Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-27-2009
Abstract
Standard law and economics models imply that regulation and litigation serve as substitutes. We test this by looking at the incidence of insurance class actions as a function of measures of regulatory enforcement. We also look specifically at whether states with clear regulatory standards regarding the use of OEM parts experience less litigation over this issue. We find no evidence of substitution between regulation and litigation. We also examine the possibility that litigation is more frequent in states where regulators are more likely to be captured by industry interests, finding no support for this hypothesis either. Instead, litigation is more likely in states where similar litigation has been successful in the past, calling into question standard law and economics models in this area.
Keywords
administrative law, insurance law, law and economics, products liability, torts, litigation frequency, substitution, regulatory enforcement, original equipment manufacturer parts, regulators, complex litigation
Publication Title
Journal of Tort Law
Repository Citation
Helland, Eric and Klick, Jonathan, "The Relation between Regulation and Class Actions: Evidence from the Insurance Industry" (2009). All Faculty Scholarship. 262.
https://scholarship.law.upenn.edu/faculty_scholarship/262
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Publication Citation
1 J. Tort L., article 3 (2007)