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Comparative Causation -- A Re-examination

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  • Ram Singh

    (Delhi School of Economics)

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Negligence-based liability has been justified on the grounds of its efficiency properties. However, this approach towards liability assignment has been criticized in several recent writings. In a series of articles, causation-based apportionment of liability has been recommended, as an alternative basis for liability assignment. In an interesting paper, Parisi and Fon (2004) have studied various properties of the causation-based liability. In this paper, I review some of their propositions. The main aim of the paper, however, is to investigate the implications of the ‘alternative’ specification of liability. The paper shows that a combination of negligence-based and causation-based liability makes the diligence strategies dominant choice for the agents.

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Paper provided by Centre for Development Economics, Delhi School of Economics in its series Working papers with number 139.

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Length: 23 pages
Date of creation: Aug 2005
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Handle: RePEc:cde:cdewps:139

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Keywords: liability rules; negligence-based liability; causation-based liability; comparative causation; economic efficiency;

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