2014
DOI: 10.18352/ijca.135
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Is Sky the Limit? Revisiting ‘Exogenous Productivity of Judges’ Argument

Abstract: Abstract:This paper revisits the 'exogenous productivity of judges' hypothesis, laid down in numerous law & economics studies based on the production-function approach. It states that judges, when confronted with growing caseload pressure, adjust their productivity upward, thereby increasing number of resolved cases. We attribute this result to assumptions regarding court productivity. In this paper, we present an alternative -the 'hockey-stick' production function model --taking into account the time constrai… Show more

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“…The findings help to explain how this relationship operates, allowing progress toward more appropriate theoretical models than the existing ones, such as the models suggested by Beenstock and Haitovsky (2004) and Jonski and Mankowski (2014).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 81%
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“…The findings help to explain how this relationship operates, allowing progress toward more appropriate theoretical models than the existing ones, such as the models suggested by Beenstock and Haitovsky (2004) and Jonski and Mankowski (2014).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 81%
“…According to Jonski and Mankowski (2014), the model used by Beenstock and Haitovksy (2004) must be viewed with care, therefore, even acting as homo economicus, judges draw negative utility from increasing caseloads, because this may diminish their prestige and prospects for promotion and incentives. Thus, Jonski and Mankowski (2014) point out that the central mechanism behind the model is the trade-off between increasing effort and improving performance, or slow down the work pace and take the risk of being exposed negatively in court.…”
Section: Court Caseload and Judicial Performancementioning
confidence: 99%
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“…A demanda judicial, representada pelo acervo de processos pendentes nas varas de justiça, e a quantidade de juízes são variáveis fundamentais para o funcionamento do sistema judiciário. A relação entre essas variáveis é complexa e já foi investigada em diversos estudos anteriores (BEENSTOCK;HAITOVKSY, 2004;SCHWENGBER, 2006;ROSALES-LÓPEZ, 2008;DIMITROVA--GRAJZL et al, 2010;EL-BIALY, 2011;CASTRO, 2011;JONSKI;MANKOWSKI, 2014;SOUZA, 2016;AKUTSU, 2016), porém os resultados permanecem inconclusivos.…”
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