dc.contributor.author | Chakravarty, S | |
dc.contributor.author | Kelsey, D | |
dc.contributor.author | Teitelbaum, JC | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-03-28T15:34:18Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2024-04-04 | |
dc.date.updated | 2024-03-28T14:21:31Z | |
dc.description.abstract | We explore the implications of unawareness for tort law. We study cases where injurers
and victims initially are unaware that some acts can yield harmful consequences, or
that some acts or harmful consequences are even possible, but later become aware.
Following Karni and Vierø (2013), we model unawareness by Reverse Bayesianism. We
compare the two basic liability rules of Anglo-American tort law, negligence and strict
liability, and argue that negligence has an important advantage over strict liability in
a world with unawareness—negligence, through the stipulation of due care standards,
spreads awareness about the updated probability of harm. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.citation | Published online 4 April 2024 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1111/iere.12706 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/135642 | |
dc.identifier | ORCID: 0000-0001-6596-1425 (Chakravarty, Surajeet) | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Wiley / Economics Department of the University of Pennsylvania / Osaka University Institute of Social and Economic Research Association | en_GB |
dc.rights.embargoreason | Under embargo until 4 April 2026 in compliance with publisher policy | en_GB |
dc.rights | © 2024 the Economics Department of the University of Pennsylvania and the Osaka University Institute of Social and Economic Research Association | |
dc.subject | tort law | en_GB |
dc.subject | negligence | en_GB |
dc.subject | strict liability | en_GB |
dc.subject | unawareness | en_GB |
dc.subject | Reverse Bayesianism | en_GB |
dc.title | Tort Liability and Unawareness | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2024-03-28T15:34:18Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1468-2354 | |
dc.description | This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Wiley via the DOI in this record | en_GB |
dc.identifier.journal | International Economic Review | en_GB |
dc.rights.uri | http://www.rioxx.net/licenses/all-rights-reserved | en_GB |
dcterms.dateAccepted | 2024-02-20 | |
dcterms.dateSubmitted | 2022-07-25 | |
rioxxterms.version | AM | en_GB |
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate | 2024-02-20 | |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | en_GB |
refterms.dateFCD | 2024-03-28T14:21:39Z | |
refterms.versionFCD | AM | |
refterms.panel | C | en_GB |