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Working Papers

2024

1. Adverse Selection and (un)Natural Monopoly in Insurance Markets
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
2. The Dynamic Fiscal Costs of Outsourcing Health Insurance - Evidence from Medicaid
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2023

3. Rationing Medicine Through Bureaucracy: Authorization Restrictions in Medicare
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
4. Reducing Administrative Barriers Increases Take-up of Subsidized Health Insurance Coverage: Evidence from a Field Experiment
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
5. The Incidence of Adverse Selection: Theory and Evidence from Health Insurance Choices
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2022

6. Adverse Selection and Network Design Under Regulated Plan Prices: Evidence from Medicaid
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2021

7. The Behavioral Foundations of Default Effects: Theory and Evidence from Medicare Part D
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (7)
   Also in Working Papers, Becker Friedman Institute for Research In Economics (2021) View citations (6)
   See also Journal Article The Behavioral Foundations of Default Effects: Theory and Evidence from Medicare Part D, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2023) View citations (6) (2023)

2020

8. The Liquidity Sensitivity of Healthcare Consumption: Evidence from Social Security Payments
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article The Liquidity Sensitivity of Healthcare Consumption: Evidence from Social Security Payments, American Economic Review: Insights, American Economic Association (2022) View citations (19) (2022)
9. What Difference Does a Health Plan Make? Evidence from Random Plan Assignment in Medicaid
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)
   See also Journal Article What Difference Does a Health Plan Make? Evidence from Random Plan Assignment in Medicaid, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association (2023) View citations (1) (2023)

2019

10. Private vs. Public Provision of Social Insurance: Evidence from Medicaid
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
11. The Two Margin Problem in Insurance Markets
    Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government View citations (6)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2019) View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article The Two-Margin Problem in Insurance Markets, The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press (2023) View citations (5) (2023)

2018

12. Intervening on the Data to Improve the Performance of Health Plan Payment Methods
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)

2017

13. Health Plan Payment in Medicaid Managed Care: A Hybrid Model of Regulated Competition
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
14. Health Plan Payment in U.S. Marketplaces: Regulated Competition with a Weak Mandate
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)
15. Selection in Health Insurance Markets and Its Policy Remedies
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (21)
    See also Journal Article Selection in Health Insurance Markets and Its Policy Remedies, Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association (2017) View citations (23) (2017)

2016

16. Deriving Risk Adjustment Payment Weights to Maximize Efficiency of Health Insurance Markets
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (13)
    See also Journal Article Deriving risk adjustment payment weights to maximize efficiency of health insurance markets, Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier (2018) View citations (9) (2018)
17. Marketplace Plan Payment Options for Dealing with High-Cost Enrollees
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Marketplace Plan Payment Options for Dealing with High-Cost Enrollees, American Journal of Health Economics, MIT Press (2017) View citations (5) (2017)
18. Screening in Contract Design: Evidence from the ACA Health Insurance Exchanges
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (23)
    See also Journal Article Screening in Contract Design: Evidence from the ACA Health Insurance Exchanges, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, American Economic Association (2019) View citations (39) (2019)

2015

19. Assessing Incentives for Adverse Selection in Health Plan Payment Systems
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (15)
    Also in Boston University - Department of Economics - Working Papers Series, Boston University - Department of Economics (2015) View citations (13)
20. Upcoding: Evidence from Medicare on Squishy Risk Adjustment
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (43)
    See also Journal Article Upcoding: Evidence from Medicare on Squishy Risk Adjustment, Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (2020) View citations (27) (2020)

2014

21. Risk Corridors and Reinsurance in Health Insurance Marketplaces: Insurance for Insurers
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (8)
    See also Journal Article Risk Corridors and Reinsurance in Health Insurance Marketplaces: Insurance for Insurers, American Journal of Health Economics, University of Chicago Press (2016) View citations (13) (2016)
22. Risk Selection and Risk Adjustment
    Boston University - Department of Economics - Working Papers Series, Boston University - Department of Economics View citations (7)

Journal Articles

2023

1. The Behavioral Foundations of Default Effects: Theory and Evidence from Medicare Part D
   American Economic Review, 2023, 113, (10), 2718-58 View citations (6)
   See also Working Paper The Behavioral Foundations of Default Effects: Theory and Evidence from Medicare Part D, NBER Working Papers (2021) View citations (7) (2021)
2. The Two-Margin Problem in Insurance Markets
   The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2023, 105, (2), 237-257 View citations (5)
   See also Working Paper The Two Margin Problem in Insurance Markets, Working Paper Series (2019) View citations (6) (2019)
3. What Difference Does a Health Plan Make? Evidence from Random Plan Assignment in Medicaid
   American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2023, 15, (3), 341-79 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper What Difference Does a Health Plan Make? Evidence from Random Plan Assignment in Medicaid, NBER Working Papers (2020) View citations (5) (2020)

2022

4. Health Care Rationing in Public Insurance Programs: Evidence from Medicaid
   American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2022, 14, (4), 397-431
5. The Liquidity Sensitivity of Healthcare Consumption: Evidence from Social Security Payments
   American Economic Review: Insights, 2022, 4, (2), 175-90 View citations (19)
   See also Working Paper The Liquidity Sensitivity of Healthcare Consumption: Evidence from Social Security Payments, NBER Working Papers (2020) View citations (1) (2020)

2020

6. Upcoding: Evidence from Medicare on Squishy Risk Adjustment
   Journal of Political Economy, 2020, 128, (3), 984 - 1026 View citations (27)
   See also Working Paper Upcoding: Evidence from Medicare on Squishy Risk Adjustment, NBER Working Papers (2015) View citations (43) (2015)

2019

7. Data transformations to improve the performance of health plan payment methods
   Journal of Health Economics, 2019, 66, (C), 195-207 View citations (3)
8. Screening in Contract Design: Evidence from the ACA Health Insurance Exchanges
   American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2019, 11, (2), 64-107 View citations (39)
   See also Working Paper Screening in Contract Design: Evidence from the ACA Health Insurance Exchanges, NBER Working Papers (2016) View citations (23) (2016)

2018

9. Deriving risk adjustment payment weights to maximize efficiency of health insurance markets
   Journal of Health Economics, 2018, 61, (C), 93-110 View citations (9)
   See also Working Paper Deriving Risk Adjustment Payment Weights to Maximize Efficiency of Health Insurance Markets, NBER Working Papers (2016) View citations (13) (2016)

2017

10. Imperfect risk adjustment, risk preferences, and sorting in competitive health insurance markets
    Journal of Health Economics, 2017, 56, (C), 259-280 View citations (23)
11. Marketplace Plan Payment Options for Dealing with High-Cost Enrollees
    American Journal of Health Economics, 2017, 3, (2), 165-191 View citations (5)
    Also in American Journal of Health Economics, 2017, 3, (2), 165-191 (2017) View citations (5)
    See also Working Paper Marketplace Plan Payment Options for Dealing with High-Cost Enrollees, NBER Working Papers (2016) View citations (1) (2016)
12. Measuring efficiency of health plan payment systems in managed competition health insurance markets
    Journal of Health Economics, 2017, 56, (C), 237-255 View citations (20)
13. Selection in Health Insurance Markets and Its Policy Remedies
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2017, 31, (4), 23-50 View citations (23)
    See also Working Paper Selection in Health Insurance Markets and Its Policy Remedies, NBER Working Papers (2017) View citations (21) (2017)

2016

14. Risk Corridors and Reinsurance in Health Insurance Marketplaces: Insurance for Insurers
    American Journal of Health Economics, 2016, 2, (1), 66-95 View citations (13)
    Also in American Journal of Health Economics, 2016, 2, (1), 66-95 (2016) View citations (13)
    See also Working Paper Risk Corridors and Reinsurance in Health Insurance Marketplaces: Insurance for Insurers, NBER Working Papers (2014) View citations (8) (2014)