Trial Selection Theory: A Unified Model

18 Pages Posted: 17 May 2010 Last revised: 13 May 2014

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Keith N. Hylton

Boston University - School of Law

Haizhen Lin

Indiana University - Kelley School of Business - Department of Business Economics & Public Policy

Date Written: May 17, 2010

Abstract

This paper provides a model of the trial selection process that incorporates the Priest-Klein theory and asymmetric information theories of selection.

Keywords: Trial selection process, Priest-Klein hypothesis, plaintiff win rate

JEL Classification: D79, K00, K13, K41, K49

Suggested Citation

Hylton, Keith N. and Lin, Haizhen, Trial Selection Theory: A Unified Model (May 17, 2010). Boston Univ. School of Law Working Paper No. 10-12, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1609813 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1609813

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Haizhen Lin

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