SLIDE 13 Law Index Appendix, Pre-2005
State Coverage Restrictions Enforcement Index -- Additive Index -- Multiplicative Alaska 1.00 1.00 1.00 3.00 1.00 Alabama 1.00 1.00 1.00 3.00 1.00 Arizona 1.00 1.00 1.00 3.00 1.00 Arkansas 2.72 3.73 3.11 9.56 31.58 California 3.15 2.36 2.41 7.93 17.95 Colorado 1.43 2.64 3.11 7.18 11.73 Connecticut 1.86 2.91 3.11 7.88 16.85 Delaware 1.00 1.00 1.00 3.00 1.00 District of Columbia 4.74 2.91 3.11 10.75 42.85 Florida 1.00 2.64 3.11 6.75 8.20 Georgia 2.72 4.00 3.11 9.83 33.89 Hawaii 1.00 1.00 1.00 3.00 1.00 Idaho 1.00 1.00 1.00 3.00 1.00 Illinois 4.74 2.91 3.46 11.11 47.69 Indiana 2.29 4.00 3.46 9.76 31.75 Iowa 1.00 1.00 1.00 3.00 1.00 Kansas 1.00 1.00 1.00 3.00 1.00 Kentucky 1.86 3.18 3.81 8.86 22.59 Louisiana 1.00 1.00 1.00 3.00 1.00 Maine 1.00 1.55 3.46 6.01 5.35 Maryland 2.44 1.55 2.41 6.39 9.06 Massachusetts 3.15 4.82 3.46 11.44 52.63 Michigan 6.17 1.82 1.00 8.99 11.22 Minnesota 7.46 1.55 1.00 10.01 11.54 Mississippi 1.00 1.00 1.00 3.00 1.00 Missouri 1.00 1.00 1.00 3.00 1.00 Montana 1.00 1.00 1.00 3.00 1.00 Nebraska 1.00 1.00 1.00 3.00 1.00 Nevada 1.00 1.00 3.81 5.81 3.81 New Hampshire 1.00 1.00 1.00 3.00 1.00 New Jersey 3.15 3.73 3.46 10.34 40.71 New Mexico 5.17 4.27 3.46 12.90 76.42 New York 3.15 2.91 2.76 8.82 25.32 North Carolina 2.72 4.27 2.41 9.40 28.01 North Dakota 1.00 1.00 1.00 3.00 1.00 Ohio 1.00 2.36 3.11 6.47 7.35 Oklahoma 1.00 3.18 3.11 7.29 9.90 Oregon 1.00 1.00 1.00 3.00 1.00 Pennsylvania 1.00 2.36 3.11 6.47 7.35 Rhode Island 1.00 1.00 1.00 3.00 1.00 South Carolina 1.86 3.18 2.76 7.80 16.34 South Dakota 1.00 1.00 1.00 3.00 1.00 Tennessee 1.00 1.00 1.00 3.00 1.00 Texas 1.86 2.36 3.11 7.34 13.69 Utah 2.72 3.18 1.00 6.91 8.67 Vermont 1.00 1.00 1.00 3.00 1.00 Virginia 1.00 1.00 1.00 3.00 1.00 Washington 1.00 1.00 1.00 3.00 1.00 West Virginia 6.60 2.64 2.76 12.00 48.02 Wisconsin 1.00 1.00 1.00 3.00 1.00 Wyoming 1.00 1.00 1.00 3.00 1.00 Average 2.00 2.00 2.00 6.00 13.03 Min 1.00 1.00 1.00 3.00 1.00 Max 7.46 4.82 3.81 12.90 76.42 Standard Deviation 1.62 1.17 1.10 3.19 17.36 New Laws (Mini-Hoepa)
1 indicates that there is no law or that one of the parts of the law has little or no impact
Source: Bostic, Engel, McCoy, Pennington-Cross, & Wachter, 2007 Harvard Business School Symposium