Economic Analysis of Regulation
Organized by Steve Cicala and James M. Poterba
Supported by the Smith Richardson Foundation
April 26, 2024
Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA (Riverfront Room)
The format will be 20 minutes for the author, 10 minutes for the discussant, and 15 minutes for general discussion.
Friday, April 26
Continental Breakfast
8:30 am

Targeting Overuse of Home Health Care: Evidence from Multiple Policy Instruments (slides)

Liran Einav, Stanford University and NBER
Amy Finkelstein, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Yunan Ji, Georgetown University and NBER
Neale Mahoney, Stanford University and NBER

Discussant:
Timothy Layton, University of Virginia and NBER
9:15 am

Informative Ordeals in Healthcare: Prior Authorization of Drugs in Medicaid

Samantha Burn, Harvard University
Ljubica Ristovska, Yale University

Discussant:
Tal Gross, Boston University and NBER
Break
10:30 am

Administrative Burden and Consolidation in Health Care: Evidence from Medicare Contractor Transitions

Riley League, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and NBER

Discussant:
Leemore Dafny, Harvard University and NBER
11:15 am

Lagged-Price Reimbursement Contracts: The Impact of Medicare Part B on Pharmaceutical Price Growth

Angelique Acquatella, Toulouse School of Economics
Keith Marzilli Ericson, Boston University and NBER
Amanda Starc, Northwestern University and NBER

Discussant:
Joshua D. Gottlieb, University of Chicago and NBER
Lunch - Parkview Room
12:45 pm
Keynote Address:
Michael Geruso (University of Texas - Austin, on leave at Council of Economic Advisers)
Implications of Discount Rates and Data-Driven Evidence for Regulatory Policy
1:15 pm

Legislation, Regulation and Litigation: Demand for U.S. Legal Services in Historical Perspective

Ariell Reshef, Université Paris 1 - Panthéon Sorbonne
Cailin R. Slattery, University of California, Berkeley

Discussant:
Raymond Fisman, Boston University and NBER
2:00 pm

Data, Privacy Laws and Firm Production: Evidence from the GDPR

Mert Demirer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Diego J. Jiménez Hernández, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Dean Li, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Sida Peng, Microsoft

Discussant:
Chiara Farronato, Harvard University and NBER
Break
3:15 pm

The Redistribution of Housing Wealth Caused by Rent Control

Kenneth R. Ahern, University of Southern California and NBER
Marco Giacoletti, University of Southern California

Discussant:
Matthew Turner, Brown University and NBER
4:00 pm

Regulating Housing Quality: Evidence from France

Antoine B. Levy, University of California, Berkeley

Discussant:
Léa Bou Sleiman, National Bureau of Economic Research
Discussion of Research Opportunities
Adjourn