Scott E. Harrington

University of Pennsylvania - Wharton School

Alan B. Miller Professor

3641 Locust Walk

Colonial Penn Center

Philadelphia, PA 19104-6358

United States

http://scottharringtonphd.com/

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Scholarly Papers (26)

All Events Induce Variance: Analyzing Abnormal Returns When Effects Vary Across Firms

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 10 Feb 2003
Scott E. Harrington and David Shrider
University of Pennsylvania - Wharton School and University of South Carolina - Darla Moore School of Business
Downloads 1,082 (42,593)
Citation 12

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abnormal returns, event-induced variance, event study methodology, heteroskedasticity

All Events Induce Variance: Analyzing Abnormal Returns When Effects Vary Across Firms

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 11 Jan 2006
Scott E. Harrington and David G. Shrider
University of Pennsylvania - Wharton School and Miami University of Ohio - Richard T. Farmer School of Business Administration
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abnormal returns, event-induced variance, event study methodology, heteroskedasticity

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Cost of Capital for Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology, and Medical Device Firms

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 27 Nov 2009 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2014
Scott E. Harrington
University of Pennsylvania - Wharton School
Downloads 844 (61,020)
Citation 6

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Cost of capital, CAPM, Fama-French model, research and development

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Insurance Regulation and the Dodd-Frank Act

Networks Financial Institute Policy Brief 2011-PB-01
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 14 Mar 2011
Scott E. Harrington
University of Pennsylvania - Wharton School
Downloads 695 (78,730)
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Valuing Health Care: Improving Productivity and Quality

Number of pages: 64 Posted: 20 Apr 2012
Stanford University - Department of Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison - Department of Economics, New America Foundation, Duke University - School of Medicine, Arizona State University (ASU) - School for the Future of Innovation in Society, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, Drug Discovery Center of Innovation, Sage Bionetworks, Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, University of Pennsylvania - Wharton School, Georgetown University Law Center, Cato Institute, Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) - Council on Foreign Relations- Washington D.C., Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation, EGL Advisors/The Ludy Family Foundation, Techstars, Harvard University - Department of Health Policy & Management, Novartis Pharmaceutical Corporation - Novartis Oncology, Arizona State University, Mayo Clinic Center for Individualized Medicine, Yale University - Law School, Duke University School of Law, Brookings Institution, George Washington University - Law School, Syracuse University, Yale University - Law School, Pfizer, Inc., West Wireless Health Institute, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and Sage Bionetworks
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health care, health, policy, productivity, regulation

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Insurance and Insurance Markets

Handbook of the Economics of Risk and Uncertainty, 1st Edition, W.K. Viscusi and M. Machina (Eds.), North Holland, Amsterdam, 203-261, 2014
Number of pages: 69 Posted: 03 Apr 2017 Last Revised: 11 Jan 2023
Georges Dionne and Scott E. Harrington
HEC Montreal - Department of Finance and University of Pennsylvania - Wharton School
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Insurance, Insurance Market, Risk Sharing, Moral Hazard, Adverse Selection, Demand for Insurance, Financial Pricing of Insurance, Price Volatility, Insurance Regulation, Capital Regulation, Securitization, Insurance-Linked Security, Organization Form, Governance of Insurance Firms

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On the Tax Costs of Equity Finance: The Case of Catastrophe Insurance

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 12 Sep 2000
Scott E. Harrington and Greg Niehaus
University of Pennsylvania - Wharton School and University of South Carolina - Darla Moore School of Business
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Market Discipline in Property/Casualty Insurance: Evidence from Premium Growth Surrounding Changes in Financial Strength Ratings

Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 19 Jul 2005
Karen Epermanis and Scott E. Harrington
University of Mississippi and University of Pennsylvania - Wharton School
Downloads 376 (166,172)
Citation 24

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market discipline, financial strength ratings, property/casualty insurance

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The Economics and Regulation of Captive Reinsurance in Life Insurance

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 20 May 2015
Scott E. Harrington
University of Pennsylvania - Wharton School
Downloads 334 (189,178)
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Captive reinsurance, life insurance, insurance regulation, insurance ratings

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Medical Loss Ratio Regulation Under the Affordable Care Act

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 26 Nov 2012
Scott E. Harrington
University of Pennsylvania - Wharton School
Downloads 332 (190,425)
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health reform, Affordable Care Act, medical loss ratio, price regulation, rebates, credibility

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Federal Chartering of Insurance Companies: Options and Alternatives for Transforming Insurance Regulation

Networks Financial Institute Policy Brief, No. 2006-PB-02, March 2006
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 10 Aug 2006
Scott E. Harrington
University of Pennsylvania - Wharton School
Downloads 261 (244,895)

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Insurance regulation, optional federal chartering

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Are There Racial Disparities in Emergency Medical Services? Evidence from Mississippi

iHEA 2007 6th World Congress: Explorations in Health Economics Paper
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 17 Oct 2006
Guy David and Scott E. Harrington
The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania - Health Care Management and University of Pennsylvania - Wharton School
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Racial disparities, Emergency medical services, Cardiac care, Density measures

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Systemic Risk and Regulation: The Misguided Case of Insurance SIFIs

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 14 Jul 2017
Scott E. Harrington
University of Pennsylvania - Wharton School
Downloads 177 (353,933)
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systemic risk, Dodd-Frank Act, Financial Stability Oversight Council, systemically important financial institution, insurance

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The Health Insurance Reform Debate

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 15 Dec 2009
Scott E. Harrington
University of Pennsylvania - Wharton School
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health insurance, health care reform, mandate

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The Continuing Debate on Health Insurance Reform

Networks Financial Institute - Policy Brief No. 2011-PB-09
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 22 Oct 2011
Scott E. Harrington
University of Pennsylvania - Wharton School
Downloads 125 (471,257)
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Affordable Care Act, individual mandate, market-oriented alternatives

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Economic Perspectives on the Restatement of the Law on Liability Insurance Project

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 30 Mar 2017
Scott E. Harrington
University of Pennsylvania - Wharton School
Downloads 120 (486,515)
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liability insurance, insurers' defense obligations, restatements of the law

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Incentivizing Comparative Effectiveness Research

Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation Research Paper
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 05 Apr 2011
Scott E. Harrington
University of Pennsylvania - Wharton School
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health care, healthcare, CER, research, spending, growth

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The Dodd-Frank Act, Solvency II, and U.S. Insurance Regulation

Journal of Financial Perspectives, Vol. 1, No. 1, 2013
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 26 Nov 2017
Scott E. Harrington
University of Pennsylvania - Wharton School
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Investment Incentives, Bankruptcies and Reverse Convertible Debt

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 20 May 2015
Neil A. Doherty and Scott E. Harrington
University of Pennsylvania - Insurance & Risk Management Department and University of Pennsylvania - Wharton School
Downloads 95 (575,013)
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reverse convertible debt, bankruptcy, pre-commitment

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The Price of Responsibility: The Impact of Health Reform on Non-Poor Uninsureds

NBER Working Paper No. w21565
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 21 Sep 2015 Last Revised: 05 Jun 2022
Mark V. Pauly, Adam Leive and Scott E. Harrington
University of Pennsylvania - Health Care Systems Department, University of Virginia - Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy and University of Pennsylvania - Wharton School
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"Sticker Shock" in Individual Insurance Under Health Reform

NBER Working Paper No. w20223
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 16 Jun 2014 Last Revised: 05 Apr 2023
Mark V. Pauly, Scott E. Harrington and Adam Leive
University of Pennsylvania - Health Care Systems Department, University of Pennsylvania - Wharton School and University of Virginia - Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy
Downloads 43 (861,748)
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Stochastic Frontier Analysis of Hospital Mortality

Posted: 06 Jul 2011
Scott E. Harrington, Rachel M. Werner and Emi Terasawa
University of Pennsylvania - Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania - Perelman School of Medicine and University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School

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process measures of quality, risk-adjusted mortality, stochastic froniter analysis

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The Effects of California’s Minimum Nurse Staffing Law on Emergency Department Closure

Posted: 06 Jul 2011 Last Revised: 08 Mar 2012
Emi Terasawa, Scott E. Harrington and Sathyanarayan Anand
University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania - Wharton School and affiliation not provided to SSRN

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emergency departments, hospital behavior, nurse-to-patient ratio laws

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Capital Structure Decisions in the Insurance Industry: Stocks Versus Mutuals

Posted: 08 Mar 2003
Scott E. Harrington and Greg Niehaus
University of Pennsylvania - Wharton School and University of South Carolina - Darla Moore School of Business

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Insurance, mutual, capital structure

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Rate Regulation, Safety Incentives, and Loss Growth in Workers' Compensation Insurance

Posted: 12 Sep 2000
Scott E. Harrington, Patricia M. Danzon and Patricia M. Danzon
University of Pennsylvania - Wharton School and University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton SchoolThe Wharton School, Univ. of Pennsylvania

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Price Cutting in Liability Insurance Markets

Posted: 14 May 2000
Scott E. Harrington
University of Pennsylvania - Wharton School

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Race, Redlining, and Automobile Insurance Prices

Journal of Business, Vol. 71 No. 3, July 1998
Posted: 19 Jun 1998
Scott E. Harrington and Greg Niehaus
University of Pennsylvania - Wharton School and University of South Carolina - Darla Moore School of Business

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