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Ambiguous beliefs on damages and civil liability theories
Mondello, Gérard - 2013
This paper analyzes the meaning of comparing the economic performance of strict liability and negligence rule in a unilateral standard accident model under Knightian uncertainty. It focuses on the cost expectation of major harm on which the injurers form beliefs. It shows first that, when the...
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Hazardous activities and civil strict liability : the regulator's dilemma
Mondello, Gérard - 2011
; Strict Liability ; Ex-Ante Regulation ; Ex-Post Liability ; Judgment-Proof ; Environment Law ; CERCLA ; Environmental … efficiency of two main civil liability regimes usually enforced to protect the environment: the strict liability regime and the … corresponding to frequent random controls with low fines rather than few controls that should involve heavy fines. -- Environment …
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Risky activities and strict liability rules : delegating safe
Mondello, Gérard - 2010
-Post Liability ; Judgment-Proof ; Environment Law ; CERCLA ; Environmental Liability …This paper studies the delegation of activities that pose serious risks to health and the environment in an economy … minimized by the efficient contract supplied by the principal. -- Environment ; Strict Liability ; Ex-Ante Regulation ; Ex …
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The equivalence of strict liability and negligence rule : a "trompe l'œil" perspective
Mondello, Gérard - 2012
This paper analyzes the difficulties of comparing the respective effectiveness of two among the most important liability regimes in tort law: rule of negligence and strict liability. Starting from the standard Shavellian unilateral accident scheme, I show that matching up liability regime on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009506385
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Voluntary cleanups and redevelopment potential : lessons from Baltimore, Maryland
Alberini, Anna; Guignet, Dennis - 2008
Policy has increasingly shifted towards economic incentives and liability attenuation for promoting cleanup and redevelopment of contaminated sites, but little is known about the effectiveness of such policies. An example of such legislation is State Voluntary Cleanup Programs (VCPs), which were...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008798523
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A participatory approach to assess the effectiveness of responses to cope with flood risk
Ceccato, Lucia; Giannini, Valentina; Giupponi, Carlo - 2010
This work illustrates the preliminary findings of a participatory research process aimed at identifying responses for sustainable water management in a climate change perspective, in two river basins in Europe and Asia. The paper describes the methodology implemented through local workshops,...
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Are China's climate commitments in a post-Paris agreement sufficiently ambitious?
Zhang, ZhongXiang - 2016
In international climate change negotiations, China’s role is an issue of perennial concern. In particular, the lack of quantitative, absolute emissions commitments from China has been the focus. In line with changing domestic and international contexts, China is recalibrating its stance and...
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Extended producer responsibility and trade flows in waste : the case of batteries
Compagnoni, Marco; Grazzi, Marco; Pieri, Fabio; Tomasi, … - 2023
In the debate on international waste trade, the focus on resource efficiency and recycling has gradually begun to accompany the focus on negative environmental externalities. In this context, we examine the impact of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) on the export of waste batteries (WB)....
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Comparison between artisanal fishery and Manila clam harvesting in the Venice Lagoon by using ecosystem indicators : an ecological economics perspective
Granzotto, Angela; Pranovi, Fabio; Libralato, Simone; … - 2004
Artisanal fishery in the Venice lagoon is a multi-target activity with a long tradition. It was the main fishing activity till the late '80s when, after the introduction and spread of the Manila clam (Tapes philippinarum), the mechanical clam harvesting started. A mass-balance model of the...
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The problem of the commons : still unsettled after 100 years
Stavins, Robert N. - 2010
The problem of the commons is more important to our lives and thus more central to economics than a century ago when Katharine Coman led off the first issue of the American Economic Review. As the U.S. and other economies have grown, the carrying-capacity of the planet - in regard to natural...
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