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This paper analyzes influences on the credit standing of Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs), specifically the quality, diversification and single name concentration of their portfolios, and on the market practice known as Preferred Creditor Status (PCS), whereby sovereigns that default on...
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-takers concerning their potential legal liability for negligence. …
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This paper addresses the conditions for setting up strict civil liability schemes. For that it compares the social … efficiency of two main civil liability regimes usually enforced to protect the environment: the strict liability regime and the … "capped strict liability scheme". First, it shows that the regulator faces an effective dilemma when he has to enforce one of …
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regulated by strict liability schemes. Strict liability induces judgment-proof possibilities. Two civil liability regimes are … then compared: a strict liability scheme and a capped strict liability one. The argument is led under a twofold asymmetric … wealth. The paper shows that standard strict liability under information asymmetries deters the efficient agent to compete …
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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 their capacity to provide the highest level of safety is … associated to the burden of evidence, the fairness between victims and injurers, etc. -- Strict Liability ; Negligence Rule …
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Flood damage assessments are often based on Stage-Damage Curve (SDC) models that estimate economic damage as a function of flood characteristics, typically flood depths, and land use. SDCs are developed through site-specific analysis but rarely adjusted to economic circumstances in areas to...
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