physicians under medical liability rules. We theorize that physicians of particular backgrounds will be attracted to regions when … setting standards at court, a distinction that captures meaningful differences in the clinical expectations of the law in …

(self-protection) or size (self-insurance) of a loss. However, in the case of liability risk, especially physician responses … cost of malpractice liability. Specifically, we test whether physicians exploit provisions of bankruptcy laws and adjust … the value of their home purchases to protect assets from liability claims exceeding their malpractice policy limits. We …

Policymakers and the public are concerned about the role of medical malpractice liability in the rising cost of medical … care. We use variation in the generosity of local juries to identify the causal impact of malpractice liability on medical … the ledger, malpractice liability leads to modest reductions in patient mortality; the value of these more than likely …