Vol. 28, No. 1, Spring 2005

Cover Story

Saintly Doctors and Demonic Lawyers?

Speak not of Error Does legal fear increase the risk of medical error? by David A. Hyman and Charles Silver (PDF, 233K)

Features

Property

Accountability and Private Governments Do homeowners associations lower property values? by Laura Langbein and Kim Spotswood-Bright (PDF, 331K)

Natural Resources

A Tale of Two Clams Actors' strategic anticipation of policy change has led to overstatement of the benefits of ITQs. by Sylvia Brandt (PDF, 155K)

Telecommunications & Technology

Architectural Censorship and the FCC Efforts to regulate the media threaten quantity, quality, and diversity. by Christopher S. Yoo (PDF, 246K)

Against ISP Liability Do ISPs have a duty to protect the world? by Jim Harper (PDF, 155K)

Corporate Governance

Corporate Governance and Economic Development U.S.-style corporate governance may be a poor fit for the developing world. by Troy A. Paredes (PDF, 281K)

Wall Street in the Third World? Corporate ownership may be a more important issue in developing countries than corporate governance. by Robert E. Anderson (PDF, 190K)

Insurance

Terrorism Insurance 2005 Where do we go from here? by Howard Kunreuther and Erwann Michael-Kerjan (PDF, 388K)

For the Record

The Roots of Insecurity(PDF, 55K)

Mercatus Reports

Regulation Z | Cooling Water Intake | ESA Permit Revocation | commentary: What's Next for Telecom? (PDF, 441K)

Briefly Noted

Corporate Social Responsibility — Or Good Advertising? by Andrew C. Coors and Wayne Winegarden (PDF, 165K)

In Review

The Frankenfood Myth, by Henry I. Miller and Gregory Conko | Painting the White House Green, Edited by Randall Lutter and Jason F. Shogren | Pay Without Performance, by Lucian Bebchuk and Jesse Fried (PDF, 213K)

The Final Word

Section 8.2 Housing? by Tim Rowland (PDF, 69K)