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A General Accident Model for Risky Activities

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  • Gérard Mondello

    (Université Côte d'Azur, France
    GREDEG CNRS)

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The efficiency criterion (the highest level of care at the lowest accident cost) governs the comparison of performance between strict liability and negligence. This view stems from the initial standard accident model which under ideal conditions, ensures equivalence among liability regimes and assumes their potential substitutability. We develop a more general accident model which retains the neutral to risk assumption by assuming divergent views among the parties about the scale of the damages. Efficiency then no longer appears a sufficient relevant criterion to compare liability regimes. Consequently, each belongs to a specific field: Ultra-hazardous activities in the case of strict liability and the remaining areas of negligence. Length: 23 pages

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  • Gérard Mondello, 2022. "A General Accident Model for Risky Activities," GREDEG Working Papers 2022-12, Groupe de REcherche en Droit, Economie, Gestion (GREDEG CNRS), Université Côte d'Azur, France, revised Apr 2023.
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    Keywords

    Tort law; Law & Economics; Unilateral accident model; Risk; Safety; Strict liability; Negligence; Ultra-hazardous activities;
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    JEL classification:

    • D62 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Externalities
    • K13 - Law and Economics - - Basic Areas of Law - - - Tort Law and Product Liability; Forensic Economics
    • K23 - Law and Economics - - Regulation and Business Law - - - Regulated Industries and Administrative Law
    • K32 - Law and Economics - - Other Substantive Areas of Law - - - Energy, Environmental, Health, and Safety Law
    • Q52 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Pollution Control Adoption and Costs; Distributional Effects; Employment Effects
    • Q58 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environmental Economics: Government Policy

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