Appeal rate and caseload: evidence from civil litigation in Korea

Duol Kim () and Heechul Min ()
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Duol Kim: Myongji University

European Journal of Law and Economics, 2017, vol. 44, issue 2, No 8, 339-360

Abstract: Abstract Courts of modern democratic societies have generally implemented appeal procedures to correct potential errors in ruling. However, considering the time and effort that both litigants spend, availability of an appeal cannot be better than reaching the correct judgment in the original case. This difficulty raises the policy issue of how to reduce the rate of appeals and improve welfare of litigants. In this paper, we assert that lower caseloads allow judges to expend more time and effort on each case, contributing to lower appeal rates. Analysis of court-level data from Korea corroborates our inference.

Keywords: Appeal rate; Caseload; Court production function; Courts of Korea (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H11 K41 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1007/s10657-016-9544-1

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