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Scott E. Harrington
Alan B. Miller Professor; Professor of Health Care Management and Insurance and Risk Management


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Scott E. Harrington, Ph.D. (http://www.scottharringtonphd.com/) is the Alan B. Miller Professor in the Health Care Management and Insurance and Risk Management departments at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. He is an adjunct scholar for health policy at the American Enterprise Institute. A former President of both the American Risk and Insurance Association and the Risk Theory Society, he is a Co-Editor of the Journal of Risk and Insurance and has published widely on the economics and regulation of insurance. A frequent speaker on insurance markets, regulation, and public policy, he has conducted research, consulted, or served as an expert for many organizations. He has testified before the U.S. House and Senate and before numerous U.S. state legislative and administrative committees. He currently teaches classes on health care financial management, health policy, and healthcare econometrics.

Publications
Guy David, Scott E. Harrington (2010), Population Density and Racial Differences in the Performance of Emergency Medical Services, Journal of Healh Economics, 29: 603-615
Scott E. Harrington (2010), The Health Insurance Reform Debate, The Journal of Risk and Insurance, 77: 5-38
Scott E. Harrington (2009), The Financial Crisis, Systemic Risk, and the Future of Insurance Regulation, The Journal of Risk and Insurance, 76: 785-819
Scott E. Harrington, Patricia M. Danzon, Andrew J. Epstein (2008), ‘‘Crises’’ in medical malpractice insurance: Evidence of excessive price-cutting in the preceding soft market, Journal of Banking & Finance, 32: 157–169.
Scott E. Harrington, Cost of Capital for Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology, and Medical Device Firms, The Handbook of the Economics of the Biopharmaceutical Industry

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Current Research
Scott E. Harrington 2011, Insurance Regulation and the Dodd-Frank Act
Scott E. Harrington 2011, Incentivizing Comparative Effectiveness Research
Scott E. Harrington 2010, Regime Change for Health Insurance Regulation: Rethinking Rate Review, Medical Loss Ratios, and Informed Competition

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Harrington E. Scott
Scott E. Harrington
206 Colonial Penn Center
3641 Locust Walk
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone: (215) 898-9403
harring@wharton.upenn.edu

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Research Interests:
Insurance economics, finance, and regulation; health care finance; health care reform; risk management