Priest-Klein hypothesis

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gptkbp:instanceOf economic hypothesis
gptkbp:citation law and economics literature
gptkbp:field law and economics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Priest-Klein hypothesis
gptkbp:implies trial outcomes do not necessarily reflect the merits of all disputes
gptkbp:influenced empirical legal studies
gptkbp:proposedBy gptkb:George_L._Priest
gptkb:Benjamin_Klein
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Journal_of_Legal_Studies
gptkbp:relatedConcept selection bias
litigation process
gptkbp:requires litigated cases are a non-random, biased sample of all disputes
cases that go to trial are those where parties are most uncertain about the outcome
gptkbp:yearProposed 1984
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:George_Priest
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5