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Robert T. Reville

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Director, RAND Institute for Civil Justice (on special assignment); Co-director, Center for Terrorism Risk Management Policy

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Education

Ph.D. in economics, Brown University; B.A. in economics and political science, State University of New York at Buffalo

Biography

Robert T. Reville is a labor economist who serves as the director of the RAND Institute for Civil Justice (ICJ) and the co-director of the RAND Center for Terrorism Risk Management Policy (CTRMP). His research focuses on compensation and insurance public policy. Dr. Reville has recently written several articles on terrorism insurance. He is a national expert in workplace injury compensation policy and the impact of disability on employment and has written extensively on workers' compensation in California, New Mexico, and other states. His publications in this area have been widely cited in the California legislature and helped bring about new legislation to improve the workers' compensation system in the state. He was recently appointed to the Board of Scientific Counselors of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He also serves on the Workers' Compensation Steering Committee of the National Academy of Social Insurance. Recently, he has been devoting his time to a joint venture between the ICJ and Risk Management Solutions (RMS). James Dertouzos is currently the acting director in Dr. Reville's absence.

Research Focus

Labor economics; disability; workers' compensation; law and economics; civil justice; terrorism: victims' compensation; risk insurance; liability; tort reform; terrorism

RAND Research Areas

Civil Justice; Workforce and Workplace

Recent Projects

  • Policy issues related to terrorism victims' compensation
  • Long-term trends in civil jury verdicts
  • Evaluation of workers' compensation permanent partial disability (PPD) compensation in California
  • Comparison of PPD in five states
  • Workers' compensation claiming and health insurance

Selected Publications

Darius N. Lakdawalla et al., "How Does Health Insurance Affect Workers' Compensation Filing?", Economic Inquiry, 45(2), 2007

Seth A. Seabury et al., "Physician Shopping in Workers' Compensation: Evidence from California", Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, 3(1), 2006

Robert T. Reville et al., An Evaluation of California's Permanent Disability Rating System, RAND Corporation, 2005

Seth A. Seabury et al., "Forty Years of Civil Jury Verdicts", Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, 1(1), 2004

Lloyd Dixon and Robert Reville, Auerswald et al., "National Security and Private-Sector Risk Management for Terrorism",

Biography

Robert T. Reville is a labor economist who serves as the Director of the RAND Institute for Civil Justice (ICJ) and the Co-director of the RAND Center for Terrorism Risk Management Policy (CTRMP). His research focuses on compensation and insurance public policy. Dr. Reville has recently written several articles on terrorism insurance. He is a national expert in workplace injury compensation policy and the impact of disability on employment and has written extensively on workers' compensation in California, New Mexico, and other states. His publications in this area have been widely cited in the California legislature and helped bring about new legislation to improve the workers' compensation system in the state. He was recently appointed to the Board of Scientific Counselors of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He also serves on the Workers' Compensation Steering Committee of the National Academy of Social Insurance.

Recently, he has been devoting his time to a joint venture between the ICJ and Risk Management Solutions (RMS). Fred Kipperman has been selected as the acting director in Dr. Reville's absence.

RAND Research Areas

Civil Justice; Workforce and Workplace

Research Focus

Labor economics; disability; workers' compensation; law and economics; Civil justice; terror liability and compensation; workers' compensation; disability; welfare

RAND Research Areas

Civil Justice; Workforce and Workplace

Selected Publications

Robert T. Reville, Seth Seabury, "Evaluating Permanent Disability Ratings Using Empirical Data on Earnings Losses", Journal of Risk and Insurance, 2008

Robert T. Reville, Darius Lakdawalla and Seth A. Seabury, "How Does Health Insurance Affect Workers' Compensation Filing?", Economic Inquiry, 45(2) 286-303, 2007

Robert T. Reville, Lloyd Dixon, Robert Lempert, Tom LaTourrette, and Paul Steinberg, Trade-offs Among Alternative Government Interventions in the Market for Terrorism Insurance, RAND Corporation, 2007

Robert T. Reville, Philip Auerswald, Lewis M. Branscomb, Todd M. La Porte and Erwann Michel-Kerjan, "National Security and Private-Sector Risk Management for Terrorism", Seeds of Disaster, Roots of Response, 292-304, 2006

Robert T. Reville, Seth Seabury and Frank Neuhauser, "Physician Shopping in Workers' Compensation: Evidence from California", Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, 3(1) 47-77, 2006

Research Focus

Civil justice, terrorism: victims' compensation, risk insurance, liability, tort reform, workers' compensation

Recent Projects

  • Policy issues related to terrorism victims' compensation

Selected Publications

"How Does Health Insurance Affect Workers' Compensation Filing?" Darius N. Lakdawalla et al., Economic Inquiry, Vol. 45, No. 2, Apr 2007

"National Security and Private-Sector Risk Management for Terrorism," Lloyd Dixon and Robert Reville, in Auerswald et al., eds., Seeds of Disaster, Roots of Response: How Private Action Can Reduce Public Vulnerability, Cambridge University Press, 2006

"Physician Shopping in Workers' Compensation: Evidence from California," Seth A. Seabury et al., Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, Vol. 3, No. 1, Mar 2006

An Evaluation of California's Permanent Disability Rating System, Robert T. Reville et al., RAND Corporation, 2005

"Forty Years of Civil Jury Verdicts," Seth A. Seabury et al., Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, Vol. 1, No. 1, Mar 2004

Recent Media Appearances

Interviews: CBS; Los Angeles Times; New York Times; The San Diego Union-Tribune; Wall Street Journal

To arrange an interview:

Contact the RAND Office of Media Relations, (703) 413-1100, x5117 or (310) 451-6913, or send an email to media@rand.org.

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