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Overview

Nuno Garoupa is affiliated with George Mason University in the United States. The researcher's work primarily spans the fields of Social Sciences and Economics, Econometrics and Finance, with numerous contributions in related subfields such as Economics and Econometrics, Law, Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science, and Accounting.

The scientist has a broad range of research topics focusing on judicial and constitutional aspects, legal systems, and law and economics intersection. Main topics include:

  • Judicial and Constitutional Studies
  • Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems
  • Legal and Constitutional Studies
  • European and International Law Studies
  • Legal principles and applications
  • Electoral Systems and Political Participation
  • Comparative and International Law Studies

Garoupa has published extensively, with recent papers including:

  • Synthetic Control Method: A tool for comparative case studies in economic history, 2022, Journal of Economic Surveys
  • Do Legal Origins Predict Legal Substance?, 2021, The Journal of Law and Economics
  • Public trust in the European legal systems: independence, accountability and awareness, 2020, West European Politics
  • Judicial Performance and Trust in Legal Systems: Findings from a Decade of Surveys in over 20 European Countries, 2020, Social Science Quarterly
  • Loyalty to the party or loyalty to the party leader: Evidence from the Spanish Constitutional Court, 2021, International Review of Law and Economics

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Garoupa include:

  • Rok Spruk
  • Yun-chien Chang
  • Pedro C. Magalhães
  • Lucia Dalla Pellegrina
  • Martin T. Wells

The primary publication venues where Garoupa's research appears most often are:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • International Review of Law and Economics
  • The Journal of Legal Studies
  • European Journal of Law and Economics
  • arXiv (Cornell University)

Nuno Garoupa has also contributed to book publications, with a known title being Trends in Comparative Law and Economics, published by Anthem Press eBooks in 2022.

Best Publications

  • The Theory of Optimal Law Enforcement

    Nuno Garoupa

  • Guarding the Guardians: Judicial Councils and Judicial Independence

    Nuno Garoupa;Tom Ginsburg

  • Optimal law enforcement and criminal organization

    Nuno Garoupa;Nuno Garoupa

  • Behavioral Economic Analysis of Crime: A Critical Review

    Nuno Garoupa

  • Casual police corruption and the economics of crime

    Roger Bowles;Nuno Garoupa

  • Optimal Law Enforcement with a Rent-Seeking Government

    Nuno Garoupa;Daniel M. Klerman

  • The economics of organized crime and optimal law enforcement

    Nuno Garoupa

  • Judging under Political Pressure: An Empirical Analysis of Constitutional Review Voting in the Spanish Constitutional Court

    Nuno Garoupa;Fernando Gomez-Pomar;Veronica Grembi

  • Optimal magnitude and probability of fines

    Nuno Garoupa

  • The Choice of Titling System in Land

    Benito Arruñada;Nuno Garoupa

  • The Scope of Criminal Law and Criminal Sanctions: An Economic View and Policy Implications

    Roger Bowles;Michael Faure;Nuno Garoupa

  • Judicial Independence and Party Politics in the Kelsenian Constitutional Courts: The Case of Portugal

    Sofia Amaral-Garcia;Nuno M. Garoupa;Veronica Grembi

  • AN ECONOMIC THEORY OF CHURCH STRICTNESS

    Pedro Pita Barros;Nuno Garoupa

  • The Comparative Law and Economics of Judicial Councils

    Nuno Garoupa;Tom Ginsburg

  • A Strategic Interpretation of Legal Transplants

    Nuno Garoupa;Anthony Ogus

  • Judicial Reputation: A Comparative Theory

    Nuno Garoupa;Tom Ginsburg

  • The market for legal innovation: Law and economics in Europe and the United States

    Nuno Garoupa;Thomas S. Ulen

  • Punitive Police? Agency Costs, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Procedure

    Dhammika Dharmapala;Nuno Garoupa;Richard H. McAdams

  • The Syndrome of the Efficiency of the Common Law

    Nuno Garoupa;Carlos Gomez Liguerre

  • Wrongful convictions do lower deterrence

    Nuno Garoupa;Matteo Rizzolli

  • Do lawyers induce litigation? Evidence from Spain, 2001–2010

    Juan S. Mora-Sanguinetti;Nuno Garoupa

  • Hybrid Judicial Career Structures: Reputation v. Legal Tradition

    Nuno M. Garoupa;Tom Ginsburg

  • Immigration and Crime in Spain, 1999-2006

    Cesar Alonso;Nuno Garoupa;Marcelo Perera;Pablo Vazquez

  • Judicial Politics in Unstable Democracies: The Case of the Philippine Supreme Court, An Empirical Analysis 1986-2010

    Laarni Escresa;Nuno Garoupa

  • Measuring Judicial Ideal Points in New Democracies: The Case of the Philippines

    Lucia Dalla Pellegrina;Laarni Escresa;Nuno Garoupa

  • Public trust in the European legal systems: independence, accountability and awareness

    Nuno Garoupa;Pedro C. Magalhães

  • An empirical analysis of constitutional review voting in the polish constitutional tribunal, 2003–2014

    Jarosław Kantorowicz;Nuno Garoupa

  • Building Reputation in Constitutional Courts: Political and Judicial Audiences

    Nuno Garoupa;Tom Ginsburg

  • Choosing between the Government and the Regions: An Empirical Analysis of the Italian Constitutional Court Decisions

    Lucia Dallapellegrina;Nuno M. Garoupa

  • Testing the Logic of Strategic Defection: The Case of the Philippine Supreme Court—An Empirical Analysis (1986–2010)

    Laarni Escresa;Nuno Garoupa

  • ASSESSING THE ARGUMENT FOR SPECIALIZED COURTS: EVIDENCE FROM FAMILY COURTS IN SPAIN

    Nuno Garoupa;Natalia Jorgensen;Pablo Vazquez

  • Prison, Parole and the Criminal Justice Act 1991

    Nuno Garoupa

  • Political Influence and Career Judges: An Empirical Analysis of Administrative Review by the Spanish Supreme Court

    Nuno M. Garoupa;Marian Gili Saldaña;Fernando Gomez-Pomar

  • Judicial Audiences and Reputation: Perspectives from Comparative Law

    Nuno M. Garoupa;Tom Ginsburg

  • The Judiciary in Political Transitions: The Critical Role of U.S. Constitutionalism in Latin America

    Nuno M. Garoupa;Maria A. Maldonado-Adrian

  • Estimating Judicial Ideal Points in the Spanish Supreme Court: The Case of Administrative Review

    Lucia Dallapellegrina;Nuno M. Garoupa;Fernando Gomez-Pomar

  • An Empirical Analysis of Judicial Transformation in Turkey

    Ozan O. Varol;Lucia Dallapellegrina;Nuno M. Garoupa

Frequent Co-Authors

Tom Ginsburg
Tom Ginsburg University of Chicago
Dhammika Dharmapala
Dhammika Dharmapala University of California, Berkeley
Richard H. McAdams
Richard H. McAdams University of Chicago
Michael Faure
Michael Faure Erasmus University Rotterdam
Francesco Parisi
Francesco Parisi University of Minnesota
Gary Charness
Gary Charness University of California, Santa Barbara
Robert D. Cooter
Robert D. Cooter University of California, Berkeley
Martin T. Wells
Martin T. Wells Cornell University
Hugh Gravelle
Hugh Gravelle University of York
Omri Ben-Shahar
Omri Ben-Shahar University of Chicago

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