Browsing Law School by Author "Born, Patricia, 1964-"

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    • The Catastrophic Effects of Natural Disasters on Insurance Markets 
      Viscusi, W. Kip; Born, Patricia, 1964- (Journal of Risk and Uncertaintyhttp://www.springer.com/economics/economic+theory/journal/11166, 2006)
      Natural catastrophes often have catastrophic risks on insurance companies as well as on the insured. Using a very large dataset on homeowners' insurance coverage by state, by firm, and by year for the 1984 to 2004 period, ...
    • Medical Malpractice Insurance in the Wake of Liability Reform 
      Viscusi, W. Kip; Born, Patricia, 1964- (The Journal of Legal Studies, 1995)
      This article examines the effect of the liability reforms on medical malpractice insurance over the 1984-91 period. This is the first study to use data by firm and by state for every firm writing medical malpractice insurance ...
    • The National Implications of Liability Reforms for General Liability and Medical Malpractice Insurance 
      Viscusi, W. Kip; Born, Patricia, 1964- (Seton Hall Law Review, 1994)
      The stabilization of the insurance market may lead to lower prices for products and for medical care, but will also generally lead to lower values of tort awards as well. If the social objective was simply to reduce losses, ...