“Who Litigates against the State? Evidence from Conjoint Experiments in Japan”

• In Event: Experiments and the Law

Brief Overview

Why does Japan have low rates of lawsuits against the state? We draw on original conjoint experiments to test the effects of high legal fees, predictability of court rulings, and cultural factors on citizens’ reluctance to litigate against the state.

Authors

• Rieko Kage, The University of Tokyo

• Satoru Kawashima, The University of Tokyo