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Environmental Policy Based on Strict Liability: Implications of Uncertainty and Bankruptcy

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  • Bruce A. Larson
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    A firm-level model is developed to analyze the impacts of bankruptcy and uncertain firm wealth on incentives for safety under a strict liability rule. Future damages and wealth are uncertain, and a firm's income earning activities that possibly create damages are incorporated into the model. This analysis shows that firms do not always undertake more of a risky activity than is socially desirable. For the extremely hazardous industry case, larger firms always undertake less of a risky activity than smaller firms. For the cyclical industry case, larger firms do not always conduct less of a risky activity than smaller firms.

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    Article provided by University of Wisconsin Press in its journal Land Economics.

    Volume (Year): 72 (1996)
    Issue (Month): 1 ()
    Pages: 33-42

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    Handle: RePEc:uwp:landec:v:72:y:1996:i:1:p:33-42

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    1. Thomas J. Miceli & Kathleen Segerson, 2005. "Do Exposure Suits Produce a "Race to File"? An Economic Analysis of a Tort for Risk," RAND Journal of Economics, The RAND Corporation, vol. 36(3), pages 613-627, Autumn.
    2. Austin, David & Alberini, Anna, 1998. "Strict Liability as a Deterrent in Toxic Waste Management: Empirical Evidence from Accident and Spill Data," Discussion Papers dp-98-16, Resources For the Future.
    3. Beckmann, Volker & Soregaroli, Claudio & Wesseler, Justus, 2010. "Ex-ante regulation and ex-post liability under uncertainty and irreversibility: governing the coexistence of GM crops," Economics - The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal, Kiel Institute for the World Economy, vol. 4(9), pages 1-33.
    4. Loureiro, Maria L., 2008. "Liability and food safety provision: Empirical evidence from the US," International Review of Law and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 28(3), pages 204-211, September.

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