Ronen Avraham
- Thomas Shelton Maxey Professorship
- Senior Lecturer
Ronen Avraham’s teaching and scholarship focus on medical malpractice, torts and tort reform, law and economics, and insurance law. His recent primary research interests have been in the economic analysis of torts and health care law. Professor Avraham created and published the "Database of State Tort Law Reform," a comprehensive and complete dataset listing the most prevalent state tort law reforms from 1980 to 2012.
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AREAS OF EXPERTISE Medical Malpractice, Torts, Tort Reform, Law and Economics, Insurance Law,
PRIOR APPOINTMENTS Prof Avraham was the Assistant and then Associate Professor of Law at Northwestern University for the academic years 2003-7. He taught a course in Torts and Insurance law and co-lead the Law and Economics Colloquium. Prior to that Prof Avraham served as Visiting Assistant Professor at Northwestern University for the academic year 2002-3 where he taught a course in Insurance Law and a seminar in Distributive Justice. Prof Avraham served as a Visiting Assistant Professor at Tel Aviv and Bar Ilan Universities where he instructed on Distributive Justice and Economic Analysis of Law. In 2001 Prof Avraham visited The University of Michigan Law School as a Lecturer. He co-taught (with Jim Krier)a seminar in Behavioral Econ and served as a lecturer(with Kyle Logue) in a Distributive Justice in the Law seminar.
Ronen Avraham's primary research interests in 2016 are in economic analysis of torts and healthcare law. In addition he writes about insurance discrimination and third party litigation funding.
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year-2014
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Article
Understanding Insurance Antidiscrimination Laws
Ronen Avraham, Understanding Insurance Antidiscrimination Laws, 87 Southern California Law Review 195 (2014) (with Kyle D. Logue & Daniel Schwarcz). View article
year-2013
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More on the Comparative Nature of Desert: Can a Deserved Punishment Be Unjust?
Ronen Avraham, More on the Comparative Nature of Desert: Can a Deserved Punishment Be Unjust?, 25 Utilitas 316 (2013) (with Daniel Statman). View article
year-2012
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Ex Ante versus Ex Post Expectation Damages
Ronen Avraham, Ex Ante versus Ex Post Expectation Damages, 32 International Review of Law & Economics 339 (2012) (with Zhiyong Liu). View article -
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The Impact of Tort Reform on Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Premiums
Ronen Avraham, The Impact of Tort Reform on Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Premiums, 28 Journal of Law, Economics & Organization 657 (2012) (with Leemore S. Dafny & Max M. Schanzenbach). View article
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Other Publication
Loser Pays in Texas
Ronen Avraham, Loser Pays in Texas, Litigation Practice Group Podcast, June 26, 2012 (with E. Lee Parsley, Walter K. Olson, Dennis G. Jacobs, & Dean A. Reuter). Listen to podcast -
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Loser Pays in Texas, Litigation Practice Group Podcast
Ronen Avraham, E. Lee Parsley, Walter K. Olson, Dennis G. Jacobs, & Dean A. Reuter. “Loser Pays in Texas, Litigation Practice Group Podcast.” (June 26, 2012). -
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The Economics of Insurance Law- A Primer
Ronen Avraham, The Economics of Insurance Law- A Primer, 19 Connecticut Insurance Law Journal 29 (2012). View article
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The Impact of Tort Reform on Employers Health Insurance Premium
Ronen Avraham, Leemore Dafny, Max Schanzenbach, The Impact of Tort Reform on Employers Health Insurance Premium, 28 (4) Journal of Law, Economics & Organization (2012), pp 657-686.
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Book
Economic Analysis of Israeli Insurance Law
Ronen Avraham, Economic Analysis of Israeli Insurance Law (2012) Invited book chapter, in teh The Economic Approach to Law (Procaccia, Ed, in Hebrew) pp925-992.
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Private Information and the Option To Not Sue: A Reevaluation of Contract Remedies
Ronen Avraham, Private Information and the Option To Not Sue: A Reevaluation of Contract Remedies, 28 Journal of Law, Economics, & Organization 77 (2012) (with Zhiyong Liu). View article
year-2011
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A Market Solution for Malpractice
Ronen Avraham, A Market Solution for Malpractice, New York Times, March 29, 2011, at A31. View article -
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Clinical Practice Guidelines: The Warped Incentives in the U.S. Healthcare System
Ronen Avraham, Clinical Practice Guidelines: The Warped Incentives in the U.S. Healthcare System, 37 American Journal of Law & Medicine 7 (2011). View article -
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Private Regulation
Ronen Avraham, Private Regulation, 34 Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy 543 (2011). View article
year-2010
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Book Chapter
Tort Reform May Reduce Healthcare Costs, but It's No Silver Bullet - So Let's Think Outside of the Box
Ronen Avraham, Tort Reform May Reduce Healthcare Costs, but It's No Silver Bullet - So Let's Think Outside of the Box, in Materials on Tort Reform (A.F. Popper, ed., West, 2010). -
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The Unexpected Effects of Caps on Non-Economic Damages
Ronen Avraham, The Unexpected Effects of Caps on Non-Economic Damages, 30 International Review of Law & Economics 291 (2010) (with Alvaro Bustos). View article -
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The Impact of Tort Reform on Private Health Insurance Coverage, February 2010
Ronen Avraham, The Impact of Tort Reform on Private Health Insurance Coverage, February 2010, 12 American Law and Economics Review 319 (2010) (with Max Schanzenbach). View article
year-2009
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Reply to Jonathan Carmel's Comment on Ronen Avraham: Private and Competitive Regulation of Medicine
Ronen Avraham. “Reply to Jonathan Carmel's Comment on Ronen Avraham: Private and Competitive Regulation of Medicine.” In The Economists' Voice, (September, 2009). -
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Private and Competitive Regulation of Medicine
Ronen Avraham. “Private and Competitive Regulation of Medicine.” In The Economists' Voice, (August 2009). -
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Silver: Texas-Style Caps on Noneconomic Damages isn't Smart Tort Reform [Opinion/Editorial]
Ronen Avraham, Charles M. Silver, David A. Hyman. “Silver: Texas-Style Caps on Noneconomic Damages isn't Smart Tort Reform [Opinion/Editorial].” In Star-Telegram, (July 18, 2009). -
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Silver: Texas-Style Caps on Noneconomic Damages isn't Smart Tort Reform
Ronen Avraham, [Opinion/Editorial] Silver: Texas-Style Caps on Noneconomic Damages isn't Smart Tort Reform, Star-Telegram, July 18, 2009 (with Charles M. Silver & David A. Hyman).