SI 2016 Health Care
Organized by Jonathan Gruber, Emily Wiessner, and Joan Stillwell
July 28-29, 2016
Royal Sonesta Hotel
Thursday, July 28
9:00 am

Do Individuals Respond to Cost-Sharing Subsidies in their Selections of Marketplace Health Insurance Plans?

Thomas DeLeire, Georgetown University and NBER
Andre Chappel, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Kenneth Finegold, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Emily Gee, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
10:00 am

Addressing Choice Inconsistencies in Choice of Health Insurance Plans

Jonathan Gruber, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Jason Abaluck, Yale University and NBER
11:30 am

Estimating Equilibrium in Health Insurance Exchanges: Price Competition and Subsidy Design under the ACA

Pietro Tebaldi, Columbia University and NBER
1:30 pm

Externalities and Benefit Design in Health Insurance

Amanda Starc, Northwestern University and NBER
Robert Town, University of Texas at Austin and NBER
2:30 pm

The Price Effects of Cross-Market Mergers: Theory and Evidence from the Hospital Industry

Leemore Dafny, Harvard University and NBER
Kate Ho, Princeton University and NBER
Robin S. Lee, Harvard University and NBER
4:00 pm

The Pros and Cons of Sick Pay Schemes: Testing for Contagious Presenteeism and Noncontagious Absenteeism Behavior

Nicolas R. Ziebarth, ZEW Mannheim
Stefan Pichler, University of Groningen
Friday, July 29
9:00 am

Parental Leave Programs, Nurse Shortages, and Patient Health

Benjamin Friedrich, Northwestern University
Martin B. Hackmann, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
10:00 am

Haste or Waste? Peer Pressure and the Distribution of Marginal Returns to Health Care

David W. Silver, University of California, Santa Barbara and NBER
11:30 am

Estimating Defensive Medicine Pressure Using Military Health Malpractice Exemptions

Michael D. Frakes, Duke University and NBER
Jonathan Gruber, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
1:30 pm

How do Doctors Respond to Incentives? Unintended Consequences of Paying Doctors to Reduce Costs

Diane E. Alexander, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
2:30 pm

What Does a Hospital Do with Eighteen Million Dollars? Evidence From the Passage of Medicare Part D

Zack Cooper, Yale University and NBER
Amanda E. Kowalski, University of Michigan and NBER
Eleanor N. Powell, University of Wisconsin - Madison
4:00 pm

The Effect of Specialist Cost Information on Primary Care Physician Referral Patterns

Scott Barkowski, University at Buffalo