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Jing Liu

Associate Professor of Law, East China University of Political Science and Law
Chapter Member: Michigan SSN

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Liu's research focuses on liability/ litigation, occupational licensing, and information disclosure as quality assurance mechanisms of professional services.

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Contributions

How Do State Licensing Boards Handle Applicants with Criminal Records?

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Publications

"Targeting Bad Doctors: Lessons from Indiana" (with David A. Hyman). Journal of Empirical Legal Studies 16, no. 2 (2019): 248-280.

Suggests an obvious model for the interaction of the medical malpractice system and licensure system.

"Physician Licensing and Discipline: Lessons From Indiana" (with David Hyman). Journal of Empirical Legal Studies 18, no. 3 (2021): 629-659.

Finds that some physician characteristics are systematically associated with elevated risks of disciplinary risks.  Discusses there are additional variations among different types of underlying misconduct.

"The Impact of Medical Malpractice Reforms" Annual Review of Law and Social Science 16 (2020): 405-419.

Evaluates the effects of medical malpractice reform on claiming, malpractice premiums, physician supply, and defensive medicine.

"Screening Plaintiffs and Selecting Defendants in Medical Malpractice Litigation: Evidence from Illinois and Indiana" (with Mohammad Rahmati, David A. Hyman, Bernard Black, and Charles Silver). Journal of Empirical Legal Studies 15, no. 1 (2018): 41-79.

Discusses many physicians and tort reform advocates believe that most medical malpractice (med mal) claims are “frivolous. Shows as evidence, they often rely on reports that only about 20 percent of claims result in a payout. Mentions many physicians and reform advocates also believe that plaintiffs lawyers often sue every health provider with even a remote connection to the patient.