Tort Reform and the Length of Physician Office Visits
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Liability pressure;JEL classification:
- K13 - Law and Economics - - Basic Areas of Law - - - Tort Law and Product Liability; Forensic Economics
- L11 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Production, Pricing, and Market Structure; Size Distribution of Firms
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-HEA-2016-11-20 (Health Economics)
- NEP-LAW-2016-11-20 (Law and Economics)
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