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| Bahrs, Enno. |
| Many German farmers do no longer accept the annual premiums for the state accident insurance, which sometimes reach a considerable degree. The farmers are of the opinion that the specific accident risk of each farm has to be taken into account. So far, the agrarian professional associations as representatives of the state accident insurance, predominantly measure the premium standards by acre/ hectare which no longer fulfils the equivalence principle. The merger of some agrarian professional associations, which take place at present or are planned in the near future, should be regarded as an opportunity to institutionalize new and more appropriate premium standards. They have to be adapted anyway, as a merger usually means the standardization of two or... |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Professional associations in agriculture; Premium standards; Accident risk; Equivalence principle; Farm Management; Labor and Human Capital. |
| Ano: 2002 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98117 |
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| Alberini, Anna; Austin, David H.. |
| This paper explores the issue of whether strict liability imposed on polluters has served to reduce uncontrolled releases of toxics into the environment. Strict liability should create additional incentives for firms to handle hazardous substances more carefully, thus reducing the future likelihood of uncontrolled releases of toxics. However, the size of these incentives may vary according to the size of a firm's assets, since asset size is the ultimate limit on a firm's liability. We are therefore interested to see whether imposing strict liability for the cost of remediation at hazardous waste sites has encouraged firms to handle toxic materials more carefully and has uniformly reduced the incidence of toxic spills, or whether the effect is dependent on... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Strict liability; Hazardous substances; Accident risk; Environmental Economics and Policy; L51; K32; D21. |
| Ano: 1998 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10597 |
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