Eric Helland, Ph.D.
Department
Areas of Expertise
Teaching Interests
Law and Economics
Research Interests
Law and Economics
Education
B.A., University of Missouri; M.A., Ph.D., Washington University
Research and Publications
“The Value of an Attorney: Evidence from Changes to the Collateral Source Rule,” with Jungmo Yoon, Journal of Applied Econometrics, forthcoming
“Nixing the Judge: Peremptory Challenges of Judges and Strategic Behavior,” with Minjae Yun, Journal of Law and Economics. 69(3), 2026
“Physician use of homestead laws to shield assets from medical malpractice liability: evidence from physician home values,” with Anupam B. Jena, Dan Ly, and Seth A. Seabury, Journal of Legal Studies. 53(1): 67-114, 2024
“More Talk Less Conflict: Evidence from Requiring Informal Discovery Conferences,” with Minjae Yun, American Law and Economics Review. 25(1):129-189, 2023
“Does the Fundamental Transformation Deter Trade? An Experiment,” with Christoph Engel, American Law and Economics Review. 25(1):338-380, 2023
“Legal Outcomes and Home Court Advantage: Evidence from the SEC’s Shift to Administrative Courts” with George Vojta, Journal of Law and Economics. 66(4): 797-835, 2023
”Government Opioid Litigation: The Extent of Liability,” with Rebecca L. Haffajee and Beau Kilmer, DePaul Law Review, 70 (2020): 275
“What Can DNA Exonerations Tell Us about Racial Differences in Wrongful-Conviction Rates?” with David Bjerk, Journal of Law and Economics, 63(2): 341- 366. (2020)
“Unintended Consequences of Products Liability: Evidence from the Pharmaceutical Market,” with Darius Lakdawalla, Anup Malani, and Seth Seabury, Journal of Law, Economics & Organization, ewaa017, https://doi.org/10.1093/jleo/ewaa017. 2020.
“The Role of Ideology in Judicial Evaluations of Experts,” Journal of Law and Economics, 62:4, 579-611, 2019.
“Does It Matter Who Pays for Auto Injuries?” with Paul Heaton, Journal of Risk and Insurance, 86(4): 947- 972, 2019
“Medicare Secondary Payer and Settlement Delay,” with Jon Klick, Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, 15(2):356-377, 2018.
“Multi-Level Selection in Litigation Data: A Bounds Approach,” with Jungmo Yoon, Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE), 174(1), 115–130, 2018.
“Maybe There’s No Selection of Disputes for Litigation,” with Daniel Klerman and Yoon-Ho Alex Lee, Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE), 174(1), 143-170, 2018
“Contingent Fee Litigation in New York City,” with Daniel Klerman, Brendan Dowling, and Alexander Kappner, Vanderbilt Law Review, 70(6): 1971-1992, 2017
“Estimating Effects of English Rule on Litigation Outcomes,” with Jungmo Yoon, Review of Economics and Statistics, 99(4): 678-682, 2017
“The Impact of Fetal Alcohol Exposure: Evidence from the End of Prohibition,” with Mary Evans and Jon Klick, Economic Inquiry, 54(2): 762-777, 2016.
“Of IV and Institutions,” Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, (March), 2016.
“Everything’s Bigger in Texas Except the Medmal Settlements” with Tom Baker and Jon Klick, Connecticut Insurance Law Journal, 22: 1–46, 2016.