This paper used individual level data in Japan to explore how a complainant's past trial experience influences their satisfaction and incentive to bring a future lawsuit. Controlling for kinds of incidents and a complainant's individual characteristics, the major findings were; (1) there is a...

Using individual level data, this paper examines how and to what extent the behavior and perception of those bringing lawsuits differ between large district courts (competitive lawyer market) and medium or small district ones (less competitive lawyer markets). The major findings are: (1) in...

Using Japan's prefecture-level panel data from 1989 to 2001, this paper examines the influence of the social norm on a person's smoking behavior when the complementary relationship between smoking and drinking is taken into account. The key findings through a dynamic panel model controlling for...