Browsing by Author "W. Kip Viscusi"
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Masterman, Clayton J. (2019-03-07)Department: Law and EconomicsThis dissertation studies the relationship between state laws, federal regulations, and the ongoing opioid epidemic. Chapter one studies the effect of naloxone access laws on opioid overdoses. Using a richly detailed ...
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DeAngelis, Scott Andrew (2018-03-30)Department: Law and EconomicsThis dissertation seeks to shed further light on the issue of concussions in athletics—a topic that has garnered increased attention over the past decade. Chapter 1 examines youth sports concussion laws, which have now ...
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Lim, Jinghui (2013-07-26)Department: Law and EconomicsAlthough Congress passed the Clean Air Act in 1963 to promote public health and welfare, there has been relatively little research into the effectiveness of its monitoring and enforcement. This dissertation investigates ...
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Druhan Bullock, Virginia Blair (2015-04-06)Department: Law and EconomicsEach branch of the federal government has a role in enforcing the federal nondiscrimination statutes. Congress creates and amends the statutes; the federal courts apply the law when parties file lawsuits under the statutes; ...
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Shinall, Jennifer Hope Bennett (2012-04-19)Department: Law and EconomicsThis dissertation examines the impact of obesity on the labor market from a legal point of view. Previous scholars have documented a discrepancy between the wages of the obese and the non-obese that is particularly large ...
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McMichael, Benjamin Jacob (2015-04-02)Department: Law and EconomicsAs millions of new patients enter the healthcare system in the wake of the Affordable Care Act, the greater use of nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs) represents an important option for increasing the ...
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Cecot, Caroline (2014-04-26)Department: Law and EconomicsAdvances in horizontal drilling and high-volume hydraulic fracturing have allowed operators to profit from oil and gas extracted from the extensive shale formations found in the United States. The resulting boom in shale ...
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Byl, Jacob Peter (2015-04-08)Department: Law and EconomicsThe Endangered Species Act is a strong environmental law that gives federal agencies authority to conserve imperiled species by regulating private and public parties. In this dissertation, I use data on timber harvests ...