Accident Compensation: The Role of Incentives, Consumer Choice and Competition

Posted: 6 Sep 2003

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Lewis T. Evans

Victoria University of Wellington - New Zealand Institute for Study of Competition and Regulation Inc. (ISCR)

Neil Quigley

Victoria University of Wellington - Te Herenga Waka - Faculty of Commerce and Administration

Abstract

In the 1990s, the insurance aspect, as opposed to the social welfare or more communitarian face of the Accident Compensation was prominent in public debate. In this paper, Professors Evans and Quigley argue that Accident Compensation is indeed more appropriately seen as an insurance scheme. As such they question the appropriateness of state monopoly provision, believing that competition would give both employers and workers greater choice.

Suggested Citation

Evans, Lewis T. and Quigley, Neil, Accident Compensation: The Role of Incentives, Consumer Choice and Competition. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=431884

Lewis T. Evans (Contact Author)

Victoria University of Wellington - New Zealand Institute for Study of Competition and Regulation Inc. (ISCR) ( email )

Wellington 6001
New Zealand
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Neil Quigley

Victoria University of Wellington - Te Herenga Waka - Faculty of Commerce and Administration ( email )

Wellington 6001
New Zealand

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