Hugo Alejandro Acciarri

Latin American and Caribbean Law and Economics Association

Professor of Tort Law and Law & Economics, Universidad Nacional del Sur, Bahía Blanca (Argentina)
Member, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México Instituto Latinoamericano y del Caribe de Derecho y Economía
Lecturer, George Mason University Centro Latinoamericano y del Caribe de Derecho y Economía

Universidad Nacional del Sur, Bahía Blanca

Chair, Civil Law Area & Professor of Law

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Delay in Lawsuits and Interest Rate

Hugo Alejandro Acciarri, Universidad Nacional del Sur
Andrea Castellano, Universidad Nacional del Sur
Andrea Barbero , Universidad Nacional del Sur

Abstract

Mainstream literature of the economic analysis of litigation, and classical legal scholarship, frequently deal with the unjustified delay in legal process and its related increase of costs. The aim of this paper is to analyze the agent's incentives to delay in relation to the interest rate applied to lawsuits. For this purpose, a model of incentives to delay, consistent with the standard economic analysis of legal procedure (differing perceptions model), is developed.

Suggested Citation

Hugo Alejandro Acciarri, Andrea Castellano, and Andrea Barbero . "Delay in Lawsuits and Interest Rate" Latin American and Caribbean Law and Economics Association (ALACDE) Annual Papers.. Jan. 2007.

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