This article evaluates the effects of medical malpractice reform on claiming, malpractice
premiums, physician supply, and defensive medicine. We conclude that damage caps …

How the fear of malpractice affects mothers and reproductive choices Giving birth is a
monumental event, not only in the personal life of the woman giving birth, but as a medical …

Technology-intensive birth practices are a hallmark of the overmedicalization of birth. For
example, obstetricians routinely use continuous electronic fetal monitoring (EFM), even …

In this paper, we examine the influence of medical malpractice tort reform on the level of
private health insurance company losses incurred. We employ a natural experiment …

We examine whether laws designed to reduce distracted driving have consequences for the
automobile liability insurance market. Our research is motivated by prior studies that suggest …

This article evaluates whether and how tort reform, specifically damage caps, stabilizes
medical malpractice insurance markets. We examine state‐level medical malpractice …

This paper studies whether doctors prescribe antibiotics to protect themselves against
potential malpractice claims. Using data from the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey …

This paper examines the impacts of the Affordable Care Act (ACA)'s Medicaid expansion
and tort reforms on the medical liability system. Medicaid expansion increased the demand …

Abstract In 1994, the Liebeck v. McDonald's" hot coffee" case became a significant social,
legal, and political touchstone. In many ways, it has been the defining case in contemporary …

The impact of medical malpractice reforms, especially caps on noneconomic damages, is of
special interest to policymakers and physicians. Adopting such caps has become rare …