Summary

This paper surveys the empirical literature on international commercial arbitration, focusing on quantitative rather than qualitative studies. The array of methodological techniques employed in the existing empirical studies is impressive. Researchers have surveyed parties, party representatives, and international arbitrators; examined arbitration clauses and arbitration awards; and performed regression analysis using published data on the place of arbitration and unpublished data on court enforcement of awards. The topics studied, too, are diverse, ranging from what ...