We contrast alternative liability rules for social control of product risks when heterogeneous consumers considering …' mispredictions vary with the prevailing liability regime. We first characterize the consumers' purchasing decision and the … equilibrium levels of safety and activity from the product's usage under no liability, strict liability, and negligence rule. We …

when the agent is protected by limited liability. In this paper, we investigate how the principal should construct the … globally incentive compatible under limited liability, if local incentive constraints are strictly satisfied. We identify …

Risk-neutral individuals take more risky decisions when they have limited liability. Risk-neutral managers may not when … acting as agents under contract and taking costly actions to acquire information before taking decisions. Limited liability …

economic theory to address this issue. We find that the relation between the appropriate compensation and the mean and median …, as well as the degree of risk aversion. Since the consumption uncertainty associated with compensation generally exceeds …

We focus in this paper on the effects of court errors on the optimal sharing of liability between firms and financiers …, governments and courts we show, through numerical simulations, the distortions in liability sharing between firms and financiers … firm innocent of inappropriate care) errors. This role is considered in a context where liability sharing is already …

of optimal risk-sharing in mortgage contracts. But since only a small literature has studied this question, more research … termination via prepayment or default affects optimal risk-sharing. The broad conclusion of the analysis is that potential … mortgage termination makes higher risk exposure for borrowers optimal …