Download This PaperCourt Congestion and the Decision to Litigate or Settle
31 Pages Posted: 20 Aug 2008
Date Written: February 1, 2008
Abstract
This paper analyses the problem of court congestion. We focus on how individual's decision whether to commit an illegal act and victim's decision whether to bring a suit are influenced by the presence of court congestion. We show that the standard results of the perception models may be totally reverse in presence of congestion.
Keywords: Litigation, congestion, settlement
JEL Classification: K41
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