Workers' compensation rate regulation: How price controls increase costs

Journal of Law and Economics

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-36

  Danzon, Patricia M ^a   Harrington, Scott E ^a  

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EID: 0041027259     PISSN: 00222186     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/320270     Document Type: Article

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