Similar Search Results

Accidental Death and the Rule of Joint and Several Liability

Carvell, Daniel - 2009

Reforms to the Joint and Several Liability rule (JSL) are one of the most common tort reforms and have been implemented by most US states. JSL allows plaintiffs to claim full recovery from one of the defendants, even if that defendant is only partially responsible for the tort. We develop a...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012463237

The Short-Term Mortality Consequences of Income Receipt

Evans, William N. - 2009

Many studies find that households increase their consumption after the receipt of expected income payments, a result inconsistent with the life-cycle/permanent income hypothesis. Consumption can increase adverse health events, such as traffic accidents, heart attacks and strokes. In this paper,...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012463339

Liability for Accidents

Shavell, Steven - 2005

This is a survey of legal liability for accidents. Three general aspects of accident liability are addressed. The first …-bearing and insurance, for the liability system acts as an implicit insurer for accident victims and it imposes risk on potential … injurers (because they may have to pay judgments to victims). In this regard, victims' accident insurance and injurers …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012466890

Economic Analysis of Accident Law

Shavell, Steven - 2003

Accident law is the body of legal rules governing the ability of victims of harm to sue and to collect payments from … those who injured them. This paper contains the chapters on accident law from a general, forthcoming book, Foundations of … liability rules on incentives to reduce accident risks. Then consideration of accident law is broadened (chapter 5) to reflect …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012469004

Economic Analysis of Accident Law

Shavell, Steven - 2003

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012469220

Accidents Will Happen? Unintentional Injury, Maternal Employment, and Child Care Policy

Currie, Janet - 2001

In western countries, accidents are the leading cause of death and injury among children, far surpassing diseases as a health threat. We examine the effect of maternal employment and child care policy on rates of accidental injury using both micro data from the National Longitudinal Survey of...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012470639

Costly Litigation and Optimal Damages

Polinsky, A. Mitchell - 2012

A basic principle of law is that damages paid by a liable party should equal the harm caused by that party. However, this principle is not correct when account is taken of litigation costs, because they too are part of the social costs associated with an injury. In this article we examine the...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012460067

Life and Growth

Jones, Charles I. - 2011

Some technologies save lives -- new vaccines, new surgical techniques, safer highways. Others threaten lives -- pollution, nuclear accidents, global warming, the rapid global transmission of disease, and bioengineered viruses. How is growth theory altered when technologies involve life and death...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012461563

"Invisible Killer" : Seasonal Allergies and Accidents

Akesaka, Mika; Shigeoka, Hitoshi - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

-health" outcomes, such as cognition and productivity, are relatively understudied. Using ambulance archives from Japan, we demonstrate …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014337827

Producer dynamics : new evidence from micro data

Dunne, Timothy (contributor); … - 2009

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003684216

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Next
Last