Does Experience Rating Improve Obstetric Practices? Evidence From Geographical Discontinuities
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Keywords
experience rating; medical liability insurance; difference-in-differences; difference-in-discontinuities; c-sections; schedules of damages compensation;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- K13 - Law and Economics - - Basic Areas of Law - - - Tort Law and Product Liability; Forensic Economics
- K32 - Law and Economics - - Other Substantive Areas of Law - - - Energy, Environmental, Health, and Safety Law
- I13 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Insurance, Public and Private
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-HEA-2015-01-09 (Health Economics)
- NEP-IAS-2015-01-09 (Insurance Economics)
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