Governance Reform in Legal Service Markets

Paul A Grout, Ian Jewitt and Silvia Sonderegger

No 5959, CEPR Discussion Papers from C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers

Abstract: This paper discusses proposed governance reforms of legal services markets. The model distinguishes between a status quo position supported by a system of professionally enforced collective reputation and forms of governance based more squarely on market mechanisms. We identify a number of forces which determine the success of reform. Focussing particularly on the rent recapture and relationship substitution effects, we highlight their impact on client welfare and quality of legal services in different types of market according to whether clients are transient or repeated users of the service.

Keywords: governance; legal services (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D02 D78 D86 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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