全球智库信息集成服务系统(G2TT): Manufacturer Liability for Harms Caused by Consumers to Others

G2TT

来源类型	Working Paper
规范类型	报告
DOI	10.3386/w10972
来源ID	Working Paper 10972
	Manufacturer Liability for Harms Caused by Consumers to Others
	Bruce Hay; Kathryn E. Spier
发表日期	2004-12-13
出版年	2004
语种	英语
摘要	Should the manufacturer of a product be held legally responsible when a consumer, while using the product, harms someone else? We show that if consumers have deep pockets then manufacturer liability is not economically efficient. It is more efficient for the consumers themselves to bear responsibility for the harms that they cause. If homogeneous consumers have limited assets, then the most efficient rule is "residual-manufacturer liability" where the manufacturer pays the shortfall in damages not paid by the consumer. Residual-manufacturer liability distorts the market quantity when consumers' willingness to pay is correlated with their propensity to cause harm. It distorts product safety when consumers differ in their wealth levels. In both cases, consumer-only liability may be more efficient.
主题	Other ; Law and Economics ; Microeconomics ; Welfare and Collective Choice
URL	https://www.nber.org/papers/w10972
来源智库	National Bureau of Economic Research (United States)
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资源类型	智库出版物
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/568606
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Bruce Hay,Kathryn E. Spier. Manufacturer Liability for Harms Caused by Consumers to Others. 2004.