Dispute Resolution in Workers' Compensation
利用工伤赔偿系统的数据，检验仲裁员是否在双方立场之间取折中，发现双方立场对裁决有同等权重，且其他因素通过影响立场间接影响最终评级。
This paper examines evidence about whether workers' compensation adjudicators split the difference between the parties' positions. It uses data from a workers' compensation system that provide information about the parties' final offers in both settled and adjudicated cases. Estimates of an equitable settlement offer fit the data quite well (R squared = 0.87). They are consistent with the hypothesis that only the parties' positions affected the adjudicator's decision and that the parties' position had equal weight. Adjudicator's did not rely less on more disparate positions. Still, other factors had a strong impact on the parties' positions, which in turn affected the final ratings. Copyright 1992 by MIT Press.