Using data from the Consumer Expenditure Survey and a differences-in-differences research design, this paper examines whether any of several common state-level tort reforms affect consumer costs for auto insurance.
Ottoman rule ended with World War I, and Iraq came to be administered by the British Empire as Mandatory Iraq until the establishment of the Kingdom of Iraq in 1933. A republic was established in 1958 following a coup d'Ã©tat.
The U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, commonly known as The Iraq War or Operation Iraqi Freedom, began March 19, 2003. In February 2009, President Barack Obama announced a 16-month plan for withdrawal in Iraq. On June 30, 2009, U.S. troops withdrew from Iraq's towns and cities, formally handing over security duties to new Iraqi forces.