First Do No Harm?: Tort Reform and Birth Outcomes
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- Janet Currie & W. Bentley MacLeod, 2008. "First Do No Harm? Tort Reform and Birth Outcomes," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 123(2), pages 795-830.
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JEL classification:
- I12 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Behavior
- I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
- K13 - Law and Economics - - Basic Areas of Law - - - Tort Law and Product Liability; Forensic Economics
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-HEA-2006-09-03 (Health Economics)
- NEP-LAW-2006-09-03 (Law and Economics)
- NEP-REG-2006-09-03 (Regulation)
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