Doutora em Economia pela EESP-FGV, com estágio na Boalt Hall (Law School) da University of California, Berkeley (EUA); Mestre em Economia Aplicada e em Relações Industriais pela University of Wisconsin–Madison (EUA); Bacharel em Economia pela FEA-USP. Como pesquisadora, dedica-se à área da Análise Econômica do Direito (ou Law and Economics) e Estudos Empíricos em Direito. Tem artigos e capítulos em publicações nacionais e internacionais, entre eles: Journal of Institutional Economics, European Journal of Law and Economics, IMA Journal of Management Mathematics, Encyclopedia of Law and Economics (Ed. Springer), Estudos Econômicos, Economia Aplicada, Economic Analysis of Law Review, Revista de Estudos Empíricos em Direito, Revista de Estudos Institucionais, entre outros.
In this paper, we aim at empirically and quantitatively measuring the evolution of the efficiency of Brazilian State Courts. We use Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and the Malmquist Productivity Index to set up a data panel (2006 to 2018). The State Court of the State of São Paulo appeared to be the most efficient unit over the 3 years, even considering its size (numbers of new cases and pending cases). In this period, State Courts throughout the country had, on average, an annual evolution of 7.7% in Total Factor Productivity (TFP) and 24% in the evolution of Technical Efficiency. However, Technological Change had a negative result, and was responsible for “pulling down” the entire result of the (TFP). Despite the long path already taken by scientific research, and the long path already taken by courts themselves in managing their efficiency, much remains to be done.
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