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The selective funding problem: abortions and religious schools.

The misperception that bioethics and the law lag behind advances in biotechnology: a response to Michael H. Shapiro.

University School of Law—Indianapolis. Adjunct Associate Professor of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine. A.B., 1977, Brandeis; M.D., 1981, Harvard Medical School; J.D., 1986, Harvard Law School. I am grateful for the comments of Judy Failer and the research assistance of Will Binder. 1. See Michael H. Shapiro, Is Bioethics Broke? On the Idea of Ethics and Law “Catching Up” with Te...

Economic Analysis of Law

This is a survey of the field of economic analysis of law, focusing on the work of economists. The survey covers the three central areas of civil law — liability for accidents (tort law), property law, and contracts — as well as the litigation process and public enforcement of law. Forthcoming in A.J. Auerbach and M. Feldstein, Handbook of Public Economics JEL Classes K00, K10, K11, K12, K13, K...

Health System Reform in the United States

In 2010, the United States adopted its first-ever comprehensive set of health system reforms in the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Implementation of the law, though politically contentious and controversial, has now reached a stage where reversal of most elements of the law is no longer feasible. The controversial portions of the law that expand affordable health insurance coverage to most U.S. cit...

Benefits of Regulating Hazardous Air Pollutants from Coal and Oil-Fired Utilities in the United States.

Fired Utilities in the United States Elsie M. Sunderland,*,†,‡ Charles T. Driscoll, Jr.,* James K. Hammitt,‡ Philippe Grandjean,‡ John S. Evans,‡ Joel D. Blum, Celia Y. Chen, David C. Evers, Daniel A. Jaffe, Robert P. Mason, Shaun Goho, and Wendy Jacobs †Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States ‡Harvard...