University-Court Proximity: What are the effects on the legal system performance?

Lucia Errico, Andrea Mosca and Sandro Rondinella

Regional Economy, 2023, vol. 7, issue Q1, 21-33

Abstract: This paper investigates whether and to what extent the proximity of the court location and the nearest university affect court's productivity. We exploit data from Italian Ministry of Justice during the period 2014 – 2021 by considering the length of proceedings as outcome variable. Results show that the average time to conclude legal proceedings increases as the distance courts-universities increases. However, only courts located in the Centre-North of Italy benefit from the spatial spillovers deriving from the proximity to the university.

Keywords: Civil justice; Court's productivity; University (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D62 I23 K15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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