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

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  • Laurent Carnis
  • Nicolas Vaillant
  • Benoît Dervaux

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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.

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  • Laurent Carnis & Nicolas Vaillant & Benoît Dervaux, 2013. "Is injury compensation inequitable? Evidence from road accidents victims in France," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 20(1), pages 28-33, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:apeclt:v:20:y:2013:i:1:p:28-33
    DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2012.671917
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    1. Laurent Carnis & Hamza Achit, 2014. "The injured victim's health care spending: is there an effect of the origin of accident?," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 21(5), pages 350-355, March.

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