TITLE:
Determinants of Judicial Efficiency in Morocco
AUTHORS:
Yassine Achenchabe, Mohammed Akaaboune
KEYWORDS:
Data Envelopment Analysis, Efficiency Measurement, Judicial Efficiency, Efficiency Determinants, Moroccan Courts, Judicial Reform
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Business and Management,
Vol.9 No.5,
September
17,
2021
ABSTRACT: In this paper, we aim to measure Moroccan judicial efficiency and
identify its determinants during the implementation of judicial reform. For
this, we use a two-stage approach. First, we use data envelopment analysis
(DEA) under output orientation to measure the efficiency of the 109 Moroccan
courts. In the second stage, we explore determinants of efficiency using the
Ordinary Least Squares regression model. The results show a low level of courts
efficiency of 56.2% in 2018, despite an improvement during the reform
implementation period. At the same time, the results show that efficiency
increases in populated cities with high demands on justice, and in courts with
high proportions of cases in process, and employing senior judges. Therefore,
this paper presents some managerial implications for court managers and
provides further research directions for assessing judicial efficiency.