The Effects of Decision Fatigue on Judicial Behavior

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Brief Overview

We use an original dataset of all traffic cases heard in Orange County, Florida, and all counties in Arkansas between 2010 and 2020 and examine whether decision fatigue due to the time or serial order of hearing affects case outcomes.

Authors

• Rahul Hemrajani, University of South Carolina

• Anthony Hobert, University of South Carolina