Can Reform Improve the Economic Effects of Product Liability?
Evidence From the Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Industries
Research SummaryPublished 1994
This research brief summarizes the economic effects of product liability in the drug and medical device industries, how the system produces those effects, and what kinds of reforms could increase the system's benefits while reducing its costs.
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- Availability: Web-Only
- Year: 1994
- Pages: 2
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.7249/RB9018
- Document Number: RB-9018
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Garber, Steven, Can Reform Improve the Economic Effects of Product Liability? Evidence From the Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Industries. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1994. https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9018.html.
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