Is injury compensation inequitable? Evidence from road accidents victims in France

Laurent Carnis, Nicolas Vaillant () and Benoît Dervaux

Applied Economics Letters, 2013, vol. 20, issue 1, 28-33

Abstract: 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.

Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2012.671917

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