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Leaks: Tracing the path of secrets through democracy

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2014-January-01
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In this thesis, I explore the unique potential of political leaks to illuminate and critique the underlying power structure of the state. The primary motive of the institutional state is to maximize and preserve its own power; because of this...

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Learning by suing: structural estimates of court errors in patent litigation

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2006-November-07
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This paper presents structural estimates of the probability of validity, and the probability of Type I and Type II errors by courts in patent litigation. Patents are modeled as uncertain property rights, and implications of the model are tested using...

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