The Speed of Justice
研究了塞内加尔要求法官在四个月内完成预审的改革，发现改革提升了司法效率且未损害质量，企业进入预审后月收入下降8-11%，每多一百天预审收入再降3.2-5.0%，企业愿为改革后的速度支付更高法律费用。
Abstract Can procedural reforms improve judicial efficiency? And do improvements in judicial efficiency benefit firms? We combine the staggered rollout of a reform that required judges in Senegal to complete pretrials within four months with high-frequency caseload data and firm tax filings. The reform improved judicial efficiency, with no effect on quality. Firm monthly revenues drop by 8–11% upon entering pretrial and decline by on average 3.2–5.0% for every hundred days a case spends in pretrial. Survey results show firms are willing to pay higher legal fees to achieve postreform speed, suggesting positive benefits of the reform on firms.