Published Quarterly Journal of Economics Online 26 Aug 2025 Published Jan 2026Ideas Have Consequences: The Impact of Law and Economics on American JusticeElliott Ash · Daniel L Chen · Suresh NaiduThis paper quantifies the effect of the Manne Economics Institute for Federal Judges — an intensive two-week economics training program run by the Law and Economics Center from 1976 to 1998 — on the …