TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - Is injury compensation inequitable? Evidence from road accidents victims in France
JO  - Applied economics letters
A1  - Carnis, Laurent
A1  - Vaillant, Nicolas
A1  - Dervaux, Benoît
SP  - 28
EP  - 33
VL  - 20
IS  - 1
N2  - 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 />
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SN  - 1350-4851
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2012.671917
ID  - ref1
ER  -