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Is injury compensation inequitable ? Evidence from road accidents victims in France

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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.
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hal-00868289 , version 1 (01-10-2013)

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Laurent Carnis, Nicolas Vaillant, Benoît Dervaux. Is injury compensation inequitable ? Evidence from road accidents victims in France. Applied Economics Letters, 2013, 20 (1), pp 28-33. ⟨10.1080/13504851.2012.671917⟩. ⟨hal-00868289⟩
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