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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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"Economic models of contract typically assume that courts enforce obligations on the basis of verifiable events. As a matter of law, this is not the case. This leaves open the question of optimal contract design given the available remedies that are enforced by a court of law. This paper shows...
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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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