York Courts.” 2013. Journal of Law, Economics, and Policy 10:151–172.

“Optimal Class Size, Dukes, and the Funny Thing about Shady Grove.” 2013. DePaul Law Review 62:693–709.

“Testing for Change in Procedural Standards, with Application to Bell Atlantic v. Twombly.” 2013. Journal of Legal Studies 42(1):35–68.

“Another Look at the Eurobarometer Surveys.” 2013. Common Market Law Review 50:187–206.

“The Market for College Graduates and the Worldwide Boom in Higher Education of Women.” With Gary S. Becker and Kevin M. Murphy. 2010. American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings 100(2):229–233. 

“The Phantom Gender Difference in the College Wage Premium.” 2011. Journal of Human Resources 46(3):568–586.

“Explaining the Worldwide Boom in Higher Education of Women.” With Gary S. Becker and Kevin M. Murphy. 2010. Journal of Human Capital 4(3):203–241.

“Civil Settlements During Rape Prosecutions.” 1999. 66 University of Chicago Law Review 1231. (Student Comment.)


WORKING PAPERS

“Does the Priest and Klein Model Travel? Testing Litigation Selection Hypotheses with Foreign Court Data.” With Yun-chien Chang. First version June 2017.

“Stalling, Conflict, and Settlement.” (Portions originally circulated as part of “Stalling and Stonewalling in Litigation,” first version May 2015.)

“Costly Signaling, Pleading, and Settlement.” First version July 2016. “The Fourfold Credibility Problem in Law and War.” First version May 2015.
 

OTHER WRITINGS

Preservation Costs Survey Summary of Findings (view PDF) 

Preservation Costs Survey Final Report (view PDF) 
 

LECTURES

“Newtonian Law and Economics, Quantum Law and Economics, and the Search for a Theory of Relativity” 2015. Coase Lecture. University of Chicago Law School.

"Newtonian Law and Economics, Quantum Law and Economics, and the Search for a Theory of Relativity" At this law school, "law and economics" is a mantra. But what is the "economics" in "law and economics"? There is a tendency to see research on cognitive biases and bounded rationality ("behavioral economics") as challenging or even overturning an approach using models of rational behavior ("neo-classical economics").

“Newtonian Law and Economics, Quantum Law and Economics, and the Search for a Theory of Relativity” At this law school, “law and economics” is a mantra. But what is the “economics” in “law and economics”? There is a tendency to see research on cognitive biases and bounded rationality (“behavioral economics”) as challenging or even overturning an approach using models of rational behavior (“neo-classical economics”). With the help of an analogy to physics, I argue that such a view disserves both the enterprise of neo-classical economics and the promise of behavioral economics, and I define present and future challenges for the economic analysis of law. William H. J. Hubbard is Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Chicago Law School. This talk, the 2015 Coase Lecture in Law and Economics, was recorded on April 14, 2015.