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

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
Maura Coughlin, Rice University

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
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

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

Should There Be Vertical Choice in Health Insurance Markets? (slides)
Discussant: Mark Shepard, Harvard University and NBER
1:50 pm
Break
2:00 pm
Leila Agha, Harvard University and NBER
Soomi Kim, Columbia University
Danielle Li, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER

Insurance Design and Pharmaceutical Innovation (slides)
Discussant: Craig Garthwaite, Northwestern University and NBER
2:50 pm
Break
3:00 pm
Naoki Aizawa, University of Wisconsin-Madison and NBER
You Suk Kim, Federal Reserve Board

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

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.