@article{ref1,
title="Examining the efficiency of the U.S. courts of appeals: Pathologies and prescriptions",
journal="International review of law and economics",
year="2012",
author="Christensen, Robert K. and Szmer, John",
volume="32",
number="1",
pages="30-37",
abstract="Until recently (e.g. Lindquist, 2007), few studies have examined the factors that might affect aspects of judicial efficiency, including the time it takes a court to decide a case. In our analysis of a sample of U.S. Courts of Appeals decisions from 1971 to 1996, we examined a variety of potential causes of inefficiency, or pathologies, before suggesting a series of prescriptions.<p />",
language="",
issn="0144-8188",
doi="10.1016/j.irle.2011.12.004",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.irle.2011.12.004"
}