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standard risk and ambiguity. Ambiguity arises when the causal link between conduct and harm is not univocal, as is frequently … the case with toxic torts. Risk aversion and ambiguity aversion tend to have a similar impact on optimal liability rules … liability dominates negligence when the injurer has lower degrees of risk and ambiguity aversion than the victim and can …
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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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, we discuss the absence of arbitrage, its relation to economic viability, and the existence of suitable nonlinear pricing … expectations. Classical financial markets under risk and no ambiguity are contained as special cases, including various forms of …
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standard risk and ambiguity. Ambiguity arises when the causal link between conduct and harm is not univocal, as is frequently … the case with toxic torts. Risk aversion and ambiguity aversion tend to have a similar impact on optimal liability rules … liability dominates negligence when the injurer has lower degrees of risk and ambiguity aversion than the victim and can …
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, we discuss the absence of arbitrage, its relation to economic viability, and the existence of suitable nonlinear pricing … expectations. Classical financial markets under risk and no ambiguity are contained as special cases, including various forms of …
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We derive the precise conditions under which over- or under-compliance can take place under imperfect information about the care levels chosen by both injurer and victim in a tort litigation. The conditions identified turn out to be more complicated than are usually presumed in the literature. A...
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I consider the efficiency of liability rules when courts obtain imperfect information about precautionary behavior. I ask what tort rules are consistent with socially efficient precautions, what informational requirements the evidence about the parties' behavior must satisfy, what decision rules...
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