Thursday, July 23
12:45 pm
Introductory remarks / logistics
1:00 pm

Mortality Effects and Choice Across Private Health Insurance Plans (slides)

Jason Abaluck, Yale University and NBER
Mauricio Caceres, Brown University
Peter Hull, Brown University and NBER
Amanda Starc, Northwestern University and NBER

Discussant:
Matthew J. Notowidigdo, University of Chicago and NBER
1:50 pm
Break
2:00 pm

Insurance Choice with Non-Monetary Plan Attributes: Limited Consideration in Medicare Part D (slides)

Maura Coughlin, Rice University

Discussant:
Benjamin R. Handel, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
2:50 pm
Break
3:00 pm

Who Values Human Capitalists' Human Capital? Healthcare Spending and Physician Earnings (slides)

Joshua D. Gottlieb, University of Chicago and NBER
Maria Polyakova, Stanford University and NBER
Kevin Rinz, Washington Center for Equitable Growth
Hugh Shiplett, University of New Brunswick
Victoria Udalova, U.S. Census Bureau

Discussants:
Douglas O. Staiger, Dartmouth College and NBER
Owen M. Zidar, Princeton University and NBER (slides)
3:50 pm
Adjourn
Friday, July 24
12:45 pm
Introductory remarks / logistics
1:00 pm

Should There Be Vertical Choice in Health Insurance Markets? (slides)

Victoria R. Marone, University of Texas at Austin and NBER
Adrienne Sabety, Stanford University and NBER

Discussant:
Mark Shepard, Harvard University and NBER
1:50 pm
Break
2:00 pm

Insurance Design and Pharmaceutical Innovation (slides)

Leila Agha, Harvard University and NBER
Soomi Kim, Columbia University
Danielle Li, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER

Discussant:
Craig Garthwaite, Northwestern University and NBER
2:50 pm
Break
3:00 pm

Government Advertising in Market-Based Public Programs: Evidence from the Health Insurance Marketplace (slides)

Naoki Aizawa, University of Wisconsin - Madison and NBER
You Suk Kim, Federal Reserve Board of Governors

Discussant:
Bradley Shapiro, University of Chicago and NBER (slides)
3:50 pm
Break
4:00 pm

Medical Progress and Health Care Finance: Evidence from Academic Medical Centers (slides)

Pierre Azoulay, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Misty L. Heggeness, University of Kansas
Jennifer L. Kao, University of California, Los Angeles

Discussant:
David M. Cutler, Harvard University and NBER
4:50 pm
Adjourn
Format: 50 minute presentation slots: 20 minutes for authors, 15 for discussants, 15 for Q&A/ unless we have two discussants, in which case it is 20/10/10/10.