Eric Helland (born c. 1968) is the William F. Podlich Professor of Economics in

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College and

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, George R. Roberts Fellow at Claremont McKenna College, and Senior Economist, Institute for Civil Justice,

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. Helland holds a B.A. (1991) from the

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and an M.A (1992) and Ph.D. in Economics from

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(1995). Helland is a member of the Board of Directors of the

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Center for Governance. He is the recipient of the Robert H. Durr Award from the Midwest Political Science Association and the Dean's Teaching Award from Ball State University. He has been Senior Economist at the

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and Visiting Professor of Economics at the Stigler Center for the Study of the Economy and the State at the

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. From 2003 to 2004 he worked as the Senior Staff Economist on the

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. He holds professional associations with American Economic Association, Society for Empirical Legal Studies, and the

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. He is an editor-in-chief of the ''

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''. His articles have appeared in such scholarly journal as the ''

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'', and ''

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''.

Selected works

* * * "Court Congestion as an Explanation for Rising Attorney Fees" (with Jonathan Klick, Journal of Legal Studies 36(1):1-17, 2007) * * * * *

References

External links

''Does Three Strikes Deter? A Nonparametric Estimation'' by Eric Helland and Alexander Tabarrok
* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20100602160750/http://www.claremontmckenna.edu/fei/papers/2007-04.pdf ''The Impact of Attorney Compensation on the Timing of Settlements'' by Eric Helland and Jonathan Klick {{DEFAULTSORT:Helland, Eric 1970s births Living people Economists from California American people of Norwegian descent University of Missouri alumni Washington University in St. Louis alumni Ball State University faculty Claremont McKenna College faculty Claremont Graduate University faculty 21st-century American economists