NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH,
INC. |
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Regulation and Litigation
Preconference |
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Daniel Philip Kessler, Organizer |
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NBER |
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September 19, 2008 |
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Program |
Thursday, September 18 |
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6:30
p.m. |
Dinner,
Restaurant Dante, Royal Sonesta Hotel |
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Friday, September 19 |
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8:15
a.m. |
Shuttle
van from the Royal Sonesta Hotel to the NBER |
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8:30
a.m. |
Coffee
and Pastries |
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8:45
a.m. |
Part I: Public Health |
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W. KIP
VISCUSI, |
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JONI
HERSCH, |
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The
Performance of the 1998 Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement |
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JENS
LUDWIG, |
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PHILIP
COOK, |
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ADAM
SAMAHA, |
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10:15
a.m. |
Break |
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10:30
a.m. |
Part II: Workplace Safety |
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ALISON
MORANTZ, |
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Rethinking the Great Compromise: What Happens When Large
Companies Opt Out of Workers Compensation? |
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SETH
SEABURY, RAND Corporation |
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The Consequences of Employment Protection for Workers Disabled
by Workplace Injury |
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12:00
noon |
Lunch |
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1:00
p.m. |
Part III: Medical Care |
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1:00
p.m. |
STEPHEN
PARENTE, |
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Using Health Insurance Claims
Data to Target Fraud and Abuse Enforcement |
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DANA
GOLDMAN, RAND Corporation, UC, |
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TOMAS
PHILIPSON, |
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ERIC
SUN, |
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MIREILLE
JACOBSON, UC, |
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TOM
CHANG, MIT |
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Using Cap-and-Trade
to Regulate Hospitals' Provision of Essential Services |
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3:30
p.m. |
Break |
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3:45
p.m. |
Concluding
Discussion |
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4:15
p.m. |
Adjourn |
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Please plan on 30 minutes for presentation and 15 minutes for
discussion of each paper. |
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