Does malpractice liability keep the doctor away? Evidence from tort reform damage caps

Journal of Legal Studies

Volumn 36, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2007, Pages

  Matsa, David A ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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