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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

Health Economics Program Meeting

Michael Grossman and Theodore J. Joyce, Organizers

April 11, 2014

Hyatt Regency Bethesda

Haverford/Baccarat Rooms

One Bethesda Metro Center

Bethesda, MD

PROGRAM

Thursday, April 10
6:00 pm	Reception and Group Dinner – Concourse Terrace, Hyatt Regency Bethesda
Friday, April 11
8:00 am	Continental Breakfast
8:30 am	Jason Hockenberry, Emory University and NBER Michael Grossman, City University of New York Graduate Center and NBER
	Jesse Margolis, City University of New York Graduate Center Shin-Yi Chou, Lehigh University and NBER Moral Hazard and Less Invasive Medical Treatment for Coronary Artery Disease: An Analysis of Smoking in the National Health Interview Survey
9:30 am	Break
9:45 am	Robert Kaestner, University of Illinois and NBER Effects of Prescription Drug Insurance on Hospitalization and Mortality: Evidence from Medicare Part D
10:45 am	Break
11:00 am	NIH/AHRQ Roundtable: Research Priorities
	Amy Taylor (AHRQ) Agnes Rupp (NIMH) Colin Baker (NIA) Regina Bures (NICHD) John Haaga (NIA) Sarah Duffy (NIDA, via conference call) Greg Bloss (NIAAA) David Clark (NIDCR) Ann Geiger (NCI) Partha Bhattacharyya (NIA)
12:00 n	Lunch
	Betsey Stevenson, Council of Economic Advisors (on leave from University of Michigan)
	Luncheon Address
1:00 pm	Darius N. Lakdawalla, University of Southern California and NBER Anup Malani, University of Chicago and NBER Julian Reif, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign The Insurance Value of Medical Innovation
2:00 pm	Break
2:15 pm	Dalton Conley, New York University and NBER David Cesarini, New York University Christopher Dawes, New York University Benjamin Domingue, University of Colorado Jason Boardman, University of Colorado Socio-demographic and Genetic Aspects of Educational Attainment do not Moderate Each Other
3:15 pm	Matthew J. Neidell, Columbia University and NBER
	Tom Chang, University of Southern California Joshua S. Graff Zivin, University of California at San Diego and NBER Tal Gross, Columbia University and NBER Particulate Pollution and the Productivity of Pear Packers
4:15 pm	Adjourn