讲座主题：Can Partial Fee-Shifting Reduce both Litigation and Its Cost?

　　主讲人：王建茗

　　讲座时间：1月10日(周四)14:00

　　讲座地点：经济与管理学院B237

　　主办单位：经济与管理学院技术经济及管理研究所

　　主持人：张克群

　　讲座摘要：This paper relates to a considerable numbers of studies have been made on a fee-shifting rule in litigation problems. We construct a rent-seeking model to analyze partial fee-shifting rule how affect parties’ decisions to litigate and litigation expenditures. Our results provide parties reduce more litigation rates in the English rule (the loser of a lawsuit must pay all the litigation costs of the winner), but pay less litigation cost in the American rule(parties only pay their own cost). Most importantly, the American rule and the English rule have more advantages over than partial fee-shifting rule, including the expected litigation expenditures. There is no significant effect in support of the partial fee-shifting rule reducing litigation rates and costs.

　　主讲人简介：王建茗，现任湖北经济学院经济与贸易学院副教授，研究领域为产业经济、法律经济和应用计量。获得湖北经济学院三层次人才以及年度优秀论文奖的荣誉，并主持和参与一项国家自然科学基金和多项省部级计划。王教授更在著名国际期刊International Economic Review上发表了高质量的学术论文。