Should Liability Insurance Be Compulsory for Bicycle Accidents?

Okura Mahito (), Sakaki Motohiro () and Yoshizawa Takuya ()
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Okura Mahito: Doshisha Women’s College of Liberal Arts, Kyotanabe610-0395, Japan
Sakaki Motohiro: Kobe University, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
Yoshizawa Takuya: Kyoto Sangyo University, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan

Asian Journal of Law and Economics, 2021, vol. 12, issue 1, 19-35

Abstract: This study examines whether the introduction of compulsory bicycle liability insurance is socially desirable when evaluation bias—the difference between the objective and subjective evaluations of liability amounts—exists. The main results of this study are summarized as follows. First, when there is no evaluation bias, the introduction of compulsory bicycle liability insurance is socially desirable when the interest rate is high without any condition, and the loading rate is low, the maximum amount of liability is small, and the effort cost is high if the loading rate is higher than the interest rate. Second, if there is an evaluation bias and the accident probability is uniformly distributed, more severe additional conditions are needed for deriving the same results. The study concludes that the evaluation bias prevents the realization of the situation in which the introduction of compulsory bicycle liability insurance is socially desirable.

Keywords: bicycle liability insurance; compulsory insurance; social loss (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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