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 …

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 …