Does the appointment of judges increase the output of the judiciary?

Michael Beenstock*, Yoel Haitovsky

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Abstract

We use panel data on Israeli courts to estimate the "production function"; for case dispositions. Our results show that the number of case dispositions is independent of the number of serving judges, and that "productivity";, as measured by completed cases per judge, varies directly with the caseload per judge. These results suggest that the productivity of judges is endogenous; for the same caseload judges complete more cases under pressure, and complete less when new judges are appointed. They also suggest that the practice of determining the number of judges by fixed "Leontieff"; input-output coefficients is not appropriate.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)351-369
Number of pages19
JournalInternational Review of Law and Economics
Volume24
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2004

Keywords

  • Appointment
  • Judiciary
  • Output

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