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Working Papers

2009

1. Education and the Prevalence of Pain
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
2. Technology Diffusion and Productivity Growth in Health Care
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2008

3. Is American Health Care Uniquely Inefficient?
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Perspectives (2008)

2007

4. Are You Sure You're Saving Enough for Retirement?
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Perspectives (2007)

2005

5. Technology Adoption From Hybrid Corn to Beta Blockers
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
   See also Journal Article in Proceedings (2005)

2004

6. The Measurement and Evolution of Health Inequality: Evidence from the U.S. Medicare Population
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2003

7. Geography and Racial Health Disparities
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
8. Pension Accounting & Personal Saving
   Just the Facts, Center for Retirement Research View citations

2001

9. Are For-Profit Hospitals Really Different? Medicare Upcoding and Market Structure
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
10. Area Differences in Utilization of Medical Care and Mortality Among U.S. Elderly
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Chapter (2004)
11. Saving Puzzles and Saving Policies in the United States
    JCPR Working Papers, Northwestern University/University of Chicago Joint Center for Poverty Research View citations
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2001) View citations
    See also Journal Article in Oxford Review of Economic Policy (2001)
12. The Efficiency of Medicare
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Chapter (2005)

2000

13. Do the Rich Save More?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    Also in Finance and Economics Discussion Series, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.) (2000) View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Political Economy (2004)

1999

14. The Distributional Effects of Medicare
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Chapter (1999)

1998

15. How Much is Enough? Efficiency and Medicare Spending in the Last Six Months of Life
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Chapter (2000)
16. How Will Defined Contribution Pension Plans Affect Retirement Income?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

1997

17. Assessing the Effectiveness of Saving Incentives
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Perspectives (1996)
18. The Incidence of Medicare
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Public Economics (2006)
19. What Accounts for the Variation in Retirement Wealth Among U.S. Households?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    Also in Working Papers, Stanford University, Department of Economics (1997) View citations
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (2001)

1996

20. Abandoning the Nest Egg? 401(k) Plans and Inadequate Pension Saving
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
21. Taxation and Economic Growth
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

1995

22. Precautionary Saving and Social Insurance
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    Also in Rodney L. White Center for Financial Research Working Papers, Wharton School Rodney L. White Center for Financial Research View citations
    Rodney L. White Center for Financial Research Working Papers, Wharton School Rodney L. White Center for Financial Research View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Political Economy (1995)

1994

23. The Importance of Precautionary Motives in Explaining Individual and Aggregate Saving
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Journal Article in Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy (1994)

1993

24. Is Housing Wealth a Sideshow?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Chapter (1996)

1992

25. Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
26. The Risk and Duration of Catastrophic Health Care Expenditures
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Journal Article in The Review of Economics and Statistics (1994)

1991

27. Housing and Saving in the United States
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Chapter (1994)
28. Individual Retirement Accounts: A Review of the Evidence
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

1990

29. The Dynamic Efficiency Cost of Not taxing Housing
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Public Economics (1996)
30. The Impact of the 1986 Tax Reform Act on Personal Saving
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

1989

31. Do taxes matter? A review of the effect of taxation on economic behavior and output
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank
32. Housing Wealth and Aggregate Saving
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Journal Article in Regional Science and Urban Economics (1989)
33. Sources of IRA Saving
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Chapter (1989)

1988

34. Taxation and output growth in Africa
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank

1987

35. Risky Income, Life Cycle Consumption, and Precautionary Savings
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Monetary Economics (1988)
36. Taxation and Output Growth: Evidence from African Countries
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

1986

37. The Welfare Cost of Uncertain Tax Policy
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Public Economics (1988)

1984

38. The Resolution of the Labor Scarcity Paradox
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Journal Article in The Journal of Economic History (1985)

1983

39. The Efficiency Gains from Dynamic Tax Reform
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Journal Article in International Economic Review (1983)

Journal Articles

2008

1. Is American Health Care Uniquely Inefficient?
   Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2008, 22, (4), 27-50 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2008)

2007

2. Are You Sure You’re Saving Enough for Retirement?
   Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2007, 21, (3), 59-80
   See also Working Paper (2007)

2006

3. The incidence of Medicare
   Journal of Public Economics, 2006, 90, (1-2), 257-276 View citations
   See also Working Paper (1997)

2005

4. Technology adoption from hybrid corn to beta blockers
   Proceedings, 2005 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2005)

2004

5. Do the Rich Save More?
   Journal of Political Economy, 2004, 112, (2), 397-444 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2000)
6. How Will 401(k) Pension Plans Affect Retirement Income?
   American Economic Review, 2004, 94, (1), 329-343 View citations
7. Medicare upcoding and hospital ownership
   Journal of Health Economics, 2004, 23, (2), 369-389 View citations

2002

8. The Importance of Bequests and Life-Cycle Saving in Capital Accumulation: A New Answer
   American Economic Review, 2002, 92, (2), 274-278 View citations

2001

9. Saving puzzles and saving policies in the United States
   Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 2001, 17, (1), 95-115 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2001)
10. What Accounts for the Variation in Retirement Wealth among U.S. Households?
    American Economic Review, 2001, 91, (4), 832-857 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1997)

1999

11. Will Aging Baby Boomers Bust the Federal Budget?
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1999, 13, (1), 117-140 View citations

1996

12. Assessing the Effectiveness of Saving Incentives
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1996, 10, (4), 73-90 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1997)
13. The dynamic efficiency cost of not taxing housing
    Journal of Public Economics, 1996, 59, (3), 397-417 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1990)

1995

14. Precautionary Saving and Social Insurance
    Journal of Political Economy, 1995, 103, (2), 360-99 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1995)

1994

15. Expanding the Life-Cycle Model: Precautionary Saving and Public Policy
    American Economic Review, 1994, 84, (2), 174-79 View citations
16. The Risk and Duration of Catastrophic Health Care Expenditures
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1994, 76, (4), 633-47 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1992)
17. The importance of precautionary motives in explaining individual and aggregate saving
    Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy, 1994, 40, (1), 59-125 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1994)
18. What do stochastic frontier cost functions tell us about inefficiency?
    Journal of Health Economics, 1994, 13, (3), 323-328 View citations

1991

19. If Agricultural Land Taxation Is So Efficient, Why Is It So Rarely Used?
    World Bank Economic Review, 1991, 5, (1), 113-33 View citations
20. Prospects for Agricultural Land Taxation in Developing Countries
    World Bank Economic Review, 1991, 5, (3), 493-511 View citations

1989

21. Housing wealth and aggregate saving
    Regional Science and Urban Economics, 1989, 19, (2), 305-324 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1989)

1988

22. Risky income, life cycle consumption, and precautionary savings
    Journal of Monetary Economics, 1988, 22, (2), 237-255 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1987)
23. The welfare cost of uncertain tax policy
    Journal of Public Economics, 1988, 37, (2), 129-145 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1986)

1987

24. A superior measure of consumption from the panel study of income dynamics
    Economics Letters, 1987, 23, (2), 213-216 View citations

1986

25. Labor Supply and Marital Separation
    American Economic Review, 1986, 76, (3), 455-69 View citations

1985

26. The Effect of Increased Longevity on Capital Accumulation
    American Economic Review, 1985, 75, (5), 1143-50 View citations
27. The Resolution of the Labor-Scarcity Paradox
    The Journal of Economic History, 1985, 45, (03), 513-540 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1984)
28. Variable Lifespan and the Intertemporal Elasticity of Consumption
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1985, 67, (4), 616-23 View citations

1983

29. The Efficiency Gains from Dynamic Tax Reform
    International Economic Review, 1983, 24, (1), 81-100 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1983)

Chapters

2006

1. Geography and the Use of Effective Health Care in the United States
   A chapter in Health Care Issues in the United States and Japan, 2006, pp 195-208

2005

2. The Efficiency of Medicare
   A chapter in Analyses in the Economics of Aging, 2005, pp 129-160 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2001)

2004

3. Area Differences in Utilization of Medical Care and Mortality among U.S. Elderly
   A chapter in Perspectives on the Economics of Aging, 2004, pp 367-414
   See also Working Paper (2001)

2000

4. How Much Is Enough? Efficiency and Medicare Spending in the Last Six Months of Life
   A chapter in The Changing Hospital Industry: Comparing For-Profit and Not-for-Profit Institutions, 2000, pp 169-194
   See also Working Paper (1998)
5. Regional Inequality in Medicare Spending: The Key to Medicare Reform?
   A chapter in Frontiers in Health Policy Research, Volume 3, 2000, pp 69-90 View citations

1999

6. The Distributional Effects of Medicare
   A chapter in Tax Policy and the Economy, volume 13, 1999, pp 85-108 View citations
   See also Working Paper (1999)

1996

7. Is Housing Wealth a Sideshow?
   A chapter in Advances in the Economics of Aging, 1996, pp 241-272 View citations
   See also Working Paper (1993)

1994

8. Housing and Saving in the United States
   A chapter in Housing Markets in the U.S. and Japan, 1994, pp 191-214 View citations
   See also Working Paper (1991)

1989

9. Sources of IRA Saving
   A chapter in Tax Policy and the Economy, Volume 3, 1989, pp 25-46 View citations
   See also Working Paper (1989)