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Economics of Health Program Meeting
Organized by Christopher S. Carpenter, Yiqun Chen, Amy Finkelstein, Ethan M.J. Lieber, Matthew J. Notowidigdo, and Maggie Shi February 19-20, 2026 Gleacher Center, Room 100, 450 North Cityfront Plaza Drive, Chicago, IL, Zoom |
| Thursday, February 19 | |
| 8:00 am |
Continental Breakfast
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| 8:30am |
Welcome, Introductions
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| 8:45 am |
Missing Markets for Innovation: Evidence from New Uses of Existing Drugs |
| 9:30 am |
Break
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Egg Timer Session
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| 9:45 am |
Improving Productivity in Healthcare: \\ The Case of Ambulatory Surgical Centers |
| 9:55 am |
Negative Product Disclosure and Innovation |
| 10:05 am |
The Rise of Healthcare Jobs |
| 10:15 am |
Break
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| 10:45 am |
Driving a Bargain: Negotiation Skill and Price Dispersion |
| 11:30 am |
Break
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| 11:45 am |
Race-Specific Provider Performance: Evidence from Black Lives Matter Protests |
| 12:30 pm |
Lunch
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| 1:30 pm |
Gender Mix and Team Performance: Evidence from Obstetrics |
| 2:15 pm |
Break
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Egg Timer Session
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| 2:30 pm |
Demographic Divergence: The Legacy of the Opioid Epidemic |
| 2:40 pm |
Family Spillovers of Dementia |
| 2:50 pm |
Time for Mental Healthcare: Evidence from Paid Sick Leave Mandates |
| 3:00 pm |
Break
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| 3:30 pm |
Labor and Product Market Power, Endogenous Quality, and the Consolidation of the US Hospital Industry |
| 4:15 pm |
Break
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| 4:30 pm |
Trading Goods for Lives: The Effect of NAFTA on Mortality |
| 5:15 pm |
Adjourn
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| 5:30 pm |
Reception and Dinner
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| Friday, February 20 | |
| 8:00 am |
Continental Breakfast
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| 8:30 am |
Government Monitoring of Health Care Quality: Evidence from the Nursing Home Sector |
| 9:15 am |
Break
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Egg Timer Session
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| 9:30 am |
Selection into Medicine |
| 9:40 am |
How Do Habits Form? Experimental Evidence from Health Screenings |
| 9:50 am |
Local Prosecutors and Public Health |
| 10:00 am |
Break
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| 10:30 am |
The Risk Protection Value of Moral Hazard |
| 11:15 am |
Break
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| 11:30 am |
Moral Hazard under Liquidity Constraints |
| 12:15 pm |
Adjourn and Boxed Lunches
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