SI 2020 Health Care

Amy Finkelstein and Heidi L. Williams, Organizers

July 23-24, 2020

on Zoom.us

Conference Code of Conduct

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

Mortality Effects and Choice Across Private Health Insurance Plans (slides)
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)
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)
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)
Discussant: Mark Shepard, Harvard University and NBER
1:50 pm
Break
2:00 pm

Insurance Design and Pharmaceutical Innovation (slides)
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)
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)
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.