Hoyt, Robert E.; Mustard, David B.; Powell, Lars S. - EconWPA - 2005
Insurance fraud, which adds an estimated $85 billion per year to the total insurance bill in the U.S., is an extremely … serious problem for consumers, regulators, and insurance companies. This paper analyzes the effects of state legislation and … market conditions on automobile insurance fraud from 1988 to 1999, a period representing a substantial increase in the …