11. Natural Disaster Management: Earthquake Risk and Hospitals’ Provision of Essential Services in California

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. Regulation (Agencies) versus Litigation (Courts): An Analytical Framework 11
6. 2. Efficient Regulation 27
7. 3. The Trouble with Cases 45
8. 4. Tobacco Regulation through Litigation: The Master Settlement Agreement 71
9. 5. Gun Control after Heller: Litigating against Regulation 103
10. 6. The Effects of Product Liability Exemption in the Presence of the FDA 137
11. 7. The Impact of Employment Protection on Workers Disabled by Workplace Injuries 165
12. 8. Opting Out of Workers’ Compensation in Texas: A Survey of Large, Multistate Nonsubscribers 197
13. 9. M&A Break Fees: U.S. Litigation versus UK Regulation 239
14. 10. Exploring Ex Ante Regulatory Mechanisms for Detecting Prescription Drug Misuse 285
15. 11. Natural Disaster Management: Earthquake Risk and Hospitals’ Provision of Essential Services in California 301
16. Contributors 321
17. Author Index 323
18. Subject Index 329