@article{ref1,
title="Is injury compensation inequitable? Evidence from road accidents victims in France",
journal="Applied economics letters",
year="2013",
author="Carnis, Laurent and Vaillant, Nicolas and Dervaux, Benoît",
volume="20",
number="1",
pages="28-33",
abstract="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.<p />",
language="",
issn="1350-4851",
doi="10.1080/13504851.2012.671917",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2012.671917"
}