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Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization Advance Access published online on September 13, 2006
Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, doi:10.1093/jleo/ewm011
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Fee-Shifting Rules in Litigation with Contingency Fees

Kong-Pin Chen 1 * and Jue-Shyan Wang 2

1 Academia Sinica and National Taiwan University
2 National Cheng-Chi University

* To whom correspondence should be addressed.
Kong-Pin Chen, E-mail: kongpin{at}gate.sinica.edu.tw


  Abstract

This article theoretically compares the British and American fee-shifting rules in their influences on the behavior of the litigants and the outcomes of litigation. We build up a comprehensive litigation model with asymmetric information and agency costs, which makes it possible to make comparison on a broad arrays of issues in a single unified framework. We then solve for the equilibria under both American and British rules, and thereby compare their equilibrium settlement amounts and rates, expenditures incurred in trials, as well as the plaintiff's chances of winning and incentive to sue. The theoretical results are broadly consistent with existing empirical evidence.


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