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Efficient Liability Assignment: Is Coupling a Necessity?

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  • Harshil Kaur

    (College of Vocational Studies, University of Delhi)

  • Rajendra P. Kundu

    (Jawaharlal Nehru University)

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The authors would like to thank Debabrata Pal, Papiya Ghosh, Siddhi Gyan Pandey, Taposik Banerjee and participants of National Conference on Economic Theory and Policy, organized by School of Liberal Studies, Ambedkar University Delhi, 9-10 March 2018 and Conference on Law and Economics: Theoretical & Empirical Explorations, organized by NALSAR Hyderabad, 19-20 January 2019 for helpful comments and suggestions.

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  • Harshil Kaur & Rajendra P. Kundu, 2020. "Efficient Liability Assignment: Is Coupling a Necessity?," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 40(3), pages 2388-2394.
    • Handle: RePEc:ebl:ecbull:eb-20-00011
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    4. Allan M Feldman & Ram Singh, 2021. "Equilibria under Liability Rules: How the standard claims fall apart," Working papers 315, Centre for Development Economics, Delhi School of Economics.

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    Keywords

    Liability assignment rule; efficiency; Nash equilibrium; decoupling;
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    • K3 - Law and Economics - - Other Substantive Areas of Law
    • K1 - Law and Economics - - Basic Areas of Law

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