KDI Journal of Economic Policy

  • 제45권3호
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  • Pages.49-73
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  • 2023
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  • 2586-2995(pISSN)
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  • 2586-4130(eISSN)
한국개발연구원 (Korea Development Institute)
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변호사검색상담 플랫폼의 경제적 가치 추정

Estimating the Economic Value of the Online Marketplace for Legal Services

  • 박민수 (성균관대학교 경제학과) ;
  • 김정민 (한국공정거래조정원) ;
  • 이홍 (인디애나 대학교 경영경제학과)
  • Minsoo Park (College of Economics, Sungkyunkwan University) ;
  • Jungmin Kim (Korea Fair Trade Mediation Agency) ;
  • Hong Lee (Business Economics and Public Policy, Indiana University)
  • 투고 : 2023.03.21
  • 발행 : 2023.08.31
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초록

본 연구에서는 국내 소비자들을 대상으로 변호사가 제공하는 법률 서비스 이용현황을 살펴보고 변호사 검색 및 상담을 용이하게 하는 플랫폼이 소비자들의 효용을 얼마나 증가시킬 수 있고, 또 이를 통해 변호사 법률서비스 시장이 얼마나 확대될 수 있는지를 실증적으로 살펴보고자 한다. 이를 위해 본 연구는 컨조인트 설문으로 수집한 자료에 이산선택 수요모형을 적용해 소비자가 인식하는 변호사 검색상담 플랫폼의 가치를 산정하고 시뮬레이션 방법으로 플랫폼의 변호사 법률서비스 시장확대 효과를 추정한다. 분석 결과, 소비자가 지인으로부터 변호사를 소개받거나 오프라인에서 직접 변호사를 찾는 것 대신 플랫폼을 이용해 변호사를 찾고 상담받는 것에 대해 부여하는 상대적 가치는 약 70,414원으로 추정되었다. 변호사검색 상담 플랫폼의 존재로 인해 변호사 법률서비스 시장의 규모가 적게는 18.9%에서 많게는 70.2%까지 증가할 수 있을 것으로 나타났는데, 특히 플랫폼은 법률서비스 이용 취약계층의 서비스 접근성을 상대적으로 더 높여 이용을 증대시킬 것으로 예측된다.

This study examines the usage status of legal services provided by lawyers targeting domestic consumers and investigates empirically how much online platforms that facilitate lawyer search and consultation can increase consumers' utility, and how much the lawyer legal service market will expand through this. To this end, this study applies a discrete choice demand model to the data collected through a conjoint survey to estimate the value of the lawyer search and consultation platform perceived by consumers, and estimates the effectiveness of the platform in expanding the market for lawyer legal services through a simulation method. As a result of the analysis, the relative value that consumers place on finding and consulting a lawyer using the online platform instead of being introduced to a lawyer by an acquaintance or searching for a lawyer offline is estimated to be about 70,414 won. It was found that the existence of lawyer search and consultation platforms could increase the market size of legal services by as little as 18.9% to as much as 70.2%. In particular, the platforms are expected to increase the accessibility of legal services to vulnerable groups.

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