THE MEDIATION OF VARIANCE CONFLICTS: AN EMPIRICAL EVALUATION

Joshua Duke and Ryan P. Jost

No 15833, Staff Papers from University of Delaware, Department of Food and Resource Economics

Abstract: Since 1982, the New Castle County Superior Court in Delaware has promoted mediation, which attempts to resolve filed conflicts prior to trial. This paper evaluates how spatial land-use conflicts channel through mediation and litigation. Data suggest that mediations fail because one of the key disputing parties does not play a direct role in mediation and litigation. The data then inform a predictive model of litigated outcomes in which disputants share in the responsibility for conflict. By alleviating some of the uncertainty of litigation and proposing win-win, mediated outcomes, the model may be used facilitate future mediations.

Keywords: Land; Economics/Use (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 21
Date: 2000
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.15833

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