Economic Implications of Judicial Entanglements: An Empirical Analysis of Land Cases in the Philippines Supreme Court

• Main Authors: Candelaria, Sedfrey M, Peralta, Katherine, Mendoza, Ronald U
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2018
• Subjects: Philippine Supreme Court; Land Disputes; Judicial Reforms; Economic Policy; Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/asog-pubs/97; https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3226885
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

This paper develops a unique dataset of Supreme Court land dispute cases in the Philippines spanning 2002 to 2016. The sample includes 1,409 cases with complete information on the estimated land value (through zonal value estimation), land size, land location, litigation time, and win rate across th...