The Risk Finance of Class Action Settlement Pressure

Most high‐stakes litigation settles prior to the trial verdict being achieved. This apparent class action settlement pressure raises an interesting risk finance question addressed by the authors in this article. The article describes the basic law and economics of settlement risk within the context of potential and limitations of insurance and capital markets solutions.

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Year of publication:	2003
Authors:	HEATON, J.B.
Published in:	The Journal of Risk Finance. - MCB UP Ltd, ISSN 2331-2947, ZDB-ID 2048922-5. - Vol. 4.2003, 3, p. 75-81
Publisher:	MCB UP Ltd

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Type of publication:	Article
Type of publication (narrower categories):	review-article
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	10.1108/eb022967 [DOI]
Source:	Other ZBW resources

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