We would like to thank Chuck Cameron, Tom Clark, Lewis Kornhauser, Jeff Lax, and participants at workshops at Duke University, New York University, Princeton University, the University of Rochester, and the University of Texas for comments on earlier versions of this article. We would also like to thank six anonymous referees for valuable comments on earlier versions of this mansucript. Friedman's work was supported by the Filomen D’Agostino and Max E. Greenberg Research Fund at New York University School of Law. Martin's work was supported by The Center for Empirical Research in the Law at Washington University Law School. L. Rush Atkinson, Brian Burgess, and Josh Levy provided valuable research assistance. Replication data, robustness checks, and formal proofs of results can be accessed at http://www.unc.edu/~gvanberg/Research.html.
Who Controls the Content of Supreme Court Opinions?
Article first published online: 21 NOV 2011
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5907.2011.00557.x
© 2011, Midwest Political Science Association
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Carrubba, C., Friedman, B., Martin, A. D. and Vanberg, G. (2012), Who Controls the Content of Supreme Court Opinions?. American Journal of Political Science, 56: 400–412. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-5907.2011.00557.x
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- Issue published online: 16 APR 2012
- Article first published online: 21 NOV 2011
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