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

Laurent Carnis (), Nicolas Vaillant () and Benoît Dervaux
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Laurent Carnis: IFSTTAR/AME/DEST - Dynamiques Economiques et Sociales des Transports - IFSTTAR - Institut Français des Sciences et Technologies des Transports, de l'Aménagement et des Réseaux - Communauté Université Paris-Est
Nicolas Vaillant: LEM - Lille - Economie et Management - Université de Lille, Sciences et Technologies - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Benoît Dervaux: Université de Lille, Droit et Santé

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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.

Keywords: ACCIDENT DE LA ROUTE; ASSURANCE; DROIT (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013-01-01
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Published in Applied Economics Letters, 2013, 20 (1), pp 28-33. ⟨10.1080/13504851.2012.671917⟩

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DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2012.671917

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