A Note on the Social versus Private Value of Suits when Care is Bilateral

Thomas Miceli

Review of Law & Economics, 2008, vol. 4, issue 1, 373-382

Abstract: This paper re-examines the social versus private value of lawsuits when both injurers and victims can take care. The basic conclusions of that literature remain valid in this context: the private and social values generally differ, and there is no necessary relationship between them, meaning that there may be either too many or too few suits. Introducing the possibility of victim care does, however, alter the calculation of the deterrent effect of lawsuits. In particular, because allowing suits tends to reduce the incentives for victims to invest in precaution, the social value of prohibiting suits increases in direct relation to the productivity of victim care in lowering accident risk.

Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.2202/1555-5879.1289

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