Bargaining and opinion assignment on the US Supreme Court

Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 276-302

  Lax, Jeffrey R ^a   Cameron, Charles M ^b,c  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 35648982022     PISSN: 87566222     EISSN: 14657341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jleo/ewm023     Document Type: Article

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