Courts performance: the case of Portugal

Nuno Q. M. Lopes; Maria C. A. Silva

doi:10.34632/ef8ebeb0-1d35-442a-a6b8-8a232afff808

Courts performance: the case of Portugal

Nuno Q. M. Lopes
, Maria C. A. Silva

Research output: Other contribution

Abstract

For some time now, the judicial systems of countries have been intrinsically connected to their development. This analysis uses data from 2015 to 2021 on every bench in the Portuguese first instance courts, consisting of 3,249 observations and 12 different variables. To analyze the efficiency of benches, their economies of scale and their economies of scope Data Envelopment Analysis was used. The results uncovered is economies of scope (specialised benches are more efficient than generic benches), and diseconomies of scale with some specialised benches experiencing decreasing returns to scale (criminal, enforcement and commerce benches) while others experienced increasing returns (Civil and generic benches).

Original language	English
Type	Policy Briefs
Publisher	Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Number of pages	3
Place of Publication	Porto
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.34632/ef8ebeb0-1d35-442a-a6b8-8a232afff808
Publication status	Published - Dec 2024

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Publisher	Research Center in Management and Economics

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Silva, M. (Full Professor), Sousa, R. (Full Professor), Alves, P. (Assistant Professor), Madsen, A. (Invited Assistant Professor), Lourenço, A. (Associate Professor), Carvalho, A. S. (Associate Professor), Andrade, A. (Assistant Professor), Silva, P. D. (Associate Professor), Vlačić, B. (Invited Assistant Professor), Martins, C. (Invited Assistant Professor), Gomes, C. (Auxiliary Researcher), Gevrek, Z. E. (Invited Assistant Professor), Oliveira, F. G. D. (Associate Professor), Faria, G. (Invited Associate Professor), Marreiros, H. (Scholarship holder), Pinho, J. (Invited Assistant Professor), Machado, J. (Associate Professor), Araújo, J. (Auxiliary Researcher), Pinto, J. (Assistant Professor), Rego, A. (Full Professor), Gaspar, J. M. (Auxiliary Researcher), Corbo, L. (Invited Assistant Professor), Costa, L. (Associate Professor), Fernandes, L. (Assistant Professor), Sottomayor, M. (Assistant Professor), Martins, N. (Full Professor), Hernández-Marrero, P. (Auxiliary Researcher), Gonçalves, R. (Associate Professor), Ribeiro, R. (PI), Coelho, S. L. (Assistant Teacher), Pereira, S. M. (Auxiliary Researcher), Silva, S. (Associate Professor), Rodrigues, V. (Associate Professor), Sotiros, D. G. (Auxiliary Researcher), Valverde, C. (Assistant Professor), Leitão, A. (Assistant Professor), Julião, J. (Assistant Professor), Tavares, M. (Assistant Professor), Lages, C. R. (Auxiliary Researcher), Elmashhara, M. G. (Auxiliary Researcher) & Teymourifar, A. (Auxiliary Researcher)
1/01/20 → 31/12/25
Project: Research

Courts performance: the case of Portugal
Lopes, N. Q. M. (Student), Silva, M. D. C. A. E. (Supervisor), 22 Feb 2023
Student thesis: Master's Thesis

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