SI 2016 Health Care
Jonathan Gruber, Emily Wiessner, and Joan Stillwell, Organizers
July 28-29, 2016
Royal Sonesta Hotel
| Thursday, July 28 | ||
| 9:00 am |
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 Do Individuals Respond to Cost-Sharing Subsidies in their Selections of Marketplace Health Insurance Plans? |
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| 10:00 am |
Jonathan Gruber, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER Jason Abaluck, Yale University and NBER Addressing Choice Inconsistencies in Choice of Health Insurance Plans |
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| 11:30 am |
Pietro Tebaldi, Columbia University and NBER Estimating Equilibrium in Health Insurance Exchanges: Price Competition and Subsidy Design under the ACA |
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| 1:30 pm |
Amanda Starc, Northwestern University and NBER Robert Town, University of Texas at Austin and NBER Externalities and Benefit Design in Health Insurance |
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| 2:30 pm |
Leemore Dafny, Harvard University and NBER Kate Ho, Princeton University and NBER Robin S. Lee, Harvard University and NBER The Price Effects of Cross-Market Mergers: Theory and Evidence from the Hospital Industry |
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| 4:00 pm |
Nicolas R. Ziebarth, ZEW Mannheim & U Mannheim Stefan Pichler, University of Groningen The Pros and Cons of Sick Pay Schemes: Testing for Contagious Presenteeism and Noncontagious Absenteeism Behavior |
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| Friday, July 29 | ||
| 9:00 am |
Benjamin Friedrich, Northwestern University Martin B. Hackmann, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER Parental Leave Programs, Nurse Shortages, and Patient Health |
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| 10:00 am |
David W. Silver, University of California, Santa Barbara and NBER Haste or Waste? Peer Pressure and the Distribution of Marginal Returns to Health Care |
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| 11:30 am |
Michael D. Frakes, Duke University and NBER Jonathan Gruber, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER Estimating Defensive Medicine Pressure Using Military Health Malpractice Exemptions |
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| 1:30 pm |
Diane E. Alexander, University of Pennsylvania and NBER How do Doctors Respond to Incentives? Unintended Consequences of Paying Doctors to Reduce Costs |
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| 2:30 pm |
Zack Cooper, Yale University and NBER Amanda E. Kowalski, University of Michigan and NBER Eleanor N. Powell, University of Wisconsin-Madison What Does a Hospital Do with Eighteen Million Dollars? Evidence From the Passage of Medicare Part D |
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| 4:00 pm |
Scott Barkowski, Clemson University The Effect of Specialist Cost Information on Primary Care Physician Referral Patterns |
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