An Efficiency Analysis of Conciliation Activities in French Courts

Matthieu Belarouci, Nicolas Vaillant and François-Charles Wolff

Revue d'économie politique, 2023, vol. 133, issue 2, 301-331

Abstract: This paper considers a DEA bad-output framework to assess the efficiency of court settlement activities and examine how efficiency depends on both the characteristics of the conciliators and institutional factors. The empirical analysis relies on court level data of conciliation activities in French civil magistrate courts between 2010 and 2017. Results show that efficiency is positively related to factors that foster the demand for settlement, as well as trial delay and judges? caseload. The most efficient courts are more prone to include conciliation in the judicial circuit. Besides, the professional background and previous experience of conciliators are positively related to efficiency. JEL codes : K15, K40, K41

Keywords: settlement; conciliation; courts efficiency; French civil proceedings; number of hearings; delay of justice (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: K15 K40 K41 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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