The Relevance of Judicial Procedure for Economic Growth

It has been argued that procedural formalism undermines economic efficiency by fostering rent-seeking and corruption. We challenge this view by arguing that a number of judicial procedures foster economic growth by increasing the predictability of court decisions, which leads to more transactions...

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-д хэвлэсэн:MAGKS - Joint Discussion Paper Series in Economics (Band 28-2008)
Үндсэн зохиолчид: Hayo, Bernd, Voigt, Stefan
Формат: Arbeit
Хэл сонгох:англи
Хэвлэсэн: Philipps-Universität Marburg 2008
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Тойм:It has been argued that procedural formalism undermines economic efficiency by fostering rent-seeking and corruption. We challenge this view by arguing that a number of judicial procedures foster economic growth by increasing the predictability of court decisions, which leads to more transactions and higher investment levels. We investigate the effects on economic growth of 15 judicial procedures. Employing a standard growth model, we find in a cross-section of 67 countries that timeliness, written—as opposed to oral—procedures, and the right to counsel have a positive effect on growth, whereas the number of independent procedural actions as well as the presumption of innocence have negative effects. Our results partially contradict the results of former studies based on the Lex Mundi dataset.
ISSN:1867-3678
DOI:10.17192/es2023.0214