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Working Papers

2022

1. Heterogeneity in Damages from A Pandemic
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
2. Producing Health: Measuring Value Added of Nursing Homes
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
3. Targeting Precision Medicine: Evidence from Prenatal Screening
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
4. What Drives Risky Prescription Opioid Use? Evidence from Migration
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2021

5. A Taste of Their Own Medicine: Guideline Adherence and Access to Expertise
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
6. The IO of Selection Markets
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)

2020

7. In Praise of Moderation: Suggestions for the Scope and Use of Pre-Analysis Plans for RCTs in Economics
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (18)
8. Out of the Woodwork: Enrollment Spillovers in the Oregon Health Insurance Experiment
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
9. Voluntary Regulation: Evidence from Medicare Payment Reform
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
10. Welfare Analysis Meets Causal Inference
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (30)
11. Why is End-of-Life Spending So High? Evidence from Cancer Patients
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2019

12. Place-Based Drivers of Mortality: Evidence from Migration
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (29)
13. Screening and Selection: The Case of Mammograms
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
14. The Challenges of Universal Health Insurance in Developing Countries: Evidence from a Large-scale Randomized Experiment in Indonesia
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)

2018

15. Long-Term Care Hospitals: A Case Study in Waste
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
16. Take-up and Targeting: Experimental Evidence from SNAP
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (14)
17. The Impact of Medicaid Expansion on Voter Participation: Evidence from the Oregon Health Insurance Experiment
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (7)

2017

18. Healthcare Spending and Utilization in Public and Private Medicare
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (8)
19. Moral Hazard in Health Insurance: What We Know and How We Know It
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
20. Provider Incentives and Healthcare Costs: Evidence from Long-Term Care Hospitals
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (9)
21. Subsidizing Health Insurance for Low-Income Adults: Evidence from Massachusetts
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (26)
22. What Does (Formal) Health Insurance Do, and For Whom?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (11)

2016

23. Bunching at the Kink: Implications for Spending Responses to Health Insurance Contracts
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
    See also Chapter (2016)
24. Is American Pet Health Care (Also) Uniquely Inefficient?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
25. Private Provision of Social Insurance: Drug-specific Price Elasticities and Cost Sharing in Medicare Part D
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (14)
26. The Economic Consequences of Hospital Admissions
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (16)

2015

27. Beyond Statistics: The Economic Content of Risk Scores
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
28. Healthcare Exceptionalism? Performance and Allocation in the U.S. Healthcare Sector
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (8)
29. The Value of Medicaid: Interpreting Results from the Oregon Health Insurance Experiment
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (47)

2014

30. Paying on the Margin for Medical Care: Evidence from Breast Cancer Treatments
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
    Also in Discussion Papers, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (2014)
31. Sources of Geographic Variation in Health Care: Evidence from Patient Migration
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (13)

2013

32. Healthcare Exceptionalism? Productivity and Allocation in the U.S. Healthcare Sector
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (20)
33. The Impact of Medicaid on Labor Force Activity and Program Participation: Evidence from the Oregon Health Insurance Experiment
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (22)
34. The Response of Drug Expenditures to Non-Linear Contract Design: Evidence from Medicare Part D
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (14)

2012

35. Moral Hazard in Health Insurance: How Important Is Forward Looking Behavior?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (51)
    Also in Discussion Papers, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (2012) View citations (50)
36. Social Insurance: Connecting Theory to Data
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (19)
37. The RAND Health Insurance Experiment, Three Decades Later
    Discussion Papers, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2012)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Perspectives (2013)

2011

38. Insuring Long Term Care In the US
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (27)
39. Selection in Insurance Markets: Theory and Empirics in Pictures
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (128)
    Also in Discussion Papers, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (2011) View citations (106)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Perspectives (2011)
40. Selection on Moral Hazard in Health Insurance
    Discussion Papers, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research View citations (26)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2011) View citations (29)
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (2013)
41. The Oregon Health Insurance Experiment: Evidence from the First Year
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (37)
    Also in Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government (2011) View citations (41)
    See also Journal Article in The Quarterly Journal of Economics (2012)

2010

42. How General Are Risk Preferences? Choices Under Uncertainty in Different Domains
    Discussion Papers, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research View citations (12)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2010) View citations (12)
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (2012)

2009

43. Approaches to Estimating the Health State Dependence of the Utility Function
    Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government View citations (102)
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2009) View citations (96)
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (2009)
44. Beyond Testing: Empirical Models of Insurance Markets
    Department of Economics, Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley View citations (5)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2009) View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article in Annual Review of Economics (2010)
45. Estimating Welfare in Insurance Markets Using Variation in Prices
    Discussion Papers, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2008) View citations (8)
    Discussion Papers, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (2008) View citations (7)
46. Income and Health Spending: Evidence from Oil Price Shocks
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (18)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2009) View citations (22)
    See also Journal Article in The Review of Economics and Statistics (2013)

2008

47. Preference Heterogeneity and Insurance Markets: Explaining a Puzzle of Insurance
    Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics View citations (117)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2008) View citations (118)
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (2008)
48. What Good Is Wealth Without Health? The Effect of Health on the Marginal Utility of Consumption
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (60)
    Also in Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government (2008) View citations (71)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of the European Economic Association (2013)

2007

49. E-ZTax: Tax Salience and Tax Rates
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (16)
50. The Welfare Cost of Asymmetric Information: Evidence from the U.K. Annuity Market
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (8)

2006

51. Did Medicare Induce Pharmaceutical Innovation?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (29)
    Also in Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics (2006) View citations (28)
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (2006)
52. Input and Technology Choices in Regulated Industries: Evidence From the Health Care Sector
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Political Economy (2008)
53. Medicaid Crowd-Out of Private Long-Term Care Insurance Demand: Evidence from the Health and Retirement Survey
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (12)
    See also Chapter (2007)
54. Redistribution by Insurance Market Regulation: Analyzing a Ban on Gender-Based Retirement Annuities
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Financial Economics (2009)
55. Testing for Asymmetric Information Using 'Unused Observables' in Insurance Markets: Evidence from the U.K. Annuity Market
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (33)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Risk & Insurance (2014)

2005

56. Dynamic Inefficiencies in Insurance Markets: Evidence from long-term care insurance
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (62)
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (2005)
57. The Aggregate Effects of Health Insurance: Evidence from the Introduction of Medicare
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)
58. What Did Medicare Do (And Was It Worth It)?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (35)

2004

59. Supply or Demand: Why is the Market for Long-Term Care Insurance So Small?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (30)
60. The Interaction of Public and Private Insurance: Medicaid and the Long-Term Care Insurance Market
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (40)
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (2008)

2003

61. Health Policy and Technological Change: Evidence from the Vaccine Industry
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (10)
62. Private Information and its Effect on Market Equilibrium: New Evidence from Long-Term Care Insurance
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (44)

2002

63. Minimum Standards and Insurance Regulation: Evidence from the Medigap Market
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
64. The Interaction of Partial Public Insurance Programs and Residual Private Insurance Markets: Evidence from the U.S. Medicare Program
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Health Economics (2004)
65. When Can Partial Public Insurance Produce Pareto Improvements?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (7)

2000

66. Adverse Selection in Insurance Markets: Policyholder Evidence from the U.K. Annuity Market
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (21)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Political Economy (2004)

1999

67. Selection Effects in the Market for Individual Annuities: New Evidence from the United Kingdom
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (21)

Journal Articles

2014

1. Testing for Asymmetric Information Using “Unused Observables” in Insurance Markets: Evidence from the U.K. Annuity Market
   Journal of Risk & Insurance, 2014, 81, (4), 709-734 View citations (40)
   See also Working Paper (2006)
2. The Impact of Medicaid on Labor Market Activity and Program Participation: Evidence from the Oregon Health Insurance Experiment
   American Economic Review, 2014, 104, (5), 322-28 View citations (101)

2013

3. Income and Health Spending: Evidence from Oil Price Shocks
   The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2013, 95, (4), 1079-1095 View citations (128)
   See also Working Paper (2009)
4. Selection on Moral Hazard in Health Insurance
   American Economic Review, 2013, 103, (1), 178-219 View citations (151)
   See also Working Paper (2011)
5. The RAND Health Insurance Experiment, Three Decades Later
   Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2013, 27, (1), 197-222 View citations (98)
   See also Working Paper (2012)
6. WHAT GOOD IS WEALTH WITHOUT HEALTH? THE EFFECT OF HEALTH ON THE MARGINAL UTILITY OF CONSUMPTION
   Journal of the European Economic Association, 2013, 11, 221-258 View citations (262)
   See also Working Paper (2008)

2012

7. How General Are Risk Preferences? Choices under Uncertainty in Different Domains
   American Economic Review, 2012, 102, (6), 2606-38 View citations (115)
   See also Working Paper (2010)
8. The Oregon Health Insurance Experiment: Evidence from the First Year
   The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2012, 127, (3), 1057-1106 View citations (407)
   See also Working Paper (2011)

2011

9. Insuring Long-Term Care in the United States
   Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2011, 25, (4), 119-42 View citations (94)
10. Selection in Insurance Markets: Theory and Empirics in Pictures
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2011, 25, (1), 115-38 View citations (128)
    See also Working Paper (2011)

2010

11. Beyond Testing: Empirical Models of Insurance Markets
    Annual Review of Economics, 2010, 2, (1), 311-336 View citations (100)
    See also Working Paper (2009)
12. Optimal Mandates and the Welfare Cost of Asymmetric Information: Evidence From the U.K. Annuity Market
    Econometrica, 2010, 78, (3), 1031-1092 View citations (55)

2009

13. Approaches to Estimating the Health State Dependence of the Utility Function
    American Economic Review, 2009, 99, (2), 116-21 View citations (97)
    See also Working Paper (2009)
14. Redistribution by insurance market regulation: Analyzing a ban on gender-based retirement annuities
    Journal of Financial Economics, 2009, 91, (1), 38-58 View citations (37)
    See also Working Paper (2006)

2008

15. Input and Technology Choices in Regulated Industries: Evidence from the Health Care Sector
    Journal of Political Economy, 2008, 116, (5), 837-880 View citations (116)
    See also Working Paper (2006)
16. Preference Heterogeneity and Insurance Markets: Explaining a Puzzle of Insurance
    American Economic Review, 2008, 98, (2), 157-62 View citations (118)
    See also Working Paper (2008)
17. The Interaction of Public and Private Insurance: Medicaid and the Long-Term Care Insurance Market
    American Economic Review, 2008, 98, (3), 1083-1102 View citations (238)
    See also Working Paper (2004)
18. What did Medicare do? The initial impact of Medicare on mortality and out of pocket medical spending
    Journal of Public Economics, 2008, 92, (7), 1644-1668 View citations (171)

2007

19. Why is the market for long-term care insurance so small?
    Journal of Public Economics, 2007, 91, (10), 1967-1991 View citations (171)
    See also Chapter (2007)

2006

20. Did Medicare Induce Pharmaceutical Innovation?
    American Economic Review, 2006, 96, (2), 103-107 View citations (29)
    See also Working Paper (2006)
21. Multiple Dimensions of Private Information: Evidence from the Long-Term Care Insurance Market
    American Economic Review, 2006, 96, (4), 938-958 View citations (415)

2005

22. Dynamic Inefficiencies in Insurance Markets: Evidence from Long-Term Care Insurance
    American Economic Review, 2005, 95, (2), 224-228 View citations (62)
    See also Working Paper (2005)

2004

23. Adverse Selection in Insurance Markets: Policyholder Evidence from the U.K. Annuity Market
    Journal of Political Economy, 2004, 112, (1), 183-208 View citations (288)
    See also Working Paper (2000)
24. Minimum standards, insurance regulation and adverse selection: evidence from the Medigap market
    Journal of Public Economics, 2004, 88, (12), 2515-2547 View citations (46)
25. The interaction of partial public insurance programs and residual private insurance markets: evidence from the US Medicare program
    Journal of Health Economics, 2004, 23, (1), 1-24 View citations (22)
    See also Working Paper (2002)

2002

26. Selection Effects in the United Kingdom Individual Annuities Market
    Economic Journal, 2002, 112, (476), 28-50 View citations (117)
27. The effect of tax subsidies to employer-provided supplementary health insurance: evidence from Canada
    Journal of Public Economics, 2002, 84, (3), 305-339 View citations (54)

Chapters

2016

1. Bunching at the Kink: Implications for Spending Responses to Health Insurance Contracts
   A chapter in Social Insurance Programs (Trans-Atlantic Public Economics Seminar, TAPES), 2016
   See also Working Paper (2016)

2011

2. Comment on "The Demand for Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Coverage: Evidence from Four Waves of the Retirement Perspectives Survey"
   A chapter in Explorations in the Economics of Aging, 2011, pp 182-185

2010

3. Comment on "Mind the Gap! Consumer Perceptions and Choices of Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Plans"
   A chapter in Research Findings in the Economics of Aging, 2010, pp 481-484 View citations (4)

2007

4. Medicaid Crowd-Out of Private Long-Term Care Insurance Demand: Evidence from the Health and Retirement Survey
   A chapter in Tax Policy and the Economy, Volume 21, 2007, pp 1-34 View citations (50)
   See also Working Paper (2006)
5. Why Is the Market or Long-term Care Insurance So Small?
   A chapter in Public Policy and Retirement, Trans-Atlantic Public Economics Seminar (TAPES), 2007, pp 1967-1991 View citations (171)
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Public Economics (2007)