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Working Papers

2022

1. Overconfidence and Technology Adoption in Health Care
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2021

2. The Diffusion of Health Care Fraud: A Network Analysis
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2019

3. 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

4. The Health of Disability Insurance Enrollees: An International Comparison
   Working Papers, Department of Economics, University of Venice "Ca' Foscari"

2017

5. 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

6. Hospital Competition, Quality, and Expenditures in the U.S. Medicare Population
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (22)

2013

7. 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)
8. 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

9. 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)
10. Technology Growth and Expenditure Growth in Health Care
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (24)
11. The Pragmatist's Guide to Comparative Effectiveness Research
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (13)

2010

12. Measuring Racial Disparities in the Quality of Ambulatory Diabetes Care
    Scholarly Articles, Harvard Kennedy School of Government View citations (1)
13. 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

14. Education and the Prevalence of Pain
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
    See also Chapter (2010)
15. 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

16. Is American Health Care Uniquely Inefficient?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (55)

2007

17. Are You Sure You're Saving Enough for Retirement?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (62)

2005

18. 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

19. 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

20. Geography and Racial Health Disparities
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (26)
21. Pension Accounting & Personal Saving
    Just the Facts, Center for Retirement Research View citations (1)

2001

22. Are For-Profit Hospitals Really Different? Medicare Upcoding and Market Structure
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (22)
23. 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)
24. 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)
25. The Efficiency of Medicare
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (22)
    See also Chapter (2005)

2000

26. 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

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

1998

28. 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)
29. How Will Defined Contribution Pension Plans Affect Retirement Income?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (14)

1997

30. 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)
31. 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

32. Abandoning the Nest Egg? 401(k) Plans and Inadequate Pension Saving
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
33. Assessing the Effectiveness of Saving Incentives
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (74)
    See also Book (1996)
34. 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

35. 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

36. Is Housing Wealth a Sideshow?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (36)
    See also Chapter (1996)
37. 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

38. Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (110)
39. 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

40. Housing and Saving in the United States
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (18)
    See also Chapter (1994)
41. Individual Retirement Accounts: A Review of the Evidence
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)

1990

42. 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)
43. The Impact of the 1986 Tax Reform Act on Personal Saving
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (21)

1989

44. 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)
45. 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)
46. Sources of IRA Saving
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (38)
    See also Chapter (1989)

1988

47. Taxation and output growth in Africa
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (5)

1987

48. 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)
49. Taxation and Output Growth: Evidence from African Countries
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (23)

1986

50. 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

51. 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

52. 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

1. 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

2. Measuring racial segregation in health system networks using the dissimilarity index
   Social Science & Medicine, 2019, 240, (C)
3. 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)
4. Valuing Protection against Health-Related Financial Risks
   Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis, 2019, 10, (S1), 106-131

2017

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. Local Population Characteristics and Hemoglobin A1c Testing Rates among Diabetic Medicare Beneficiaries
   PLOS ONE, 2014, 9, (10), 1-8

2013

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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)
12. 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

13. The incidence of Medicare
    Journal of Public Economics, 2006, 90, (1-2), 257-276 View citations (35)
    See also Working Paper (1997)

2005

14. Technology adoption from hybrid corn to beta blockers
    Proceedings, 2005 View citations (39)
    See also Chapter (2007)
    Working Paper (2005)

2004

15. Do the Rich Save More?
    Journal of Political Economy, 2004, 112, (2), 397-444 View citations (556)
    See also Working Paper (2000)
16. How Will 401(k) Pension Plans Affect Retirement Income?
    American Economic Review, 2004, 94, (1), 329-343 View citations (27)
17. Medicare upcoding and hospital ownership
    Journal of Health Economics, 2004, 23, (2), 369-389 View citations (121)

2002

18. 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

19. 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)
20. 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

21. Federal Medicare Transfers Across States: Winners and Losers
    National Tax Journal, 2000, 53, (3), 713-32
22. 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

23. Regional Disparities in Medicare Expenditures: An Opportunity for Reform
    National Tax Journal, 1997, 50, (3), 413-25 View citations (22)

1996

24. Taxation and Economic Growth
    National Tax Journal, 1996, 49, (4), 617-42 View citations (73)
    See also Working Paper (1996)
25. 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

26. Precautionary Saving and Social Insurance
    Journal of Political Economy, 1995, 103, (2), 360-99 View citations (706)
    See also Working Paper (1994)

1994

27. Expanding the Life-Cycle Model: Precautionary Saving and Public Policy
    American Economic Review, 1994, 84, (2), 174-79 View citations (84)
28. 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)
29. 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)
30. What do stochastic frontier cost functions tell us about inefficiency?
    Journal of Health Economics, 1994, 13, (3), 323-328 View citations (32)

1991

31. 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)
32. Prospects for Agricultural Land Taxation in Developing Countries
    The World Bank Economic Review, 1991, 5, (3), 493-511 View citations (24)

1990

33. Precautionary Saving, Health Accumulation, and the Saving Downturn of the 1980s
    National Tax Journal, 1990, 43, (3), 247-57

1989

34. Housing wealth and aggregate saving
    Regional Science and Urban Economics, 1989, 19, (2), 305-324 View citations (88)
    See also Working Paper (1989)

1988

35. Accounting for Changes in the Labor Supply of Recently Divorced Women
    Journal of Human Resources, 1988, 23, (4), 417-436 View citations (10)
36. 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)
37. 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

38. A superior measure of consumption from the panel study of income dynamics
    Economics Letters, 1987, 23, (2), 213-216 View citations (102)

1986

39. Labor Supply and Marital Separation
    American Economic Review, 1986, 76, (3), 455-69 View citations (172)

1985

40. The Effect of Increased Longevity on Capital Accumulation
    American Economic Review, 1985, 75, (5), 1143-50 View citations (18)
41. 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)
42. Variable Lifespan and the Intertemporal Elasticity of Consumption
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1985, 67, (4), 616-23 View citations (33)

1983

43. 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

1. Assessing the Effectiveness of Saving Incentives
   Books, American Enterprise Institute View citations (81)
   See also Working Paper (1996)

Chapters

2019

1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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
5. 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

6. Causes and Consequences of Regional Variations in Health Care
   Elsevier View citations (67)
7. Cost Growth in Medicare: 1992 to 2006
   A chapter in Explorations in the Economics of Aging, 2011, pp 133-157 View citations (1)
8. 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

9. Comment on "The Narrowing Dispersion of Medicare Expenditures 1997-2005"
   A chapter in Research Findings in the Economics of Aging, 2010, pp 407-411
10. 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)
11. 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

12. 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
13. 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
14. 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

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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

18. 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

19. 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)
20. 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

21. 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

22. 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

23. 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

24. 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)