Environmental liability and harmonization in the presence of transboundary effects and hidden assets |
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Authors: | Henry van Egteren R. Todd Smith Andrew Eckert |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Economics, Univeristy of Alberta, 8-14 Tory Building, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T6G 2H4 |
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Abstract: | Within the context of transboundary disputes, this paper seeks to determine which liability concept, negligence or strict liability, performs better when assets are secure against foreign claims for transboundary damages. Our results indicate that, if assets are hidden from foreign claims, strict liability will not implement the socially optimal outcome, but neither will negligence. However, even though the socially optimal outcome is not always achieved, strict liability weakly dominates negligence. These results suggest that the harmonization of statues that deal with transboundary pollution should be based on strict liability not negligence. JEL classification K32 · Q5 Smith and Eckert both thank SSHRC of Canada for financial assistance. We thank two referees for valuable comments that greatly improved the paper and Matt Smith for his research assistance. All remaining errors are our responsibility. |
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Keywords: | Negligence Strict liability Transboundary pollution Harmonization |
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