Workers' compensation in the United States: high costs, low benefits [PDF]
Studies suggest that income replacement is low for many workers with serious occupational injuries and illnesses. This review discusses three areas that hold promise for raising benefits to workers while reducing workers' compensation costs to employers:
Boden, Leslie
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Pengujian Determinan Konservatisma Akuntansi
This paper examines the determinants of accounting conservatism. Accounting conservatism is defined as managerial accounting choices of accounting methods and estimates within Generally Accepted Accounting Principle (GAAP) that result in the persistence ...
Lodovicus Lasdi
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Sequential trials and the English rule [PDF]
The allocation of trial costs and the way a trial progresses are two important issues in civil procedure. The combination of these two elements has received relatively little attention in the law and economics literature.
De Mot, Jef
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Limited information, experience, and very low economic conditions are the background of business dispute cases, especially in Islamic mortgages.
Mulyono Jamal +3 more
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Objectives The article presents the right to legal aid in civil litigation in Poland and in Spain. Material and methods The analysis proves that overburdening Polish courts (judges and court referendaries) with duties related to considering applications
Joanna Misztal-Konecka
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Criticism of the Legislature's Approach to the Cost of Justice Services with a Look at the Principles of Fair Trial and UK Law [PDF]
The expansion of government activities and the development of administrative structures for the provision of public services and the fulfillment of the economic, cultural, and social rights of the people require that there be costs in return for the ...
Pejman Mohamadi +2 more
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The impact of the value of dispute, discount rates and litigation costs on the decision to litigate [PDF]
The different interests of the plaintiff and the defendant represent the fundamental mechanism that drives the litigation. If the litigation is initiated, the aim of the plaintiff is to maximize the net benefit of litigation, and the goal of the ...
Gligorić Čedomir, Grdinić Vladimir
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Competition and the Reputational Costs of Litigation [PDF]
AbstractWe study the role of competition in customers’ reactions to litigation against firms, using anonymized mobile phone location data. A class action lawsuit filing is followed by a 4% average reduction in customer visits to target firms’ outlets in the following months. The effect strongly depends on competition.
von Meyerinck, Felix +2 more
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The Effects of Fee Shifting on the Settlement Rate: Theoretical Observations on Costs, Conflicts, and Contingency Fees [PDF]
Litigation costs could be conceived as a bribe to parties to reach a contractual agreement settling their dispute.
Donohue, John J., III
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Reflections on the Biowatch Dispute – Reviewing the fundamental rules on costs In the light of the needs of constitutional and/or public interest litigation [PDF]
Using as a case study the recent decision on costs in the Biowatch matter, this article critically examines the traditional fundamental rules on costs in the light of the needs of constitutional and a fortiori public interest litigation.
T Humby
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