Helland, Eric; Klick, Jonathan - In: The Journal of Legal Studies 36 (2007) 1, pp. 171-187
Judges facing exogenous constraints on their pecuniary income have an incentive to reduce their workload to increase their private welfare. In the face of an increase in caseload, this incentive will induce judges to attempt to terminate some cases more rapidly. In class action cases, failing to...