Firm Size and Judicial Efficiency in Italy: Evidence from the Neighbour's Tribunal

We investigate the causal relationship between judicial efficiency and firm size across Italian municipalities, exploiting spatial discontinuities in tribunals' jurisdiction for identification. Results show that halving the length of civil proceedings, average firm size would increase by around 8-12%, everything else equal. Results are robust to a number of different specifications, based on two different databases.

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Year of publication:	2012-05
Authors:	Giacomelli, Silvia ; Menon, Carlo
Institutions:	Spatial Economics Research Centre, LSE
Subject:	Justice efficiency \| Firm size \| Spatial discontinuity approach \| Italy

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	SERC Discussion Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Classification:	K4 - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior ; L11 - Production, Pricing, and Market Structure Size; Size Distribution of Firms ; O18 - Regional, Urban, and Rural Analyses
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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