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  • Designing equitable algorithms NATURE COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE Chohlas-Wood, A., Coots, M., Goel, S., Nyarko, J. 2023; 3 (7): 601-610
  • Racial bias as a multi-stage, multi-actor problem: An analysis of pretrial detention JOURNAL OF EMPIRICAL LEGAL STUDIES Grossman, J., Nyarko, J., Goel, S. 2023

    View details for DOI 10.1111/jels.12343

    View details for Web of Science ID 000910125100001

  • Do Judges Matter? JOURNAL OF INSTITUTIONAL AND THEORETICAL ECONOMICS-ZEITSCHRIFT FUR DIE GESAMTE STAATSWISSENSCHAFT Nyarko, J. 2023; 179 (1): 247-249
  • Contractual Evolution UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO LAW REVIEW Jennejohn, M., Nyarko, J., Talley, E. 2022; 89 (4): 901-978
  • Regulatory Diffusion STANFORD LAW REVIEW Nou, J., Nyarko, J. 2022; 74 (5): 897-968
  • Police agencies on Facebook overreport on Black suspects. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Grunwald, B., Nyarko, J., Rappaport, J. 2022; 119 (45): e2203089119

    Abstract

    A large and growing share of the American public turns to Facebook for news. On this platform, reports about crime increasingly come directly from law enforcement agencies, raising questions about content curation. We gathered all posts from almost 14,000 Facebook pages maintained by US law enforcement agencies, focusing on reporting about crime and race. We found that Facebook users are exposed to posts that overrepresent Black suspects by 25 percentage points relative to local arrest rates. This overexposure occurs across crime types and geographic regions and increases with the proportion of both Republican voters and non-Black residents. Widespread exposure to overreporting risks reinforcing racial stereotypes about crime and exacerbating punitive preferences among the polity more generally.

    View details for DOI 10.1073/pnas.2203089119

    View details for PubMedID 36322743

  • A Statistical Test for Legal Interpretation: Theory and Applications JOURNAL OF LAW ECONOMICS & ORGANIZATION Nyarko, J., Sanga, S. 2021
  • Stickiness and Incomplete Contracts UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO LAW REVIEW Nyarko, J. 2021; 88 (1): 1–79
  • Blind Justice: Algorithmically Masking Race in Charging Decisions Chohlas-Wood, A., Nudell, J., Yao, K., Lin, Z., Nyarko, J., Goel, S., ASSOC COMP MACHINERY ASSOC COMPUTING MACHINERY. 2021: 35-45
  • A COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSIS OF CONSTITUTIONAL POLARIZATION CORNELL LAW REVIEW Pozen, D. E., Talley, E. L., Nyarko, J. 2020; 105 (1): 1–84
  • Conforming against Expectations: The Formalism of Nonlawyers at the World Trade Organization JOURNAL OF LEGAL STUDIES Nyarko, J., Hsiang, J. 2019; 48 (2): 341–75

    View details for DOI 10.1086/702167

    View details for Web of Science ID 000507294200004