This research presents a model for predicting corporate pension expenses. By considering changes in financial statement variables that included operating profit margin, working capital levels, and cash levels the model explored directional impact on the dependent variable, pension expenses....

Through an analysis of medical malpractice votes, a measure of economic efficiency was found to be a statistically significant contributor to a vote for medical malpractice reform. This paper argues that vote models should include such a measure as a supplement to traditional measures of...

This study examines the impact of changes in homestead exemption levels upon the consumer bankruptcy filing rate. This relationship is examined through the creation of an interrupted time-series multiple regression model. Regression analyses were implemented using several predictor variables to...

In this paper, we analyze the effect of hospital emergency department regulations on overall health costs using microeconomic tools of analysis. We find that regulations that have price ceiling effects create an upward pressure on prices in other areas of the health care market as hospitals and...