Managerial Judges: An Economic Analysis of the Judicial Management of Legal Discovery
I analyze the effect of procedural rules that permit judges to limit pretrial discovery. In the presence of asymmetric information, a litigant may forgo settlement before discovery if his opponent interprets a serious offer as a sign that her discovery is likely to uncover useful evidence, leading her to invest more in discovery. Furthermore, a litigant may forgo settlement in order to strengthen his or her threat of future discovery. I show that by limiting pretrial discovery, the judge can simultaneously increase the probability of early settlement and reduce expected litigation costs, without reducing potential injurers' incentives to take care.
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1999
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Authors: | Schrag, Joel L. |
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RAND Journal of Economics. - The RAND Corporation, ISSN 0741-6261. - Vol. 30.1999, 2, p. 305-323
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The RAND Corporation |
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