Strict Liability versus Negligence in a Market Setting

This paper formally analyzes strict liability and negligence in a market setting. The discussion emphasizes the impact of the rules on the market price and on the number of firms in the industry. For simplicity, the damage caused by each firm is assumed to be determined only by that firm's "care"

本文对市场环境下的严格责任（strict liability）与过失责任（negligence）展开了正式分析。讨论重点关注了这些规则对市场价格及行业内企业数量的影响。为简化分析，假设每家企业造成的损害仅由该企业的"注意程度"（care）决定。