The Politics of Automobile Insurance Reform: Ideas, Institutions, and Public Policy in North America

Author/Contributor(s):	Lascher, Edward L, Jr
Publisher:	Georgetown University Press
Date:	07/21/1999
Binding:	Hardcover
Condition:	NEW

American state and Canadian provincial governments have dealt with rapidly rising auto insurance rates in different ways over the last two decades, a difference many attribute to variances in political pressure exerted by interest groups such as trial attorneys and insurance companies. Edward L. Lascher, Jr., argues that we must consider two additional factors: the importance of politicians' beliefs about the potential success of various solutions, and the role of governmental institutions.