Law Matters -- Less Than We Thought: Legal Experiment Replication Data

This replication package provides experimental materials, raw data, and Stata analysis scripts from the 2019/2022 study by Klerman and Spamann. It features the intermediate cleaned file alldata.dta and the original randomization code used to evaluate legal decision-making.

Use Cases

• Replicating paper tables using the master_revised.do Stata script
• Analyzing legal decision-making patterns within the alldata.dta file
• Reviewing experimental randomization methods via the original randomization code

Strengths

• Includes original randomization code used in the experiment
• Provides end-to-end Stata scripts for table replication
• Contains both raw and cleaned (alldata.dta) data formats

Limitations

• Excludes participant demographic variables
• Requires Stata MP17 for full code execution
• Limited to the specific experimental parameters of the Klerman & Spamann study

Provenance

Source

Klerman & Spamann (2019, revised 2022) via Harvard Dataverse

Collection Method

Experimental data collection

Time Range

2019-2022

Freshness

Last updated March 2026; contains revisions to the original 2019 study.