Efficiency of judicial conciliation activities in French courts: Evidence from a bad-output Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) framework

Matthieu Belarouci ()
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Matthieu Belarouci: CREM - Centre de recherche en économie et management - UNICAEN - Université de Caen Normandie - NU - Normandie Université - UR - Université de Rennes - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, ANTHROPO LAB - Laboratoire d'Anthropologie Expérimentale - ETHICS EA 7446 - Experience ; Technology & Human Interactions ; Care & Society : - ICL - Institut Catholique de Lille - UCL - Université catholique de Lille

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Abstract: This paper uses 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 on 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. More efficient courts are more prone to involving conciliation in the judicial circuit. Finally, the professional background and previous experience of conciliators are positively related to efficiency.

Keywords: Efficiency of justice; conciliation; data envelopment analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021-01-20
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Published in RESER Conference: 2020 - Co-creation and Innovation in the New Service Economy, Universidade Alcalá de Henares (Madrid, Spain), Jan 2021, Alcalà, Spain

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