An empirical evaluation of environmental Alternative Dispute Resolution methods

Petyo Bonev () and Shigeru Matsumoto

No 2208, Economics Working Paper Series from University of St. Gallen, School of Economics and Political Science

Abstract: This paper empirically evaluates different Alternative Dispute Resolution methods. Using a novel dataset on environmental disputes from Japan, we show that consensus-based approaches such as mediation lead on average to shorter duration and higher satisfaction than top-down approaches such as arbitration. Moreover, our findings suggest that the benefits depend on the transaction cost of resolving a dispute: while disputes with high transaction costs tend to benefit more from top-down approaches, disputes with lower costs benefit more from consensual resolution methods.

Keywords: Environmental policy; environmental disputes; Alternative Dispute Resolution; Coase Theorem (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C21 C41 C78 D04 D74 D83 Q34 Q53 Q58 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 63 pages
Date: 2022-08
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