Spanish paper finds relationship between number of lawyers and litigation rates

Authors say results useful in conducting ‘preliminary’ evaluation of reforms

Madrid city council

Research published by the Bank of Spain finds a "positive relationship" between the number of lawyers per capita and litigation rates across Spanish provinces between 2001 and 2010.

The working paper, Litigation in Spain 2001–2010: exploring the market for legal services, by Juan Mora-Sanguinetti and Nuno Garoupa, finds a 1% increase in the number of lawyers per capita was associated with a 1.4% increase in litigation.

They are quick to stress, however, that this association "may have multiple

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