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Judicial Decision-Making About Taxes
Exploring the presence of bias
This issue has also led to academic research which identifies potential sources of bias (primarily demographic).
"I research the extent to which non-demographic biases, such as number biases, influence judges."
Influential factors other than bias
There may be other influences on judicial decision-making unrelated to biases. For instance, a judge is supposed to apply principles of fairness but might not be influenced the same way by all types of fairness.
Which aspects of fairness are most closely associated with favourable outcomes?
My research addresses this sort of question using tax court data.
My research addresses this sort of question using tax court data.