Cato on Facebook
Cato on Twitter
Cato on YouTube
Cato RSS1000 Massachusetts Ave, NW
Washington DC 20001-5403
Phone (202) 842-0200
Fax (202) 842-3490
Contact Us
Shirley Svorny
Adjunct Scholar
Dr. Svorny is professor of economics and chair of the Department of Economics at California State University, Northridge. An expert on the regulation of health care professionals, including medical professional licensing, she has participated in health policy summits organized by Cato and the Texas Public Policy Foundation. Her related publications include articles in Econ Journal Watch, Contemporary Economic Policy, Public Choice, Applied Economics, The Journal of Medical Licensure and Discipline, and Economic Inquiry, chapters in health policy volumes (What Can Sates Do to Reform Healthcare, American Health Care: Government, Market Processes and the Public Interest) and chapters on medical licensing in the Encyclopedia of Law and Economics and The Half-Life of Policy Rationales: How New Technology Affects Old Policy Issues.
Books and Book Chapters
"Medical Licensing: Examining the Desirability of Existing Public Policy in the Context of Technological Change," in The Half-Life of Policy Rationales: How New Technology Affects Old Policy Issues, ed. by Fred.E. Foldvary and Daniel B. Klein (2003).
Cato Studies
"Medical Licensing: An Obstacle to Affordable, Quality Care," Policy Analysis no. 621, September 17, 2008.
Articles and Newsletters
"The Collapse of a Noble Idea," (with R. Krol), Regulation Magazine, vol. 27 no. 4, Winter 2005.
"Regulation and Economic Performance: Lessons from the States," (with R. Krol), Cato Journal, vol. 14 no. 1: 55-64, 1994.