This case presents the problem of whether a major mutual life insurance company should alter its historic strategy of concentrating on the sale of life insurance as its principal activity and diversify into a range of financial service products. The pedagogical objective is to familiarize the...

Some states have not adopted the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Medicaid expansions due to concerns that the expansions may impair access to care and utilization for those who are already insured. We investigate such negative spillovers using a large panel of Medicare beneficiaries. Across many...

A problem perennially facing scholars of both intellectual property and health law is the need to incentivize appropriately the development of new pharmaceuticals. Although physicians have an arsenal of drugs to treat conditions like high blood pressure or cholesterol, they lack effective...

Insurance is an important part of the financial sector. It supports broader economic and general well-being in developed economies in a way that is so entrenched and accepted that it is not widely recognized. In less developed markets, insurance can remain nascent for many years and then pick up...

Some states that have not adopted the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Medicaid expansions have stated concerns that the expansions may impair access to care and utilization for those who are already insured. We investigate such negative spillovers using a large panel of Medicare beneficiaries. Across...