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产品责任诉讼与创新:来自医疗器械的证据
Product Liability Litigation and Innovation: Evidence from Medical Devices
摘要
Product Liability Litigation and Innovation: Evidence from Medical Devices by Alberto Galasso and Hong Luo. Published in volume 18, issue 3, pages 481-513 of American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, August 2026, Abstract: We study the impact of product liability litigation on new product introduct...
中文摘要
本文研究了产品责任诉讼对领先医疗器械企业新产品推出的影响。研究发现,在诉讼期间,被告企业(其他企业受影响程度较小)在涉诉产品类别中推出新产品的倾向有所降低。我们还表明,安全监管的变化会影响诉讼发生的可能性。最后,我们指出诉讼导致的潜在福利损失相对有限:新产品推出的下降并非永久性,不会溢出至涉诉类别之外,且诉讼会促使企业开发更安全的设备。(JEL D83, K13, L64, O31, O34)