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that this informational role of tort law is more pronounced under the rule of negligence than under strict liability, since … production of information under the negligence rule may render the negligence rule more efficient than strict liability when the … liability. Under strict liability, by contrast, the injurer will take out insurance, which induces moral hazard. The rule of …
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that this informational role of tort law is more pronounced under the rule of negligence than under strict liability, since … production of information under the negligence rule may render the negligence rule more efficient than strict liability when the … liability. Under strict liability, by contrast, the injurer will take out insurance, which induces moral hazard. The rule of …
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framework, firms are liable under product liability but also invest in care to prevent consumers switching to competitors … optimal to reduce liability below full compensation in order to adjust firms’ care incentives. …
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framework, firms are liable under product liability but also invest in care to prevent consumers switching to competitors … optimal to reduce liability below full compensation in order to adjust firms' care incentives. -- Tort law ; product liability …
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The acquisition of information prior to sale gives rise to a hold-up situation quite naturally. Yet, while the bulk of the literature on the hold-up problem considers negotiations under symmetric information where cooperative short-cuts such as split the difference capture the outcome of...
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This paper develops a model showing how the environmental liability regime and the precision of the disclosed … distinguish between a negligence regime and strict liability. The results suggest that if there is no EPI manipulation but only a … lack of precision of the disclosed EPI, a negligence rule induces lower actual pollution levels than strict liability even …
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liability system is important because it is a determinant of the firm's full marginal cost, which consists of both manufacturing … cost and liability cost. If the firm does not bear substantial liability for a consumer's harm, then the firm's marginal … does bear substantial liability for a consumer's harm, then the firm's marginal cost consists of both manufacturing cost …
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Firms communicate product quality attributes to consumers through a variety of channels, such as pricing, advertising, releases of research reports and test results, or warranties and returns policies. The conceptualization of the economics of such communication is that it takes on one of two...
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