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The Selection Of Litigation Against Government Agencies: Evidence From China, Wei Cui, Zhiyuan Wang
The Selection Of Litigation Against Government Agencies: Evidence From China, Wei Cui, Zhiyuan Wang
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We test the relevance of the selection theory of litigation in a contemporary, civil law setting, using Chinese judicial data that span 25 years regarding lawsuits against government agencies. Civil law systems may be characterized by lower costs of litigation and lower rates of settlement than the U.S. legal system, and therefore the presence of selection effects cannot be assumed. We show that selection effects are indeed manifest in Chinese administrative litigation, and suggest that this may be explained by hidden or intangible litigation costs. Our test for selection effects builds on the approach of previous U.S. studies and potentially …