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What drives tort reform legislation? : an analysis of state decisions to restrict liability torts / Yiling Deng, George Zanjani

Sumario: This article studies the timing of state-level tort reform enactments between 1971 and 2005. Using discrete-time hazard models, we find the level of litigation activity -as measured by incurred liability insurance losses, the number of lawyers, and tort cases commenced- to be the most important and robust determinant of tort reform adoption. Political-institutional factors and regional effects -such as Republican control of the state government, single-party control of the legislature and governorship, and a (relatively) conservative political ideology among a state's Democrats- are also associated with quicker reform adoption

En: The Journal of risk and insurance. - Nueva York : The American Risk and Insurance Association, 1964- = ISSN 0022-4367. - 03/12/2018 Volumen 85 Número 4 - diciembre 2018 , p. 959-991

1. Seguro de responsabilidad civil . 2. Legislación . 3. Responsabilidad civil . 4. Modelos predictivos . 5. Estudios de investigación . 6. Penetración del seguro . 7. Estados Unidos . I. Zanjani, George . II. Título.