The Speed of Justice

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Kondylis, Florence; Stein, Mattea
• 署名单位: The World Bank; University of Naples Federico II
• 刊物名称: REVIEW OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0034-6535
• DOI: 10.1162/rest_a_01097
• 发表日期: 2023-05
• 页码: 596-613
• 关键词: impact; ENFORCEMENT

摘要

Can procedural reforms improve judicial efficiency? And do improvements in judicial efficiency benefit firms? We combine the staggered rollout of a reform that required judges in Senegal to complete pretrials within four months with high-frequency caseload data and firm tax filings. The reform improved judicial efficiency, with no effect on quality. Firm monthly revenues drop by 8-11% upon entering pretrial and decline by on average 3.2-5.0% for every hundred days a case spends in pretrial. Survey results show firms are willing to pay higher legal fees to achieve postreform speed, suggesting positive benefits of the reform on firms.