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Working Papers

2023

1. The Potential Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Healthcare Spending
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
   See also Chapter (2023)

2022

2. Economic Crises and Mental Health: Effects of the Great Recession on Older Americans
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2021

3. How do Physicians Respond to Malpractice Allegations? Evidence from Florida Emergency Departments
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
4. When Innovation Goes Wrong: Technological Regress and the Opioid Epidemic
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (8)

2020

5. A Satellite Account for Health in the United States
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
6. Socioeconomic Status and the Experience of Pain: An Example from Knees
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
7. Vertical Integration of Healthcare Providers Increases Self-Referrals and Can Reduce Downstream Competition: The Case of Hospital-Owned Skilled Nursing Facilities
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)

2018

8. Attributing Medical Spending to Conditions: A Comparison of Methods
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
9. Health and Economic Activity Over the Lifecycle: Literature Review
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (22)
10. Two Hundred Years of Health and Medical Care: The Importance of Medical Care for Life Expectancy Gains
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (12)

2017

11. Strengthening National Data to Better Measure What We Are Buying in Health Care: Reconciling National Health Expenditures with Detailed Survey Data
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)

2016

12. Economic Conditions and Mortality: Evidence from 200 Years of Data
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (31)
13. Understanding the Improvement in Disability Free Life Expectancy In the U.S. Elderly Population
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (19)
    See also Chapter (2016)

2014

14. The Contribution of Behavior Change and Public Health to Improved U.S. Population Health
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
15. When Does Education Matter? The Protective Effect of Education for Cohorts Graduating in Bad Times
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (15)

2013

16. Evidence for Significant Compression of Morbidity In the Elderly U.S. Population
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (8)
    See also Chapter (2014)
17. Physician Beliefs and Patient Preferences: A New Look at Regional Variation in Health Care Spending
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (29)
18. Who Pays for Public Employee Health Costs?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
    See also Chapter (2013)

2012

19. Education and Health: Insights from International Comparisons
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (53)

2011

20. Dimensions of Health in the Elderly Population
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
    See also Chapter (2011)

2010

21. Explaining the Rise in Educational Gradients in Mortality
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (15)
22. Where Are The Health Care Entrepreneurs? The Failure of Organizational Innovation in Health Care
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (8)
    See also Chapter (2011)
23. Why did HIV decline in Uganda?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)

2009

24. Induced Innovation and Social Inequality: Evidence from Infant Medical Care
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
25. Input Constraints and the Efficiency of Entry: Lessons from Cardiac Surgery
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
26. Selection Stories: Understanding Movement Across Health Plans
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)

2008

27. Preference Heterogeneity and Insurance Markets: Explaining a Puzzle of Insurance
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (127)
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (2008)
28. Social Interactions and Smoking
    Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government View citations (1)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2007) View citations (28)
    See also Chapter (2010)
29. Socioeconomic Status and Health: Dimensions and Mechanisms
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (80)

2007

30. Clinical Pathways to Disability
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
    See also Chapter (2009)
31. Is the US Population Behaving Healthier?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
    See also Chapter (2009)
32. Mosquitoes: The Long-TermEffects of Malaria Eradication in India
    Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government View citations (4)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2007) View citations (14)
33. The Lifetime Costs and Benefits of Medical Technology
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (49)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Health Economics (2007)
34. When Are Ghettos Bad? Lessons from Immigrant Segregation in the United States
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (11)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Urban Economics (2008)
35. Why Is The Developed World Obese?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (46)

2006

36. Did Medicare Induce Pharmaceutical Innovation?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (31)
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (2006)
37. Education and Health: Evaluating Theories and Evidence
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (309)
38. How Do the Better Educated Do It? Socioeconomic Status and the Ability to Cope with Underlying Impairment
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
    See also Chapter (2009)
39. Intensive Medical Care and Cardiovascular Disease Disability Reductions
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (11)
    See also Chapter (2009)
40. The Determinants of Mortality
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (594)
    Also in Working Papers, eSocialSciences (2006) View citations (578)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Perspectives (2006)
41. The Impact of Antihypertensive Drugs on the Number and Risk of Death, Stroke and Myocardial Infarction in the United States
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
42. Why Do Europeans Smoke More than Americans?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (18)
    See also Chapter (2009)

2005

43. A Proposed Method for Monitoring U.S. Population Health: Linking Symptoms, Impairments, and Health Ratings
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
44. Autopsy on an Empire: Understanding Mortality in Russia and the Former Soviet Union
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (105)
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2005) View citations (97)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2004) View citations (10)
    William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan (2005) View citations (96)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Perspectives (2005)
45. Is the Melting Pot Still Hot? Explaining the Resurgence of Immigrant Segregation
    Harvard Institute of Economic Research Working Papers, Harvard - Institute of Economic Research View citations (12)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2005) View citations (15)
    Working Papers, U.S. Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies (2004) View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article in The Review of Economics and Statistics (2008)
46. Water, Water, Everywhere: Municipal Finance and Water Supply in American Cities
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
    See also Chapter (2006)
47. What Explains Differences in Smoking, Drinking and Other Health-Related Behaviors
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (103)
    Also in Harvard Institute of Economic Research Working Papers, Harvard - Institute of Economic Research (2005) View citations (82)
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (2005)

2004

48. Are the Benefits of Medicine Worth What We Pay for It? 15th Annual Herbert Lourie Memorial Lecture on Health Policy
    Center for Policy Research Policy Briefs, Center for Policy Research, Maxwell School, Syracuse University View citations (6)
49. The Role of Information in Medical Markets: An Analysis of Publicly Reported Outcomes in Cardiac Surgery
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (93)
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (2004)
50. The Role of Public Health Improvements in Health Advances: The 20th Century United States
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (17)

2003

51. Comparing non-fatal health across countries: Is the US medical system better?
    IESE Research Papers, IESE Business School
52. Why Have Americans Become More Obese?
    Harvard Institute of Economic Research Working Papers, Harvard - Institute of Economic Research View citations (589)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2003) View citations (662)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Perspectives (2003)

2002

53. Employee Costs and the Decline in Health Insurance Coverage
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (20)
    See also Chapter (2003)
54. Health Care and the Public Sector
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (47)
    See also Chapter (2002)
55. Technological Development and Medical Productivity: The Diffusion of Angioplasty in New York State
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Health Economics (2003)

2001

56. Changes in the Age Distribution of Mortality Over the 20th Century
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (31)
57. Explaining the Rise in Youth Suicide
    Harvard Institute of Economic Research Working Papers, Harvard - Institute of Economic Research View citations (26)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2000) View citations (19)
    See also Chapter (2001)
58. Health Policy in the Clinton Era: Once Bitten, Twice Shy
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
59. The birth and growth of the social-insurance state: explaining old-age and medical insurance across countries
    Research Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City View citations (8)
    See also Journal Article in Public Choice (2004)

2000

60. Enrollee Mix, Treatment Intensity, and Cost in Competing Indemnity and HMO Plans
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (8)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Health Economics (2003)
61. Financial Crisis, Health Outcomes and Aging: Mexico in the 1980s and 1990s
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Public Economics (2002)
62. Generational aspects of Medicare
    Finance and Economics Discussion Series, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.) View citations (9)
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (2000)
63. How Good a Deal Was the Tobacco Settlement?: Assessing Payments to Massachusetts
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Risk and Uncertainty (2000)
64. The Economic Impacts of the Tobacco Settlement
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (11)

1999

65. Demographics and medical care spending: standard and non-standard effects
    Finance and Economics Discussion Series, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.) View citations (3)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1998) View citations (26)
66. Pricing Heart Attack Treatments
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (14)
    See also Chapter (2001)
67. The Anatomy of Health Insurance
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (30)
    See also Chapter (2000)
68. The Concentration of Medical Spending: An Update
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (13)
    See also Chapter (2001)
69. The Technology of Birth: Is it Worth it?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (11)
    See also Chapter (2000)
70. The geography of Medicare
    Finance and Economics Discussion Series, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.) View citations (21)
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (1999)
71. Your Money and Your Life: The Value of Health and What Affects It
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (20)
    See also Chapter (1999)

1998

72. Converting Hospitals from Not-for-profit to For-profit Status
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (25)
73. Price Indexes for Medical Care Goods and Services: An Overview of Measurement Issues
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)
    Also in Harvard Institute of Economic Research Working Papers, Harvard - Institute of Economic Research (1998) View citations (7)
    See also Chapter (2001)
74. Prices and Productivity in Managed Care Insurance
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
75. The Costs and Benefits of Intensive Treatment for Cardiovascular Disease
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (16)
76. The Value of Health: 1970-1990
    JCPR Working Papers, Northwestern University/University of Chicago Joint Center for Poverty Research View citations (30)
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (1998)

1997

77. Adverse Selection in Health Insurance
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (30)
    See also Chapter (1998)
78. Consolidation in the Medical Care Marketplace: A Case Study from Masschusetts
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (15)
    See also Chapter (2000)
79. Managed Care and the Growth of Medical Expenditures
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (18)
    See also Chapter (1998)
80. Reinsurance for Catastrophes and Cataclysms
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (10)
    See also Chapter (1999)
81. Restraining the Leviathan: Property Tax Limitation in Massachusetts
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
    Also in Finance and Economics Discussion Series, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.) (1997) View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Public Economics (1999)
82. The Medical Costs of The Young and Old: A Forty Year Perspective
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (19)
    See also Chapter (1998)
83. The Rise and Decline of the American Ghetto
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (17)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Political Economy (1999)

1996

84. Are Medical Prices Declining?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (43)
85. Labor Market Responses to Rising Health Insurance Costs: Evidence on Hours Worked
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article in RAND Journal of Economics (1998)
86. Paying for Health Insurance: The Tradeoff between Competition and Adverse Selection
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (13)
87. Public Policy for Health Care
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (15)
88. The Determinants of Technological Change in Heart Attack Treatment
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (69)

1995

89. Are Ghettos Good or Bad?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (13)
90. Does Public Insurance Crowd Out Private Insurance?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (21)

1994

91. Market Failure in Small Group Health Insurance
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (25)

1993

92. Demographic Characteristics and the Public Bundle
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (54)
93. Policy Options for Long-Term Care
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (18)
    See also Chapter (1994)
94. The Incidence of Adverse Medical Outcomes Under Prospective Payments
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
    Also in Harvard Institute of Economic Research Working Papers, Harvard - Institute of Economic Research (1992) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in Econometrica (1995)
95. Why Doesn't the Market Fully Insure Long-Term Care?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (45)

1992

96. Rising Inequality? Changes in the Distribution of Income and Consumption in the 1980s
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (94)
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (1992)

1990

97. AN AGING SOCIETY: OPPORTUNITY OR CHALLENGE
    Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics View citations (276)
    See also Journal Article in Brookings Papers on Economic Activity (1990)
98. Sectoral Shifts and Cyclical Unemployment Reconsidered
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
99. Speculative Dynamics
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (15)
100. Speculative Dynamics and the Role of Feedback Traders
     NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (177)
     See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (1990)

1988

101. What Moves Stock Prices?
     NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (185)
     Also in Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics (1988) View citations (26)

1987

102. The Costs of Conflict Resolution and Financial Distress: Evidence from the Texaco-Pennzoil Litigation
     NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (8)
     See also Journal Article in RAND Journal of Economics (1988)

Journal Articles

2008

1. Are We Finally Winning the War on Cancer?
   Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2008, 22, (4), 3-26 View citations (48)
2. Is the Melting Pot Still Hot? Explaining the Resurgence of Immigrant Segregation
   The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2008, 90, (3), 478-497 View citations (89)
   See also Working Paper (2005)
3. Preference Heterogeneity and Insurance Markets: Explaining a Puzzle of Insurance
   American Economic Review, 2008, 98, (2), 157-62 View citations (126)
   See also Working Paper (2008)
4. When are ghettos bad? Lessons from immigrant segregation in the United States
   Journal of Urban Economics, 2008, 63, (3), 759-774 View citations (134)
   See also Working Paper (2007)

2007

5. The lifetime costs and benefits of medical technology
   Journal of Health Economics, 2007, 26, (6), 1081-1100 View citations (51)
   See also Working Paper (2007)

2006

6. Did Medicare Induce Pharmaceutical Innovation?
   American Economic Review, 2006, 96, (2), 103-107 View citations (31)
   See also Working Paper (2006)
7. The Determinants of Mortality
   Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2006, 20, (3), 97-120 View citations (591)
   See also Working Paper (2006)
8. The Economics of Health System Payment
   De Economist, 2006, 154, (1), 1-18 View citations (7)

2005

9. Autopsy on an Empire: Understanding Mortality in Russia and the Former Soviet Union
   Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2005, 19, (1), 107-130 View citations (104)
   See also Working Paper (2005)
10. Charity Care, Risk Pooling, and the Decline in Private Health Insurance
    American Economic Review, 2005, 95, (2), 209-213 View citations (7)
11. What Explains Differences in Smoking, Drinking, and Other Health-Related Behaviors?
    American Economic Review, 2005, 95, (2), 238-242 View citations (111)
    See also Working Paper (2005)
12. What is good care, and what is bad?
    Conference Series ; [Proceedings], 2005, 50, (Jun), 46-59

2004

13. The Birth and Growth of the Social Insurance State: Explaining Old Age and Medical Insurance Across Countries
    Public Choice, 2004, 120, (1_2), 87-121 View citations (37)
    See also Working Paper (2001)
14. The Role of Information in Medical Markets: An Analysis of Publicly Reported Outcomes in Cardiac Surgery
    American Economic Review, 2004, 94, (2), 342-346 View citations (96)
    See also Working Paper (2004)

2003

15. Enrollee mix, treatment intensity, and cost in competing indemnity and HMO plans
    Journal of Health Economics, 2003, 22, (1), 23-45 View citations (19)
    See also Working Paper (2000)
16. Technological development and medical productivity: the diffusion of angioplasty in New York state
    Journal of Health Economics, 2003, 22, (2), 187-217 View citations (71)
    See also Working Paper (2002)
17. Why Have Americans Become More Obese?
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2003, 17, (3), 93-118 View citations (663)
    See also Working Paper (2003)

2002

18. Equality, Efficiency, and Market Fundamentals: The Dynamics of International Medical-Care Reform
    Journal of Economic Literature, 2002, 40, (3), 881-906 View citations (64)
19. Financial crisis, health outcomes and ageing: Mexico in the 1980s and 1990s
    Journal of Public Economics, 2002, 84, (2), 279-303 View citations (76)
    See also Working Paper (2000)
20. ISPE Special Issue Introduction
    Journal of Public Economics, 2002, 84, (2), 151-151
21. Perspective: tobacco manufacturers are now compensating states for smoking-related costs: how will this affect the economy?
    Regional Review, 2002, 12, (Q 2), 2-3

2001

22. Productivity Change in Health Care
    American Economic Review, 2001, 91, (2), 281-286 View citations (11)

2000

23. Generational Aspects of Medicare
    American Economic Review, 2000, 90, (2), 303-307 View citations (10)
    See also Working Paper (2000)
24. How Does Managed Care Do It?
    RAND Journal of Economics, 2000, 31, (3), 526-548 View citations (120)
25. How Good a Deal Was the Tobacco Settlement? Assessing Payments to Massachusetts
    Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 2000, 21, (2-3), 235-61 View citations (4)
    See also Working Paper (2000)
26. Walking the Tightrope on Medicare Reform
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2000, 14, (2), 45-56 View citations (7)

1999

27. Restraining the Leviathan: property tax limitation in Massachusetts
    Journal of Public Economics, 1999, 71, (3), 313-334 View citations (32)
    See also Working Paper (1997)
28. The Geography of Medicare
    American Economic Review, 1999, 89, (2), 228-233 View citations (21)
    See also Working Paper (1999)
29. The Rise and Decline of the American Ghetto
    Journal of Political Economy, 1999, 107, (3), 455-506 View citations (442)
    See also Working Paper (1997)

1998

30. Adverse Selection and Adverse Retention
    American Economic Review, 1998, 88, (2), 122-26 View citations (43)
31. Labor Market Responses to Rising Health Insurance Costs: Evidence on Hours Worked
    RAND Journal of Economics, 1998, 29, (3), 509-530 View citations (61)
    See also Working Paper (1996)
32. The Value of Health: 1970-1990
    American Economic Review, 1998, 88, (2), 97-100 View citations (28)
    See also Working Paper (1998)
33. What Has Increased Medical-Care Spending Bought?
    American Economic Review, 1998, 88, (2), 132-36 View citations (16)

1996

34. The Effect of Medicaid Expansions on Public Insurance, Private Insurance, and Redistribution
    American Economic Review, 1996, 86, (2), 378-83 View citations (33)

1995

35. The Cost and Financing of Health Care
    American Economic Review, 1995, 85, (2), 32-37 View citations (10)
36. The Incidence of Adverse Medical Outcomes under Prospective Payment
    Econometrica, 1995, 63, (1), 29-50 View citations (167)
    See also Working Paper (1993)

1994

37. A Guide to Health Care Reform
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1994, 8, (3), 13-29 View citations (38)

1992

38. Rising Inequality? Changes in the Distribution of Income and Consumption in the 1980's
    American Economic Review, 1992, 82, (2), 546-51 View citations (102)
    See also Working Paper (1992)

1991

39. Macroeconomic Performance and the Disadvantaged
    Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, 1991, 22, (2), 1-74 View citations (184)

1990

40. An Aging Society: Opportunity or Challenge?
    Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, 1990, 21, (1), 1-74 View citations (277)
    See also Working Paper (1990)
41. Speculative Dynamics and the Role of Feedback Traders
    American Economic Review, 1990, 80, (2), 63-68 View citations (191)
    See also Working Paper (1990)

1988

42. Tax Reform and the Stock Market: An Asset Price Approach
    American Economic Review, 1988, 78, (5), 1107-17 View citations (47)
43. The Costs of Conflict Resolution and Financial Distress: Evidence from the Texaco-Pennzoil Litigation
    RAND Journal of Economics, 1988, 19, (2), 157-172 View citations (34)
    See also Working Paper (1987)

Books

2018

1. Measuring and Modeling Health Care Costs
   NBER Books, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)

2014

2. Hospital Organization and Productivity
   NBER Books, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2009

3. Frontiers in Health Policy Research, volume 12
   NBER Books, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
4. Health at Older Ages: The Causes and Consequences of Declining Disability among the Elderly
   NBER Books, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (16)

2007

5. Frontiers in Health Policy Research, Volume 10
   NBER Books, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)

2006

6. Frontiers in Health Policy Research, Volume 9
   NBER Books, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)

2005

7. Frontiers in Health Policy Research, Volume 8
   NBER Books, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)

2004

8. Frontiers in Health Policy Research, Volume 7
   NBER Books, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)

2003

9. Frontiers in Health Policy Research, Volume 6
   NBER Books, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (15)

2001

10. Medical Care Output and Productivity
    NBER Books, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (73)

2000

11. The Changing Hospital Industry: Comparing Not-for-Profit and For-Profit Institutions
    NBER Books, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (63)

Chapters

2023

1. The Potential Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Healthcare Spending
   A chapter in The Economics of Artificial Intelligence: Health Care Challenges, 2023
   See also Working Paper (2023)

2017

2. Introduction to "Measuring and Modeling Health Care Costs"
   A chapter in Measuring and Modeling Health Care Costs, 2017, pp 1-21

2016

3. Attribution of Health Care Costs to Diseases: Does the Method Matter?
   A chapter in Measuring and Modeling Health Care Costs, 2016, pp 173-210 View citations (1)
4. Understanding the Improvement in Disability-Free Life Expectancy in the US Elderly Population
   A chapter in Insights in the Economics of Aging, 2016, pp 161-201 View citations (14)
   See also Working Paper (2016)

2015

5. Comment on "Suicide, Age, and Well-Being: An Empirical Investigation"
   A chapter in Insights in the Economics of Aging, 2015, pp 334-338

2014

6. Comment on "The Lifetime Risk of Nursing Home Use"
   A chapter in Discoveries in the Economics of Aging, 2014, pp 110-113
7. Evidence for Significant Compression of Morbidity in the Elderly U.S. Population
   A chapter in Discoveries in the Economics of Aging, 2014, pp 21-51 View citations (13)
   See also Working Paper (2013)

2013

8. Front matter, prefatory note
   A chapter in Measuring and Modeling Health Care Costs, 2013, pp -11
9. Who Pays for Public Employee Health Costs?
   A chapter in State and Local Health Plans for Active and Retired Public Employees, 2013 View citations (4)
   See also Working Paper (2013)

2011

10. Comment on "Self-Reported Disability and Reference Groups"
    A chapter in Investigations in the Economics of Aging, 2011, pp 265-266
11. Dimensons of Health in the Elderly Population
    A chapter in Investigations in the Economics of Aging, 2011, pp 179-200 View citations (1)
    See also Working Paper (2011)
12. Where Are the Health Care Entrepreneurs? The Failure of Organizational Innovation in Health Care
    A chapter in Innovation Policy and the Economy, Volume 11, 2011, pp 1-28 View citations (14)
    See also Working Paper (2010)

2010

13. Social Interactions and Smoking
    A chapter in Research Findings in the Economics of Aging, 2010, pp 123-141 View citations (21)
    See also Working Paper (2008)
14. The Education Gradient in Old Age Disability
    A chapter in Research Findings in the Economics of Aging, 2010, pp 101-120 View citations (7)

2009

15. Clinical Pathways to Disability
    A chapter in Health at Older Ages: The Causes and Consequences of Declining Disability among the Elderly, 2009, pp 151-187 View citations (3)
    See also Working Paper (2007)
16. How Do The Better Educated Do It? Socioeconomic Status and the Ability to Cope With Underlying Impairment
    A chapter in Developments in the Economics of Aging, 2009, pp 203-248 View citations (3)
    See also Working Paper (2006)
17. Intensive Medical Care and Cardiovascular Disease Disability Reductions
    A chapter in Health at Older Ages: The Causes and Consequences of Declining Disability among the Elderly, 2009, pp 191-222 View citations (3)
    See also Working Paper (2006)
18. Introduction to "Health at Older Ages: The Causes and Consequences of Declining Disability among the Elderly"
    A chapter in Health at Older Ages: The Causes and Consequences of Declining Disability among the Elderly, 2009, pp 1-18 View citations (1)
19. Is the US Population Behaving Healthier?
    A chapter in Social Security Policy in a Changing Environment, 2009, pp 423-442 View citations (3)
    See also Working Paper (2007)
20. Measuring National Well-Being
    A chapter in Measuring the Subjective Well-Being of Nations: National Accounts of Time Use and Well-Being, 2009, pp 107-112 View citations (2)
21. Why Do Europeans Smoke More than Americans?
    A chapter in Developments in the Economics of Aging, 2009, pp 255-282 View citations (13)
    See also Working Paper (2006)

2006

22. An International Look at the Medical Care Financing Problem
    A chapter in Health Care Issues in the United States and Japan, 2006, pp 69-82 View citations (1)
23. The Business Case for Diabetes Disease Management for Managed Care Organizations
    A chapter in Frontiers in Health Policy Research, Volume 9, 2006 View citations (15)
24. The U.S. Medical Care System for the Elderly
    A chapter in Health Care Issues in the United States and Japan, 2006, pp 43-68
25. Water, Water Everywhere. Municipal Finance and Water Supply in American Cities
    A chapter in Corruption and Reform: Lessons from America's Economic History, 2006, pp 153-183 View citations (18)
    See also Working Paper (2005)

2005

26. Intensive Medical Technology and the Reduction in Disability
    A chapter in Analyses in the Economics of Aging, 2005, pp 161-184 View citations (4)
27. Introduction to "Frontiers in Health Policy Research, Volume 8"
    A chapter in Frontiers in Health Policy Research, Volume 8, 2005

2004

28. Changes in the Age Distribution of Mortality over the Twentieth Century
    A chapter in Perspectives on the Economics of Aging, 2004, pp 333-366 View citations (20)
29. Disability Forecasts and Future Medicare Costs
    A chapter in Frontiers in Health Policy Research, Volume 7, 2004, pp 75-94 View citations (8)
30. Introduction to "Frontiers in Health Policy Research, Volume 7"
    A chapter in Frontiers in Health Policy Research, Volume 7, 2004, pp -3 View citations (1)

2003

31. Employee Costs and the Decline in Health Insurance Coverage
    A chapter in Frontiers in Health Policy Research, Volume 6, 2003, pp 27-54 View citations (33)
    See also Working Paper (2002)
32. Introduction to "Frontiers in Health Policy Research, Volume 6"
    A chapter in Frontiers in Health Policy Research, Volume 6, 2003, pp -5 View citations (11)
33. Supplementing Public Insurance Coverage with Private Coverage: Implications for Medical Care Systems
    A chapter in Labor Markets and Firm Benefit Policies in Japan and the United States, 2003, pp 183-204

2002

34. Health care and the public sector
    Chapter 31 in Handbook of Public Economics, 2002, vol. 4, pp 2143-2243 View citations (46)
    See also Working Paper (2002)

2001

35. Explaining the Rise in Youth Suicide
    A chapter in Risky Behavior among Youths: An Economic Analysis, 2001, pp 219-270 View citations (55)
    See also Working Paper (2001)
36. Introduction to "Medical Care Output and Productivity"
    A chapter in Medical Care Output and Productivity, 2001, pp 1-12 View citations (16)
37. Price Indexes for Medical Care Goods and Services -- An Overview of Measurement Issues
    A chapter in Medical Care Output and Productivity, 2001, pp 141-200 View citations (18)
    See also Working Paper (1998)
38. Pricing Heart Attack Treatments
    A chapter in Medical Care Output and Productivity, 2001, pp 305-362 View citations (15)
    See also Working Paper (1999)
39. The Concentration of Medical Spending: An Update
    A chapter in Themes in the Economics of Aging, 2001, pp 217-240 View citations (4)
    See also Working Paper (1999)
40. The Third Wave in Health Care Reform
    A chapter in Aging Issues in the United States and Japan, 2001, pp 169-186

2000

41. Consolidation in the Medical Care Marketplace,A Case Study from Massachusetts
    A chapter in Mergers and Productivity, 2000, pp 9-50 View citations (2)
    See also Working Paper (1997)
42. Converting Hospitals from No t-for-Profit to For-Profit Status Why and What Effects?
    A chapter in The Changing Hospital Industry: Comparing Not-for-Profit and For-Profit Institutions, 2000, pp 45-90 View citations (31)
43. Introduction to "The Changing Hospital Industry: Comparing For-Profit and Not-for-Profit Institutions"
    A chapter in The Changing Hospital Industry: Comparing Not-for-Profit and For-Profit Institutions, 2000, pp 1-10 View citations (40)
44. Medical care prices and output
    Chapter 03 in Handbook of Health Economics, 2000, vol. 1, pp 119-180 View citations (38)
45. The Technology of Birth: Is It Worth It?
    A chapter in Frontiers in Health Policy Research, Volume 3, 2000, pp 33-68 View citations (32)
    See also Working Paper (1999)
46. The anatomy of health insurance
    Chapter 11 in Handbook of Health Economics, 2000, vol. 1, pp 563-643 View citations (296)
    See also Working Paper (1999)

1999

47. Reinsurance for Catastrophes and Cataclysms
    A chapter in The Financing of Catastrophe Risk, 1999, pp 233-274 View citations (15)
    See also Working Paper (1997)
48. Your Money and Your Life: The Value of Health and What Affects It
    A chapter in Frontiers in Health Policy Research, volume 2, 1999, pp 99-132 View citations (20)
    See also Working Paper (1999)

1998

49. Adverse Selection in Health Insurance
    A chapter in Frontiers in Health Policy Research, Volume 1, 1998, pp 1-32 View citations (57)
    See also Working Paper (1997)
50. Cost Shifting or Cost Cutting? The Incidence of Reductions in Medicare Payments
    A chapter in Tax Policy and the Economy, Volume 12, 1998, pp 1-28 View citations (20)
51. Managed Care and the Growth of Medical Expenditures
    A chapter in Frontiers in Health Policy Research, Volume 1, 1998, pp 77-116 View citations (30)
    See also Working Paper (1997)
52. The Medical Costs of the Young and Old: A Forty-Year Perspective
    A chapter in Frontiers in the Economics of Aging, 1998, pp 215-246 View citations (31)
    See also Working Paper (1997)
53. What Is Technological Change?
    A chapter in Inquiries in the Economics of Aging, 1998, pp 51-81 View citations (11)

1994

54. Policy Options for Long-Term Care
    A chapter in Studies in the Economics of Aging, 1994, pp 395-442 View citations (20)
    See also Working Paper (1993)