'Causation-consistent' liability, economic efficiency and the law of torts

International Review of Law and Economics

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 179-203

  Singh, Ram ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Bilateral risk; Causation requirement; Causation consistent liability; Efficient liability rules; Nash equilibrium; Social costs; Unilateral risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548033713     PISSN: 01448188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.irle.2007.06.007     Document Type: Article

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