Michael D Frakes

A. Kenneth Pye Distinguished Professor of Law

michael.frakes@law.duke.edu

Duke Law School Rm 3188, Box 90362, Durham, NC 27708

Duke Law School Rm 3188, Box 90362, Durham, NC 27708

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Scholarly Works - Journal articles

The Effect of Provider Diversity on Racial Health Disparities: Evidence from the Military

Journal article Review of Economic Studies · 2026 Link to item Cite

Deadlines Versus Continuous Incentives: Evidence from the Patent Office

Journal article Review of Economics and Statistics · 2026 Link to item Cite

Unveiling the Patent Landscape of Biologic Drugs

Journal article Northwestern University Law Review · 2026 Link to item Cite

Strategic Patenting: Evidence from the Biopharmaceutical Industry

Journal article · 2025 Link to item Cite

Products Liability for a World Designed for Men

Journal article · 2025 Cite

Public and Private Options in Practice: The Military Health System

Journal article American Economic Journal: Economic Policy · 2023 Link to item Cite

Racial Disparities in Health Care: Geographic Causes and the Impact of Geographic Standardization in Malpractice Standard of Care Rules

Journal article · 2023 Cite

Investing in Ex Ante Regulation: Evidence From Pharmaceutical Patent Examination

Journal article American Economic Journal: Economic Policy · 2023 Link to item Cite

Are Constitutional Rights Enough? An Empirical Assessment of Racial Bias in Police Stops

Journal article Northwestern University Law Review · 2022 Link to item Cite

Is Great Information Good Enough? Evidence from Physicians as Patients

Journal article Journal of Health Economics · 2021 Link to item Cite

Knowledge Spillovers, Peer Effects, and Telecommuting: Evidence From the U.S. Patent Office

Journal article Journal of Public Economics · 2021 Link to item Cite

Procrastination at the Patent Office?

Journal article Journal of Public Economics · 2020 Link to item Cite

Defensive Medicine and Obstetric Practices: Evidence from the Military Health System

Journal article Journal of Empirical Legal Studies · 2020 Link to item Cite

Are There as Many Trademark Offices as Trademark Examiners?

Journal article Duke Law Journal · 2020 Link to item Cite

Malpractice Liability and Health Care Quality: A Review

Journal article JAMA · 2020 Link to item Cite

The Effect of Malpractice Law on Physician Supply: Evidence from Negligence-Standard Reforms

Journal article Journal of Health Economics · 2020 Link to item Cite

Empirical Scholarship on the Prosecution Process at the USPTO

Journal article · 2019 Link to item Cite

Irrational Ignorance at the Patent Office

Journal article Vanderbilt Law Review · 2019 Link to item Cite

Patent Trial and Appeal Board's Consistency-Enhancing Function

Journal article Iowa Law Review · 2019 Link to item Cite

Review of Neurosurgery Medical Professional Liability Claims in the United States.

Journal article Neurosurgery · November 1, 2018 BACKGROUND: Due to disparaging costs and rates of malpractice claims in neurosurgery, there has been significant interest in identifying high-risk specialties, types of malpractice claims, and characteristics of claim-prone physicians. OBJECTIVE: To charac ... Full text Link to item Cite

Is the Time Allocated to Review Patent Applications Inducing Examiners to Grant Invalid Patents? Evidence from Microlevel Application Data

Journal article Review of Economics and Statistics · 2017 Link to item Cite

Knowledge Spillovers and Learning in the Workplace: Evidence from the U.S. Patent Office

Journal article · 2017 Link to item Cite

The Effect of Malpractice Law on Physician Supply: Evidence from Negligence-Standard Reforms

Journal article · 2017 Link to item Cite

Challenges to Reducing Discrimination and Health Inequity Through Existing Civil Rights Laws

Journal article Health Affairs · 2017 Link to item Cite

Does Medical Malpractice Law Improve Health Care Quality?

Journal article Journal of Public Economics · 2016 Link to item Cite

Patent Office Cohorts

Journal article Duke Law Journal · 2016 Link to item Cite

The Impact of National Medical Liability Standards on Local Access to Physician Services

Journal article · 2016 Cite

The Effects of Medical Liability Immunities: Evidence from the Military Health System

Journal article · 2016 Cite

Racial Disparities in Health Care: Geographic Causes and the Impact of Geographical Standardization in Malpractice Standard of Care Rules

Journal article · 2016 Cite

Civil Rights Legislation and Racial Disparities in Health Care

Journal article · 2016 Cite

The Effect of Statutory Rape Laws on Teen Birth Rates

Journal article American Law & Economics Review · 2015 Link to item Cite

Does the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Grant Too Many Bad Patents?: Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment

Journal article Stanford Law Review · 2015 Link to item Cite

The Surprising Relevance of Medical Malpractice Law

Journal article University of Chicago Law Review · 2015 Link to item Cite

Do Physicians Respond to Liability Standards?

Journal article Journal of Institutional & Theoretical Economics · 2015 Cite

The Failed Promise of User Fees: Empirical Evidence from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Journal article Journal of Empirical Legal Studies · 2014 Cite

The Impact of Medical Liability Standards on Regional Variations in Physician Behavior: Evidence from the Adoption of National-Standard Rules

Journal article American Economic Review · 2013 Link to item Cite

Does Agency Funding Affect Decisionmaking?: An Empirical Assessment of the PTO's Granting Patterns

Journal article Vanderbilt Law Review · 2013 Link to item Cite

Defensive Medicine and Obstetric Practices

Journal article Journal of Empirical Legal Studies · 2012 Link to item Cite

The Deterrent Effect of Death Penalty Eligibility: Evidence from the Adoption of Child Murder Eligibility Factors

Journal article American Law & Economics Review · 2009 Cite

Classified Boards and Firm Value

Journal article Delaware Journal of Corporate Law · 2007 Link to item Cite

Does Falling Smoking Lead to Rising Obesity?

Journal article Journal of Health Economics · 2006 Link to item Cite