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Working Papers
2022
- Overconfidence and Technology Adoption in Health Care
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
2021
- The Diffusion of Health Care Fraud: A Network Analysis
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
2019
- Does One Medicare Fit All? The Economics of Uniform Health Insurance Benefits
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 (2019) View citations (1)
See also Journal Article in Tax Policy and the Economy (2020) Chapter (2019)
2018
- The Health of Disability Insurance Enrollees: An International Comparison
Working Papers, Department of Economics, University of Venice "Ca' Foscari"
2017
- End-Of-Life Medical Spending In Last Twelve Months Of Life Is Lower Than Previously Reported
Post-Print, HAL View citations (14)
Also in PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint), HAL (2017) View citations (11)
2016
- Hospital Competition, Quality, and Expenditures in the U.S. Medicare Population
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (22)
2013
- Is This Time Different? The Slowdown in Healthcare Spending
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (8)
See also Journal Article in Brookings Papers on Economic Activity (2013)
- 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 (28)
2011
- Health Care Spending Growth and the Future of U.S. Tax Rates
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (11)
See also Chapter (2010) Journal Article in Tax Policy and the Economy (2011)
- Technology Growth and Expenditure Growth in Health Care
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (24)
- The Pragmatist's Guide to Comparative Effectiveness Research
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (13)
2010
- Measuring Racial Disparities in the Quality of Ambulatory Diabetes Care
Scholarly Articles, Harvard Kennedy School of Government View citations (1)
- The Risk of Out-of-Pocket Health Care Expenditure at End of Life
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (31)
See also Chapter (2011)
2009
- Education and the Prevalence of Pain
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
See also Chapter (2010)
- Technology Diffusion and Productivity Growth in Health Care
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (32)
See also Journal Article in The Review of Economics and Statistics (2015)
2008
- Is American Health Care Uniquely Inefficient?
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (55)
2007
- Are You Sure You're Saving Enough for Retirement?
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (62)
2005
- Technology Adoption From Hybrid Corn to Beta Blockers
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (51)
See also Journal Article in Proceedings (2005) Chapter (2007)
2004
- The Measurement and Evolution of Health Inequality: Evidence from the U.S. Medicare Population
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (8)
2003
- Geography and Racial Health Disparities
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (26)
- Pension Accounting & Personal Saving
Just the Facts, Center for Retirement Research View citations (1)
2001
- Are For-Profit Hospitals Really Different? Medicare Upcoding and Market Structure
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (22)
- Area Differences in Utilization of Medical Care and Mortality Among U.S. Elderly
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (10)
See also Chapter (2004)
- Saving Puzzles and Saving Policies in the United States
JCPR Working Papers, Northwestern University/University of Chicago Joint Center for Poverty Research View citations (27)
Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2001) View citations (28)
See also Journal Article in Oxford Review of Economic Policy (2001)
- The Efficiency of Medicare
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (22)
See also Chapter (2005)
2000
- Do the Rich Save More?
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (52)
Also in Finance and Economics Discussion Series, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.) (2000) View citations (71)
See also Journal Article in Journal of Political Economy (2004)
1999
- The Distributional Effects of Medicare
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (14)
See also Chapter (1999)
1998
- 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 (4)
See also Chapter (2000)
- How Will Defined Contribution Pension Plans Affect Retirement Income?
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (14)
1997
- The Incidence of Medicare
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (21)
See also Journal Article in Journal of Public Economics (2006)
- What Accounts for the Variation in Retirement Wealth Among U.S. Households?
Working Papers, Stanford University, Department of Economics View citations (29)
Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1997) View citations (173)
See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (2001)
1996
- Abandoning the Nest Egg? 401(k) Plans and Inadequate Pension Saving
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
- Assessing the Effectiveness of Saving Incentives
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (74)
See also Book (1996)
- Taxation and Economic Growth
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (76)
See also Journal Article in National Tax Journal (1996)
1994
- Precautionary Saving and Social Insurance
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (391)
Also in Rodney L. White Center for Financial Research Working Papers, Wharton School Rodney L. White Center for Financial Research View citations (670) Rodney L. White Center for Financial Research Working Papers, Wharton School Rodney L. White Center for Financial Research View citations (631)
See also Journal Article in Journal of Political Economy (1995)
1993
- Is Housing Wealth a Sideshow?
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (36)
See also Chapter (1996)
- The Importance of Precautionary Motives in Explaining Individual and Aggregate Saving
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (133)
See also Journal Article in Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy (1994)
1992
- Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (110)
- The Risk and Duration of Catastrophic Health Care Expenditures
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (44)
See also Journal Article in The Review of Economics and Statistics (1994)
1991
- Housing and Saving in the United States
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (18)
See also Chapter (1994)
- Individual Retirement Accounts: A Review of the Evidence
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
1990
- The Dynamic Efficiency Cost of Not taxing Housing
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
See also Journal Article in Journal of Public Economics (1996)
- The Impact of the 1986 Tax Reform Act on Personal Saving
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (21)
1989
- Do taxes matter? A review of the effect of taxation on economic behavior and output
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (1)
- Housing Wealth and Aggregate Saving
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (86)
See also Journal Article in Regional Science and Urban Economics (1989)
- Sources of IRA Saving
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (38)
See also Chapter (1989)
1988
- Taxation and output growth in Africa
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (5)
1987
- Risky Income, Life Cycle Consumption, and Precautionary Savings
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (7)
See also Journal Article in Journal of Monetary Economics (1988)
- Taxation and Output Growth: Evidence from African Countries
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (23)
1986
- 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
- The Resolution of the Labor Scarcity Paradox
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (8)
See also Journal Article in The Journal of Economic History (1985)
1981
- The Efficiency Gains from Dynamic Tax Reform
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (67)
See also Journal Article in International Economic Review (1983)
Journal Articles
2020
- Does One Medicare Fit All? The Economics of Uniform Health Insurance Benefits
Tax Policy and the Economy, 2020, 34, (1), 1 - 41 
See also Chapter (2019) Working Paper (2019)
2019
- Measuring racial segregation in health system networks using the dissimilarity index
Social Science & Medicine, 2019, 240, (C)
- The association between medical care utilization and health outcomes: A spatial analysis
Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2019, 77, (C), 306-314 View citations (2)
- Valuing Protection against Health-Related Financial Risks
Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis, 2019, 10, (S1), 106-131
2017
- Report: Committee on Government Relations
American Economic Review, 2017, 107, (5), 795-96 
Also in American Economic Review, 2016, 106, (5), 794-96 (2016)
2016
- Out‐of‐Pocket Medical Expenditures in the United States: Evidence from the Health and Retirement Study
Fiscal Studies, 2016, 37, 785-819 View citations (5)
2015
- Technology Diffusion and Productivity Growth in Health Care
The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2015, 97, (5), 951-964 View citations (43)
See also Working Paper (2009)
2014
- Local Population Characteristics and Hemoglobin A1c Testing Rates among Diabetic Medicare Beneficiaries
PLOS ONE, 2014, 9, (10), 1-8
2013
- Is This Time Different? The Slowdown in Healthcare Spending
Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, 2013, 44, (2 (Fall)), 261-323 View citations (7)
See also Working Paper (2013)
2012
- Saving Money or Just Saving Lives? Improving the Productivity of US Health Care Spending
Annual Review of Economics, 2012, 4, (1), 33-56 View citations (13)
2011
- Health Care Spending Growth and the Future of U.S. Tax Rates
Tax Policy and the Economy, 2011, 25, (1), 39 - 68 View citations (7)
See also Chapter (2010) Working Paper (2011)
- Which Questions in the Health and Retirement Study are Used by Researchers? Evidence from Academic Journals, 2006-2009
Forum for Health Economics & Policy, 2011, 14, (3), 1-11
2006
- The incidence of Medicare
Journal of Public Economics, 2006, 90, (1-2), 257-276 View citations (35)
See also Working Paper (1997)
2005
- Technology adoption from hybrid corn to beta blockers
Proceedings, 2005 View citations (39)
See also Chapter (2007) Working Paper (2005)
2004
- Do the Rich Save More?
Journal of Political Economy, 2004, 112, (2), 397-444 View citations (556)
See also Working Paper (2000)
- How Will 401(k) Pension Plans Affect Retirement Income?
American Economic Review, 2004, 94, (1), 329-343 View citations (27)
- Medicare upcoding and hospital ownership
Journal of Health Economics, 2004, 23, (2), 369-389 View citations (121)
2002
- The Importance of Bequests and Life-Cycle Saving in Capital Accumulation: A New Answer
American Economic Review, 2002, 92, (2), 274-278 View citations (135)
2001
- Saving puzzles and saving policies in the United States
Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 2001, 17, (1), 95-115 View citations (28)
See also Working Paper (2001)
- What Accounts for the Variation in Retirement Wealth among U.S. Households?
American Economic Review, 2001, 91, (4), 832-857 View citations (355)
See also Working Paper (1997)
2000
- Federal Medicare Transfers Across States: Winners and Losers
National Tax Journal, 2000, 53, (3), 713-32
- Regional Inequality in Medicare Spending: The Key to Medicare Reform?
Forum for Health Economics & Policy, 2000, 3, (1), 1-24 View citations (8)
See also Chapter (2000)
1997
- Regional Disparities in Medicare Expenditures: An Opportunity for Reform
National Tax Journal, 1997, 50, (3), 413-25 View citations (22)
1996
- Taxation and Economic Growth
National Tax Journal, 1996, 49, (4), 617-42 View citations (73)
See also Working Paper (1996)
- The dynamic efficiency cost of not taxing housing
Journal of Public Economics, 1996, 59, (3), 397-417 View citations (44)
See also Working Paper (1990)
1995
- Precautionary Saving and Social Insurance
Journal of Political Economy, 1995, 103, (2), 360-99 View citations (706)
See also Working Paper (1994)
1994
- Expanding the Life-Cycle Model: Precautionary Saving and Public Policy
American Economic Review, 1994, 84, (2), 174-79 View citations (84)
- The Risk and Duration of Catastrophic Health Care Expenditures
The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1994, 76, (4), 633-47 View citations (66)
See also Working Paper (1992)
- 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 (358)
See also Working Paper (1993)
- What do stochastic frontier cost functions tell us about inefficiency?
Journal of Health Economics, 1994, 13, (3), 323-328 View citations (32)
1991
- If Agricultural Land Taxation Is So Efficient, Why Is It So Rarely Used?
The World Bank Economic Review, 1991, 5, (1), 113-33 View citations (27)
- Prospects for Agricultural Land Taxation in Developing Countries
The World Bank Economic Review, 1991, 5, (3), 493-511 View citations (24)
1990
- Precautionary Saving, Health Accumulation, and the Saving Downturn of the 1980s
National Tax Journal, 1990, 43, (3), 247-57
1989
- Housing wealth and aggregate saving
Regional Science and Urban Economics, 1989, 19, (2), 305-324 View citations (88)
See also Working Paper (1989)
1988
- Accounting for Changes in the Labor Supply of Recently Divorced Women
Journal of Human Resources, 1988, 23, (4), 417-436 View citations (10)
- Risky income, life cycle consumption, and precautionary savings
Journal of Monetary Economics, 1988, 22, (2), 237-255 View citations (322)
See also Working Paper (1987)
- The welfare cost of uncertain tax policy
Journal of Public Economics, 1988, 37, (2), 129-145 View citations (20)
See also Working Paper (1986)
1987
- A superior measure of consumption from the panel study of income dynamics
Economics Letters, 1987, 23, (2), 213-216 View citations (102)
1986
- Labor Supply and Marital Separation
American Economic Review, 1986, 76, (3), 455-69 View citations (172)
1985
- The Effect of Increased Longevity on Capital Accumulation
American Economic Review, 1985, 75, (5), 1143-50 View citations (18)
- The Resolution of the Labor-Scarcity Paradox
The Journal of Economic History, 1985, 45, (3), 513-540 View citations (42)
See also Working Paper (1984)
- Variable Lifespan and the Intertemporal Elasticity of Consumption
The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1985, 67, (4), 616-23 View citations (33)
1983
- The Efficiency Gains from Dynamic Tax Reform
International Economic Review, 1983, 24, (1), 81-100 View citations (124)
See also Working Paper (1981)
Books
1996
- Assessing the Effectiveness of Saving Incentives
Books, American Enterprise Institute View citations (81)
See also Working Paper (1996)
Chapters
2019
- Does One Medicare Fit All? The Economics of Uniform Health Insurance Benefits
A chapter in Tax Policy and the Economy, Volume 34, 2019, pp 1-41 View citations (1)
See also Working Paper (2019) Journal Article in Tax Policy and the Economy (2020)
2016
- Are Black-White Mortality Rates Converging? Acute Myocardial Infarction in the United States, 1993–2010
A chapter in Insights in the Economics of Aging, 2016, pp 205-222
2015
- Comment on "Understanding the Improvement in Disability Free Life Expectancy in the US Elderly Population"
A chapter in Insights in the Economics of Aging, 2015, pp 201-204
2014
- Comment on "The Nexus of Social Security Benefits, Health, and Wealth at Death"
A chapter in Discoveries in the Economics of Aging, 2014, pp 183-186
- The Diffusion of New Medical Technology: The Case of Drug-Eluting Stents
A chapter in Discoveries in the Economics of Aging, 2014, pp 389-403 View citations (1)
2011
- Causes and Consequences of Regional Variations in Health Care
Elsevier View citations (67)
- Cost Growth in Medicare: 1992 to 2006
A chapter in Explorations in the Economics of Aging, 2011, pp 133-157 View citations (1)
- The Risk of Out-of-Pocket Health Care Expenditure at the End of Life
A chapter in Explorations in the Economics of Aging, 2011, pp 101-128 View citations (16)
See also Working Paper (2010)
2010
- Comment on "The Narrowing Dispersion of Medicare Expenditures 1997-2005"
A chapter in Research Findings in the Economics of Aging, 2010, pp 407-411
- Education and the Prevalence of Pain
A chapter in Research Findings in the Economics of Aging, 2010, pp 145-166 View citations (1)
See also Working Paper (2009)
- Health Care Spending Growth and the Future of US Tax Rates
A chapter in Tax Policy and the Economy, Volume 25, 2010, pp 39-67 View citations (2)
See also Journal Article in Tax Policy and the Economy (2011) Working Paper (2011)
2009
- Comment on "Reducing the Complexity Costs of 401(k) Participation Through Quick Enrollment(TM)"
A chapter in Developments in the Economics of Aging, 2009, pp 82-85
- Comment on "The Decline of Defined Benefit Retirement Plans and Asset Flows"
A chapter in Social Security Policy in a Changing Environment, 2009, pp 379-384
- Comment on "Trends in Prescription Drug Use by the Disabled Elderly"
A chapter in Developments in the Economics of Aging, 2009, pp 312-316
2007
- Technology Adoption from Hybrid Corn to Beta-Blockers
A chapter in Hard-to-Measure Goods and Services: Essays in Honor of Zvi Griliches, 2007, pp 545-570 View citations (33)
See also Journal Article in Proceedings (2005) Working Paper (2005)
2006
- 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 View citations (3)
2005
- The Efficiency of Medicare
A chapter in Analyses in the Economics of Aging, 2005, pp 129-160 View citations (19)
See also Working Paper (2001)
2004
- Area Differences in Utilization of Medical Care and Mortality among US Elderly
A chapter in Perspectives on the Economics of Aging, 2004, pp 367-414 View citations (7)
See also Working Paper (2001)
2000
- How Much Is Enough? Efficiency and Medicare Spending in the Last Six Months of Life
A chapter in The Changing Hospital Industry: Comparing Not-for-Profit and For-Profit Institutions, 2000, pp 169-194 View citations (1)
See also Working Paper (1998)
- 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 (8)
See also Journal Article in Forum for Health Economics & Policy (2000)
1999
- The Distributional Effects of Medicare
A chapter in Tax Policy and the Economy, Volume 13, 1999, pp 85-108 View citations (11)
See also Working Paper (1999)
1996
- Is Housing Wealth a Sideshow?
A chapter in Advances in the Economics of Aging, 1996, pp 241-272 View citations (115)
See also Working Paper (1993)
1994
- Housing and Saving in the United States
A chapter in Housing Markets in the United States and Japan, 1994, pp 191-214 View citations (34)
See also Working Paper (1991)
1989
- Sources of IRA Saving
A chapter in Tax Policy and the Economy, Volume 3, 1989, pp 25-46 View citations (40)
See also Working Paper (1989)
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