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Shirley Svorny
Adjunct Scholar
Dr. Svorny is professor 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.
Media Contact: 202-789-5200
To Book a Speaking Engagement: 202-789-5226
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
"Could Mandatory Caps on Medical Malpractice Damages Harm Consumers?," Policy Analysis no. 685, October 20, 2011.
"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.
Opinion and Commentary
"Mandatory Medical Malpractice Caps Hurt Patients," Huffington Post, November 23, 2011
"Health Care Solutions Already Here," Orange County Register, November 6, 2009
"Increasing Risk, Hurting Patients," Forbes, November 2, 2009
"Gov't Care: A Victory For Special Interests," Investor's Business Daily, August 6, 2009
"U.S., State Officials Need to Stop Micromanaging Care," Daily News of Los Angeles, July 11, 2009
Multimedia
Shirley Svorny explains how regulations on the practice of medicine raise costs and restrict access to care on the Econ Journal Watch podcast. (March 9, 2011) [Media Highlights - Radio, 30:32]
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