Abstract

This paper aims to answer three main questions regarding this proportional liability approach:

  • What is the microeconomic perspective of utilizing proportional liability, and how can it be applied to the LEOS industry?
  • What are the benefits of such an approach? How do these benefits differ from existing policy propositions?
  • What steps are necessary before proportional liability can be implemented?

Through the evaluation of these questions, this paper seeks to demonstrate the policy viability of proportional liability, additionally showing that this policy will perform in much the same way as a standard Pigouvian tax, which existing research has evaluated though differing through a higher likelihood of acceptance within the industry.

Document Type

Paper

Student Type

Undergraduate

Department, Program, or Center

Economics, Department of

College

College of Liberal Arts

Campus

RIT – Main Campus

Publication Date

12-21-2025

Comments

2025 recipient of the Henry and Mary Kearse Writing Award

Author is also a Computer Science major in the Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences

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