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Law, Economics and Risk‐Taking

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The law shifts the risks borne by individuals in society and thereby influences the allocation of resources in society, the distribution of income and economic growth. Consequences for economic efficiency of the legal sanctioning of risk spillovers or externalities are analysed using the Kaldor‐Hicks criterion. Examples are given in which the law encourages excessive risk‐taking from a social point of view along with a few cases in which it leads to an excessive reduction in risk‐taking. It is observed that the legal practice of compensating for actual damages sustained, rather than for the risk or possibility of damage, is least costly to parties creating the risk. Product liability is discussed. It is argued that the distribution of income rather than gains in economic efficiency provides the main rationale for strict product liability.

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  • Clem Tisdell, 1983. "Law, Economics and Risk‐Taking," Kyklos, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 36(1), pages 3-20, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:kyklos:v:36:y:1983:i:1:p:3-20
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6435.1983.tb02658.x
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    1. Tisdell, Clement A., 2005. "The Environment and the Selection of Aquaculture Species and Systems: An Economic Analysis," Economics, Ecology and Environment Working Papers 55091, University of Queensland, School of Economics.
    2. Clem Tisdell, 2013. "Economics, ecology and GMOs: sustainability, precaution and related issues," Chapters, in: M. A. Quaddus & M. A.B. Siddique (ed.), Handbook of Sustainable Development Planning, chapter 5, pages 91-118, Edward Elgar Publishing.

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