Ever since the seminal RAND Health insurance experiment (HIE) was conducted, most health care services, including pharmaceuticals, are deemed to be price inelastic with price elasticities of demand (PED) close to -0.20. However, most studies of PED exploit natural experiments that change demand...

This chapter surveys the past and future role of experimental economics in legal research and practice. Following a brief explanation of the theory and methodology of experimental economics, the chapter discusses topics in each of three broad application areas: (1) the use of experiments for...

This paper surveys the use of nonparametric permutation tests for analyzing experimental data. The permutation approach, which involves randomizing or permuting features of the observed data, is a flexible and convenient way to draw statistical inferences in many common settings. It is...

The U.S. legal system encourages civil litigants to quickly settle their disputes, but the suggestion is rarely entertained. Instead, lengthy and expensive delays often precede private settlements. The exact motivations of this puzzling delay are uncertain. This paper describes an economic...