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Suggested further reading

  • A. H. Barnett and David L. Kaserman, “The ‘Rush to Transplant’ and Organ Shortages,”Economic Inquiry, July 1995, pp. 506–15.

  • A. H. Barnett, T. Randolph Beard, and David L. Kaserman, “The Medical Community’s Opposition to Organ Markets: Ethics or Economics?”The Review of Industrial Organization, December 1993, pp. 669–78.

  • A. H. Barnett and David L. Kaserman, “The Shortage of Organs for Transplantation: Exploring the Alternatives,”Issues in Law & Medicine, Fall 1993, pp. 117–37.

  • A. H. Barnett, Roger D. Blair, and David L. Kaserman, “Improving Organ Donation: Compensation versus Markets,”Inquiry, Fall 1992, pp. 372–78.

  • Roger D. Blair and David L. Kaserman, “The Economics and Ethics of Alternative Cadaveric Organ Procurement Policies,”Yale Journal on Regulation, Summer 1991, pp. 403–52.

  • L. R. Cohen, “Increasing the Supply of Transplant Organs: The Virtues of a Futures Market,”George Washington Law Review, 1989, pp. 1–51.

  • Henry Hansmann, “The Economics and Ethics of Markets for Human Organs,”Journal of Health, Politics, Policy, and Law, Spring 1989, pp. 57–85.

  • Ron Winslow, “Hospitals Rush to Transplant Organs,”Wall Street Journal, 29 August 1989, p. B1.

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  1. the Auburn Policy Research Center, USA

    Andy H. Barnett (director, associate professor of economics)

  2. Auburn University, USA

    Andy H. Barnett (director, associate professor of economics) & David L. Kaserman (Torchmark Professor of Economics)

  3. Business and Legal Studies, the University of Florida, USA

    Roger D. Blair (Huber Hurst Professor)

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These authors have published several articles on organ procurement policy over the past years, some of which are listed as suggested readings.

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Barnett, A.H., Kaserman, D.L. & Blair, R.D. A market for organs. Society 33, 8–17 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02701857

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