Research on Rent-Seeking and Incentives in Civil Litigation

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K03086
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Fundamental law
• Research Institution: Kumamoto University
• Principal Investigator: Ikeda Yasuhiro 熊本大学, 大学院人文社会科学研究部(法), 准教授 (70304714)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 森 大輔 熊本大学, 大学院人文社会科学研究部(法), 准教授 (40436499)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 民事訴訟 / レントシーキング / 紛争当事者 / 制裁

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In our studies, we have examined the effect of legal systems and rules on conflicting parties' activities pursuing economic interests, which is called "rent-seeking." Civil litigation can be considered to be the place where victims that ask for imposing sanction and injurers that are imposed on sanction fight each other. This fight is indeed one of the example of rent-seeking. We construct the model of civil litigation incorporating this rent-seeking perspectives, and analyze how it affect the incentives of parties in civil litigation. On the basis of this analysis, we also conduct empirical research such as surveys.

Free Research Field

法と経済学