Household Income and Expenditure Survey 2008

Samoa, 2008

Reference ID

WSM_2008_HIES_v01_M

Producer(s)

Bureau of Statistics

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Apr 25, 2019

Last modified

Apr 25, 2019

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Enforcing Contracts - Cost (% of claim) (ec_cost)

Data file: WLD_2010_DB_v01_M

Overview

Valid: 1381

Invalid: 83

Minimum: 0.1

Maximum: 163.2

Type: Continuous

Decimal: 0

Range: -

Format:

Description

Definition

Cost is recorded as a percentage of the claim, assumed to be equivalent to 200% of income per capita. No bribes are recorded. Three types of costs are recorded: court costs, enforcement costs and average attorney fees.

Court costs include all court costs and expert fees that Seller (plaintiff) must advance to the court, regardless of the final cost to Seller. Expert fees, if required by law or commonly used in practice, are included in court costs. Enforcement costs are all costs that Seller (plaintiff) must advance to enforce the judgment through a public sale of Buyer’s movable assets, regardless of the final cost to Seller. Average attorney fees are the fees that Seller (plaintiff) must advance to a local attorney to represent Seller in the standardized case.