system, the rise of managed care in the 1990s may affect the relationship between liability reform and defensive medicine. In … this paper, we assess empirically the extent to which managed care and liability reform interact to affect the cost of care …

differences, summarize their consequences, and assess potential strategies of corporate governance reform. We argue that the legal … approach is a more fruitful way to understand corporate governance and its reform than the conventional distinction between …

exploiting variation in the effects of the reform on bankruptcy risk across credit-score segments. Using a combination of … administrative records, credit reports, and proprietary market-research data, we find that the reform reduced bankruptcy filings, and …

study a reform in Germany that abruptly abolished this mandate for certain firms incorporated after August 1994 but locked …

The 2005 Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act (BAPCPA) is the most important reform of personal … the effects of the reform on bankruptcy, insolvency, and foreclosure, we explore the mechanism generating these responses … and examine the consequences for households. We find that the reform caused a 50% permanent drop in Chapter 7 filings, a …