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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

 

SUMMER INSTITUTE 2012

 

Health Care Workshop

(Joint meeting with the Aging group)

 

Jon Gruber, Organizer

 

July 26 – 27, 2012

 

Royal Sonesta Hotel

Parkview Room

40 Edwin H. Land Boulevard

Cambridge, Massachusetts

 

PROGRAM

 

Wednesday, July 25:

6:00 pm

Clambake, Harvard Faculty Club, 20 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA

Thursday, July 26:


9:00 am


Achyuta Adhvaryu, Yale University
Learning, Misallocation, and Technology Adoption: Evidence from New Malaria Therapy in Tanzania


10:00 am


Chao Zhou,
University of Pittsburgh
Yuting Zhang,
University of Pittsburgh
Measuring the Switching Cost in Health Insurance Markets: Evidence from Medicare Part D

11:00 am

Break


11:30 am


Michael Dickstein, Stanford University
Physician vs. Patient Incentives in Prescription Drug Choice

12:30 pm

Lunch


1:30 pm


John Beshears, Stanford University and NBER
James  Choi, Yale University and NBER
David Laibson, Harvard University and NBER
Brigitte Madrian, Harvard University and NBER
Active Choice and Health Outcomes: Evidence from Prescription Drug Home Delivery


2:30 pm


Eric Helland, Claremont McKenna College
Darius Lakdawalla, University of Southern California and NBER
Anup Malani, University of Chicago and NBER
Seth Seabury, RAND Corporation
Unintended Consequences of Products Liability: Evidence from the Pharmaceutical Market

3:30 pm

Break


4:00 pm


David Cutler, Harvard University and NBER
Jonathan Skinner, Dartmouth College and NBER
Ariel Dora Stern, Harvard University
David Wennberg, Dartmouth College
Physician Decisions, Supplier-Induced Demand, and Healthcare Efficiency

5:00 pm

Adjourn

Friday, July 27:

8:30 am

Coffee and Pastries


9:00 am

Lauren Nicholas and Justin Dimick, University of Michigan

Can Selective Referral Policies Improve Patient Outcomes?  Evidence from the Medicare Bariatric Surgery Coverage Decision


10:00 am


Aviva Aron-Dine, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Liran Einav, Stanford University and NBER
Amy Finkelstein, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Mark R. Cullen, Stanford University and NBER
Moral Hazard in Health Insurance: How Important is Forward Looking Behavior??

11:00 am

Break

11:30 am

Tal Gross, Columbia University
Jeremy Tobacman, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
Dangerous Liquidity and the Demand for Health Care: Evidence from the 2008 Stimulus Payments

12:30 pm

Lunch


1:30 pm


Erin Johnson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Marit Rehavi, University of British Columbia
Agency Issues in Medicine: Evidence from Informed Patients


2:30 pm


Keith Ericson, Boston University
Amanda Starc, University of Pennsylvania
Age-Based Heterogeneity and Pricing Regulation on the Massachusetts Health Insurance Exchange

3:30 pm

4:00 pm

Break

Carrie Colla, Dartmouth College
Ellen Meara, Dartmouth College and NBER
Jonathan Skinner, Dartmouth College and NBER
Christopher Snyder, Dartmouth College and NBER
Elliott Fisher, Dartmouth College
Altering Physician Behavior through Accountable Care Organizations: Evidence from the Physician Group Practice Demonstration:

5:00 pm

Adjourn