Economics of Health Program Meeting
Organized by Zarek Brot, Christopher S. Carpenter, Amy Finkelstein, Emily C. Lawler, David Molitor, and Elena Prager
February 20-21, 2025
SIEPR, Stanford University, 366 Galvez Street, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, Zoom
SIEPR at Stanford University

Thursday, February 20

7:45 am

Continental Breakfast

8:15 am

Welcome, Introductions

8:30 am

Why Doesn't the United States Have National Health Insurance? The Role of the American Medical Association

Marcella Alsan, Stanford University and NBER
Yousra Neberai, Harvard University

9:15 am

Break

9:30 am

The Protective Effects of a Healthy Spouse: Medicare as the Family Member of Last Resort

Itzik Fadlon, University of California, San Diego and NBER
Tal Gross, Boston University and NBER
Alex Hoagland, University of Toronto
Timothy Layton, University of Virginia and NBER

10:15 am

Break

Egg-timer session

10:30 am

Are Medicaid And Medicare Patients Treated Equally?

Calvin Ackley, Bureau of Economic Analysis
Abe Dunn, Bureau of Economic Analysis
Eli B. Liebman, University of Georgia
Adam Shapiro, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

10:45 am

Privatizing Government-Sponsored Health Insurance: Medicare Advantage vs. Traditional Medicare

Zarek Brot, University of Chicago and NBER
Yalun Su, Analysis Group
Boris Vabson, Harvard University

11:00 am

Tunneling and Hidden Profits in Health Care

Andrew Olenski, Lehigh University
Ashvin Gandhi, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER

11:15 am

Lunch

12:15 pm

Job market session

12:30 pm

The Effects of Price Regulation in Markets with Strategic Entry: Evidence from Health Insurance Markets (slides)

Eilidh Geddes, University of Georgia

1:15 pm

Break

1:30 pm

Commitment, Competition, and Preventive Care Provision

Anran Li, University of Minnesota Twin Cities

2:15 pm

Break

2:45 pm

Should Top Surgeons Practice at Top Hospitals? Sorting and Complementarities in Healthcare

Pauline Mourot, Boston University

3:30 pm

Break

3:45 pm

Job Loss, Unemployment Insurance, and Health: Evidence from Brazil (slides)

Guilherme Amorim, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Diogo Britto, Bocconi University
Alexandre A. Fonseca, Federal Revenue of Brazil
Breno Sampaio, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

4:30 pm

Adjourn

5:00 pm

Group Dinner - Il Fornaio Restaurant, 520 Cowper Street (at the Garden Court Hotel) Palo Alto

Friday, February 21

7:30 am

Continental Breakfast

8:00 am

Discretion in Clinical Decision Making: Evidence from Bunching

Claire Boone, McGill University

8:45 am

Break

9:00 am

Are Guidelines Worth Following? Treatment Decisions Under Scientific Uncertainty (slides)

Jason Abaluck, Yale University and NBER
Leila Agha, Harvard University and NBER
David C. Chan Jr, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Daniel Singer, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital
Diana Zhu, Yale University

9:45 am

Break

10:15 am

Vertical Integration and Plan Design in Healthcare Markets

Benjamin Vatter, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
José Ignacio Cuesta, Stanford University and NBER
Carlos E. Noton, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile

11:00 am

Break

11:15 am

Republican Support and Economic Hardship: The Enduring Effects of the Opioid Epidemic

Carolina Arteaga, University of Toronto and NBER
Victoria Barone, University of Notre Dame

12:00 pm

Adjourn and Lunch to go