Is injury compensation inequitable?: evidence from road accidents victims in France/
Carnis, Laurent
Is injury compensation inequitable?: evidence from road accidents victims in France/ created by Laurent Carnis, Nicolas Vaillant and Benoît Dervaux - Applied economics letters Volume 20, number 1 .
This article analyses the heterogeneous character of compensation amounts awarded by insurance companies and the courts. The information source – the Association for Insurance Risk Information (AGIRA) database – covers all surviving victims of injuries resulting from road accidents in France over the period 2002 to 2008. Three results emerge: first, compensation amounts awarded under different headings – Partial Permanent Incapacity (PPI), solatium (emotional harm), disfigurement and loss of amenity – are not determined independently of each other; second, victim characteristics, notably age and sex, play a major part; and third, inequalities of treatment across the country are strikingly low.
13504851
Compensation--Road safety--Spatial inequalities
HB1.A666 APP
Is injury compensation inequitable?: evidence from road accidents victims in France/ created by Laurent Carnis, Nicolas Vaillant and Benoît Dervaux - Applied economics letters Volume 20, number 1 .
This article analyses the heterogeneous character of compensation amounts awarded by insurance companies and the courts. The information source – the Association for Insurance Risk Information (AGIRA) database – covers all surviving victims of injuries resulting from road accidents in France over the period 2002 to 2008. Three results emerge: first, compensation amounts awarded under different headings – Partial Permanent Incapacity (PPI), solatium (emotional harm), disfigurement and loss of amenity – are not determined independently of each other; second, victim characteristics, notably age and sex, play a major part; and third, inequalities of treatment across the country are strikingly low.
13504851
Compensation--Road safety--Spatial inequalities
HB1.A666 APP